in favor of the school‚ district court and Circuit Court sided with parents; Supreme Court sided with school | Ruled that schools did not have to “maximize the potential” but rather provide opportunities for “educational benefit”. | Irving Independent School District v. Tatro (1980) | Amber Tatro was born with spina bifida and required clean intermittent catherization‚ CIC | At the age of 3‚ Irving Independent School District agreed to provide Amber with a special education program starting with
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the group i want a talk about its the sierra club‚ it was found in 1892 the sierra club is the oldest grassroots environmental organization in the united states. the organization was founded in may 28‚ 1892 by a san francisco group of proffersors‚ businessmen and other professional led by john muir‚ john muir was a Scottish-born American naturalist‚ author‚ and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States‚ the sierra club serves to protect land primarily in the united states
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permanent home. For freshman year‚ my home‚ along with 119 others‚ is the connection dorm Sierra Madre‚ Tower 5. Within every room is a different dorm experience. Room placement‚ layout‚ decorations‚ amount of persons living together‚ light exposure‚ and neighbors all are factors that contribute to everyone’s first year at Cal Poly. Unlike the classic‚ beautiful appearance of the red-bricked dorms‚ Sierra Madre towers are dull‚ concrete boxes that resemble prisons without bars on the windows. My
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Pop cultural music in Sierra Leone‚ is creating social change and a new political identity for its youth From the over capacitated concert halls in the energetic urban centers of Sierra Leone to the front lawns of its parliament buildings in Freetown‚ forward looking Sierra Leonean youth are making use of their newly founded freedoms of expression‚ which came to being in the aftermath of the nation’s brutal civil war to create social change. In these vibrant communities you can hear musicians
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The Sierra Nevada mountain range stretches across the eastern side of the state of California. The range begins in the south at the Tehachapi Pass near Bakersfield and stretches north to Lake Almanor. The Sierra Nevada range is 400 miles long‚ north-to-south and has an average width of 70 miles wide. It was formed through subduction when the Pacific plate slid under the North American plate. The range is made up of deeply imbedded rock otherwise known as batholiths. The eastern slope of the mountains
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Santiago Sierra Santiago Sierra (Madrid‚ 1966) is one of the most controversial artists in the international art scene. He has become famous for his critique of the contractual economy through a series of remunerated actions where people – typically immigrants‚ casual workers‚ or even homeless wanderers – are paid to perform some pointless task which is then documented on video and through black-and-white photographs. Poor people and minorities are Sierra’s art supplies. He has them perform some
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Cosmopolitan peacekeeping and peacebuilding in Sierra Leone: what can Africa contribute? David Curran and Tom Woodhouse Kofi Annan called for a reform in the UN General Assembly in regards to global politics. Annans process of reform was called ‘thinking anew’. In spite of Annans process of ‘thinking anew‘‚ more than 300 recommendations for reform have been filed. Debates at the theoretical level has developed‚ which places an emphasis on reconceptualizing security. Norms on security have changed
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Kelsey Brown POLI 100 Jenn Sykes March 19‚ 2013 The Sierra Club as an Advocacy Group There is a wide array of advocacy groups in Washington and across the United States‚ but who is actually heard? Advocacy groups want to become actively involved in policy making. To achieve this they must become major players in Congress‚ the administration‚ the courts‚ and have certain attributes. Matt Grossmann’s theory of behavioral pluralism highlights the important characteristics and differences between
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Since The Sierra Club was continuing to expand‚ the organization in cooperation with David Brower‚ a nature photographer‚ released a book in the 1960’s called This Is the American Earth. This exhibit book was created in order to spread awareness of environmental preservation and conservation. Despite the book being published over fifty years ago‚ the text still manages to hold its original impact and meaning on environmental protection. This Is the American Earth is also credited for spawning the
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Sierra On-Line Case In 1992‚ Sierra On-Line was deep into the research and development of a variety of games for the competitive entertainment and educational software business. With a goal of going to market during the holiday season‚ they had a development schedule that had ballooned from six months to about a year. Sierra On-Line disclosed these development costs and timelines in their financial statements in a way that increased their revenues significantly year-over-year. In this highly
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