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While you are clicking around, you should be considering and writing down answers to the following questions:
1. What is the Main Topic of this website? (What is the purpose?)
2. What are at least 5 things (vocabulary words, concepts, characteristics) you recognize or understand from your reading of chapter 6 and Public Opinion Polls?
3. Choose one particular State's polling that you are interested in. Analyze this state's information a little bit more in-depth and write down the results you are seeing.
- What do they mean?
- Are these the final results?
- How much longer until they are final?
- What could change?
- Does this state typically vote Republican or Democrat?
- Do these numbers reflect the typical voting patterns of this state?
- How many candidates are there?
- What are they running for?
- How were these results obtained? (How did the pollsters get their data?)
- Is the sample size big enough?
- Are the results invalid for any reason?
- What is the sampling error?
- Anything else you noticed or is worth mentioning?
Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Monday, April 16, 2018
The Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA) became law in 1990. The ADA is
a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with
disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools,
transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general
public. The purpose of the law is to make sure that people with disabilities
have the same rights and opportunities as everyone else. The ADA gives civil
rights protections to individuals with disabilities similar to those provided
to individuals on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, and
religion. It guarantees equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities in
public accommodations, employment, transportation, state and local government
services, and telecommunications. The ADA is divided into five titles (or
sections) that relate to different areas of public life.
In 2008, the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act
(ADAAA) was signed into law and became effective on January 1, 2009. The ADAAA
made a number of significant changes to the definition of “disability.” The
changes in the definition of disability in the ADAAA apply to all titles of the
ADA, including Title I (employment practices of private employers with 15 or
more employees, state and local governments, employment agencies, labor unions,
agents of the employer and joint management labor committees); Title II
(programs and activities of state and local government entities); and Title III
(private entities that are considered places of public accommodation).
Title I (Employment)
Equal Employment Opportunity for Individuals with
Disabilities
This title is designed to help people with disabilities
access the same employment opportunities and benefits available to people
without disabilities. Employers must provide reasonable accommodations to
qualified applicants or employees. A reasonable accommodation is any
modification or adjustment to a job or the work environment that will enable an
applicant or employee with a disability to participate in the application
process or to perform essential job functions.
This portion of the law is regulated
and enforced by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission [6]. Employers with 15 or more employees must comply with
this law. The regulations for Title I define disability, establish guidelines
for the reasonable accommodation process, address medical examinations and
inquiries, and define “direct threat” when there is significant risk of
substantial harm to the health or safety of the individual employee with a
disability or others.
Title II (State and Local Government)
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in State and
Local Government Services
Title II of the ADA prohibits discrimination against
qualified individuals with disabilities in all programs, activities, and services
of public entities. It applies to all state and local governments, their
departments and agencies, and any other instrumentalities or special purpose
districts of state or local governments. It clarifies the requirements of
section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, for public
transportation systems that receive federal financial assistance, and extends
coverage to all public entities that provide public transportation, whether or
not they receive federal financial assistance. It establishes detailed
standards for the operation of public transit systems, including commuter and
intercity rail (e.g., AMTRAK).
This title outlines the administrative processes to be
followed, including requirements for self-evaluation and planning; requirements
for making reasonable modifications to policies, practices, and procedures
where necessary to avoid discrimination; architectural barriers to be
identified; and the need for effective communication with people with hearing,
vision and speech disabilities. This title is regulated and enforced by the
U.S. Department of Justice.
Title III (Public Accommodations)
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public
Accommodations and in Commercial Facilities
This title prohibits private places of public accommodation
from discriminating against individuals with disabilities. Examples of public
accommodations include privately-owned, leased or operated facilities like
hotels, restaurants, retail merchants, doctor’s offices, golf courses, private
schools, day care centers, health clubs, sports stadiums, movie theaters, and
so on. This title sets the minimum standards for accessibility for
alterations and new construction of facilities. It also requires public
accommodations to remove barriers in existing buildings where it is easy to do
so without much difficulty or expense. This title directs businesses to
make "reasonable modifications" to their usual ways of doing things
when serving people with disabilities. It also requires that they take
steps necessary to communicate effectively with customers with vision, hearing,
and speech disabilities. This title is regulated and enforced by the U.S.
Department of Justice.
Title IV (Telecommunications)
This title requires telephone and Internet companies to
provide a nationwide system of interstate and intrastate telecommunications
relay services that allows individuals with hearing and speech disabilities to
communicate over the telephone. This title also requires closed captioning of
federally funded public service announcements. This title is regulated by
the Federal Communication Commission.
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
If you're planning to take part in the school walk out, here are the things you need to know:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/12/health/student-walkout-questions-trnd/index.html
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Please click on the following link to see the list of the 9 most important cases to watch in the "Upcoming term". Here is what I'd like you to do:
- Notice and note the date of the article.
- Have these cases been heard and decided already?
- Which case is the most interesting to you? Why?
- What is currently happening with this case/subject?
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