Please use the PPTs and links on klacks.weebly.com to help you answer the following. Please answer each question fully. Please label each question correctly. Please do not copy the answer of another classmate. Please use standard academic grammar in your posts.
Topic 1: The Environment You are responsible for answering one of the following questions based on your perspective (150+ words), and for commenting on the post of at least one classmate (50+ words). To avoid losing points, be creative and do not repeat what someone else has already said. (2 posts total) 1. Parallel the birth of federal implementation of environmental policy with the counterculture movement of the 1960s. 2. One of the biggest environmental challenges is reconciling environmental policy with policy goals in other areas. Describe two major environmental policies and how they conflict with policies in two other areas. 3. Explain one piece of essential legislation that the government has passed since the 1960s. Additionally, and in your opinion, what does the US government need to do to better protect the environment? Topic 2: Energy You are responsible for answering oneof the following questions based on your perspective (150+ words), and for commenting on the post of at least oneclassmate (50+ words). To avoid losing points, be creative and do not repeat what someone else has already said. (2 posts total) 4. To what extent is a growing population a positive or a negative factor in determining the use of renewable energy? 5. In developing his administration’s energy policy, President George W. Bush was strongly criticized for giving particular weight to the input from major energy companies. Articulate the extent to which you agree or disagree with his critics. 6. To what extent should federalism be applied to energy policy? Consider important policy legislation over the past 40 years, and the different needs and resources of the states of our Union. 7. What is the current state of energy policy today? Consider types of energy used in the US, and the number of jobs within each industry. Topic 3: Education You are responsible for answering oneof the following questions based on your perspective (150+ words), and for commenting on the post of at least oneclassmate (50+ words). To avoid losing points, be creative and do not repeat what someone else has already said. (2 posts total) 8. Which level of government is primarily responsible for education? Cite at least one way in which this has been challenged in the past 50 years. 9. What are the responsibilities of the US Department of Education in comparison to state departments of education? 10. Compare US education statistics to that of the rest of the industrialized, or developed, world. What do you find interesting or surprising about the data you researched? 11. What are vouchers? What are arguments for and against the use of vouchers in the US? What is your opinion? Everyone must answer BOTH: 12. In your opinion, which of the above issues needs to be more thoroughly addressed by the federal government, and what needs to be considered or accomplished? 13. Find a current event (from the past month or two) in this realm of public policy (education, energy, or environment). Write a short summary of the current event in a post below. Total posts: 8 Grade: Quiz Due Date: Tuesday, May 6th
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