/ Discussion Essay (15%) Due date: 28 March 2013 800-1000 words Mixed or Single-sex schools (the jetnewspaper.com) (sanix-sports.info) Educators debate whether separating boys and girls in schools might improve students’ academic performance. Although some parents and educators prefer mixed schools‚ there are those who believe that separating boys and girls yield positive results and provide for a better learning
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segregated. A Federal judge ruled on November 20th in 1985 that city and school officials in Yonkers had ’’illegally and intentionally’’ segregated the city’s public schools and public housing along racial lines. According to the‚ Judge Leonard B. Sand of Federal District Court in Manhattan said that in his 600 page decision that the segregation that existed in the Yonkers schools resulted from actions taken since 1949 by city and school officials(Williams 1). Moreover‚ he said that these included the deliberate
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English 10 Enriched 10 February 2010 Against the Idea of School Uniforms All around the United States more and more schools and switching to the idea of school uniforms. Schools think that this uniform policy will help bring down crime rates‚ gangs‚ improve the schools over all academic achievement‚ and level out social discriminations among students. Although this theory may become true to someone who wants it to be true‚ other skeptics looking into this are finding that these positive influences
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sense of security. Vaccines came about many years ago; they have made their way into schools and have become requirements upon enrollment. Individual schools get to decide which and how many vaccines to require for their students. Recently‚ there has been a large increase in the number of people that opt out of receiving vaccinations. Schools need to create barriers to lower the nonvaccination rates in public schools. Compulsory vaccination laws have been around for nearly 30 years. These laws are
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Wooten Advanced Composition 12 February 2015 Who’s Against School Uniforms? The use of school uniforms is one of the greatest debates on the school board as we speak today. Enforcing school uniforms will have many negative results. Firstly‚ school uniforms interfere with children’s self-expression. Secondly‚ they create obstacles for dealing with low and high tolerance and acceptance towards people and people’s lifestyles and outlooks. Thirdly‚ school uniforms may be rather expensive for some people
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Imagine schools and classrooms where students are able to do more hands on activities‚ enrichment‚ and more skill building that will be useful as adults. Many students‚ parents‚ and teachers could say that they are against the fact that schools allow standardized testing for students K-12. The state government should allow students not to take any form of state testing to insure more hands on activities. When students go to take the standardized test most students do not take their time due to stress
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Are school sports the cause of many students failing academically? Some schools prefer to not have sports because they believe that sports are a cause of academic failure. Many believe that schools are putting too much attention to sports than they should be. Should sports be excluded from schools and no longer have in-school sports? School sports are not essential in-school‚ but they do help students achieve goals in themselves throughout the school year. In‚(“High- School Sports Aren’t Killing
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In the article‚ “The Case Against High Sports‚” Amanda Ripley outlines the flaw of the United States education system as prioritizing athletic sports over academics. The article is a well thought out argument that has supporting evidence‚ a strong thesis‚ and a counterargument that can be disapproved. Looking over the article and various other sources‚ I have come to support Amanda Ripley’s central claim: “as states and districts continue to slash education budgets‚ as more kids play on traveling
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libraries because it affets peoples freedom of speech. Many things are considered inappropriate and need to be censored‚ but I disagree with censorship in libraries because it restricts peoples interests in several ways. Censorship in libraries goes against our right to view any book‚ therefor restricting my views on books. Books are censored because of content that some people disagree with. I believe that books should be left on the shelves no matter the content. The author of those books have the
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totally against the death penalty if the person is innocent. For example‚ John Coffey got framed for a murder he didn’t commit because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Originally my family got Willow‚ our dog‚ for my sister Meredith. The goal was to train her to be a service dog. At first I thought Willow was only for my sister‚ it turns out she helps everyone in our family! When someone gets hurt she comes and licks
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