"...Schools do more than train children’s minds. They also help to nurture their souls by reinforcing the values they learn at home and in their communities. I believe that one of the best ways we can help out schools to do this is by supporting students’rights to voluntarily practice their religious beliefs‚ including prayer in schools.... For more than 200 years‚ the First Amendment has protected our religious freedom and allowed many Faiths to flourish in our homes‚ in our work place and in our
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every day‚ or wear a fixed‚ standard uniform to school? If you want to dress differently every day‚ then public school might be the right choice for you. But if not‚ private school might be preferred. Although‚ this not the only attribute to compare; there are many others to compare. Most parents are in a predicament to send their child to a private school or to a public school. “How to decide whether my child should go to a private or a public school? Which is better‚ and suitable for my child?” These
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The Cons of the High School Exit Exam Since 2002‚ the Center of Education Policy (CEP)‚ an independent nonprofit organization‚ has been studying state high schools exit examination- a test students must pass to receive a diploma. They also predict by 2012‚ nearly 74% of all public schools in America will require students to pass an exit exam in order to graduate (Chen‚ 2008). After reading several articles on this issue‚ I find it very hard to side with the idea. A growing number of states are aligning
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between public school‚ private school‚ homeschool‚ and cyber school when deciding where to place their children. Because every student learns uniquely‚ he or she needs to have various opportunities to learn. Sometimes selecting a school for a child to attend can stand as a challenge. When a juvenile’s future rests upon their parents’ shoulders‚ they will probably experience stress. However‚ choosing the right educational experience can greatly enhance the quality of a child’s learning. Public school
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Teaching Patriotism In the US Public School Curriculum William Mulherin Kaplan University Teaching Patriotism in the US Public School Curriculum The purpose of an education in the 21st century has experienced some fundamental shifts from years past‚ and one of the biggest failures of the curricular offerings in most US public schools is the effort to instill a sense of patriotism among students. There is a need for instilling a sense of patriotism in every curricular
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are corrupting the school system. Rather than focusing on what is going right and correcting the wrongs in that way‚ they are primarily focusing on the wrongs and trying to correct them with methods that aren’t fixing the issues‚ but actually making them worse. Take the Keystones for example‚ they are considered “high stake” tests because if you fail them‚ you have to keep re-taking them until you pass in order to graduate. These tests were created to assess the students‚ school‚ and teachers as a
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Should religion be taught in public school systems? According Emma Brown‚ the author of “These Christian Teachers want to Bring Jesus into Public Schools‚” this is a question that has caused quite an uproar for about 100 years. The author of the article “Praying for Legal Behavior: Why Teachers Shouldn’t be Preachers” ask many questions on this issue as well. Questions like should religion be a mandatory part of a public school’s curriculum‚ and if so‚ what religious practices should be used? On
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As a soon to be Chicago Public Schools alum‚ in my lifetime I have experienced school budget cuts‚ teacher displacements‚ and two teacher strikes. I have always believed that education is the key to success and extended opportunities‚ but for the past two years‚ the optimism that I have always had has slowly started to deteriorate. Everyday when I view the news‚ it seems that my education is being attacked. Whether it is on a federal‚ state‚ or city level. Recently‚ I just learned that the Trump
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discussion‚ the attention was focused on why or why not the schools should be allowed to teach
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Nida Chindalaksanalert Feb 12‚ 2013 Audiences: Concerned parents Poor Schools Should Get Help Seriously I was recently struck by one of the political cartoons in the SacramentoBee newspaper‚ which presented an image comparison of drinking fountains in two schools. It quickly reminded me of the racist Jim Crow laws from the 1880s-1960s and how racial segregation existed almost everywhere in the United States at that
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