The Wait Schools around the United States have been changing their lunch programs to a healthier option that will cut down on food that is unhealthy to the body. The high obesity rates were the leading cause of why schools began to cut out unhealthy food because of the results of “ child obesity has doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the past 30 years” (Childhood Obesity Facts) . The reason why this will lead to an unhealthy life is that adolescents will not change their eating
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Homophobia in schools Homophobia is a problem in many public and private school systems‚ denying homosexual students a safe learning environment. Everyday a student is discriminated against because of his sexual orientation. Gay‚ lesbian and bisexual students are being verbally‚ physically‚ and academically abused. Homophobia is taking hard working students and creating a negative and damaging learning environment for them. It’s time for a change. Words like “faggot‚ queer‚ homo‚ fairy
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Since the Columbine massacre safety in schools has been heightened by an extreme amount. Schools have begun to have active shooter drills as of recently and some schools have random locker searches. Since the tragedy‚ metal detectors have been placed at the entrances of the schools‚ dress codes have been more strictly enforced‚ and carrying school ID’s is mandatory. Recently‚ as of last year at Smithville‚ we started having active shooter drills. Active shooter drills aren’t only a thing in Smithville
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If you ask me‚ I’ve never really been too hype about the idea of school uniforms. I don’t know which I hate more‚ the idea of looking like the other 200 girls in my school or having to wear the same thing every day. Though imagine never having to worry about matching those cute blue jeans to some shirt in your closet or shopping for name brands you can’t even afford. Even though school uniforms reduce one’s expression of individuality‚ they level the playing field ‚encourage a healthy learning environment
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study conducted by EducationNext‚ “moving to middle school leads to a substantial drop in student test scores in the first year of the transition‚ and the relative achievement of middle-school students continues to decline in the subsequent years they spend in such schools.” One aspect of the educational system that I think can be vastly improved is middle school. Although middle schoolers are faced with numerous challenges‚ the middle school curriculum does not allow students to explore their interests
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Should there be all day summer school July and August? The last school bell rings‚ and it signifies that it is summer time. The principal looks at the students’ average mark; he was not impressed by the grades students received. So the principal decides to operate a summer school for students during the summer time so that they can review what they have learned during the year. That’s not a smart idea; since it’s important that students learn about survival skills and etc. through outdoor learning
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Many children that are required to go public schools that require school uniforms could very easily be going through the same thing. They may come from a low-income family that does not have the money to buy school uniforms for them and their siblings. Lemouse of HealthGuidance said that children may need to shop at thrift stores for uniform clothing. It is not hard to shop at a thrift shop to buy regular clothing‚ but it is very difficult to find uniform clothing at a thrift store. But shopping
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you go behind the wheel. Driving schools offer driving lessons to prepare every driver for the road and you should make sure you get a school you can trust to offer you quality driving training to keep you safe and confident on the roads. So what then makes a good driving school? Qualified and competitive instructors - Does the school have approved driving instructors? If yes‚ what is the pass rate of the instructor that will be handling your
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Shocking School Sexism School uniforms have been a popular debate for years. Should we have them‚ should we not? Recently the school uniform rules have been changed and I find them simply outrageous‚ also most of these rules focus on girls; Skirts. Girls have been made to wear their skirts knee length. Why is this the case when most‚ if not all‚ girls hate wearing long skirts? The answer is boys. Us girls have to wear longer skirts to make sure they do not get distracted. We have to cover more of
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Kipp schools are becoming very popular in the US for pushing math programs and leading students the right direction. These schools will get 84% of the students up to or above their grade level in math. To get in these schools you have to be selected by lottery because there are that many students trying to get in. For the low income students they extended their school 3 extra weeks because they are the ones who forget what they learned during the summer since they aren’t able to obtain materials
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