America’s public schools are woefully underfunded. As state legislatures around the nation focus on reducing spendings‚ education spending is often the first to go. And when these public schools are confronted with a dramatically smaller budget‚ art programs get the axe. As the Chicago Sun-Times report in 2013‚ Chicago Public Schools laid off over 1‚000 teachers when they made the decision to close over 50 schools. Nearly ten percent of these teachers taught in the arts or music. As ThinkProgress
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happy. They make more friends in a bigger city and bigger school‚ they have many more things to do on weekends (getting teenagers out of trouble many times) and they also develop the relationships needed to feel whole inside in the big city. The big city also helps prepare a child for their future by preparing their education‚ their
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public school system. There have been controversies over prayer in schools‚ teaching of evolution‚ and displaying the Ten Comandments.In the article “Does religion have a place in public schools?” it states‚ “Indeed‚ while public schools‚ which are run by the government‚ must allow students to express their own religious views‚ the First Amendment prevents the schools from endorsing religion or creating an environment that forces students to participate in religious exercises.” The only schools that
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High school juniors and seniors come to school the fact days a week‚ 7 hours a day. They are overworked‚ tired and hungry by the time 12 pm comes around. The last thing they want is to sit in a lunchroom. They’d rather use that time to leave the school and get a healthier lunch with their friends‚ teaching them the responsibility of being accountable for their actions. That is why juniors and seniors should have the option of leaving school during lunch‚ although others think they should remain at
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English 102 November 7‚ 2011 Sex education in schools It seems that Teen Pregnancy has become a trend. With television programs such as “16 and Pregnant” and films such as “The Pregnancy Pact”‚ sex is not as taboo a subject as it may have been decades ago. Teens are beginning to experiment with sexual activities at earlier ages. Sex education‚ normally taught in high school‚ comes in two different forms: abstinence-based sex education and comprehensive sex education. Abstinence sex education
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High school football‚ is it too dangerous to be played in high school? Many will say that it isn’t and it is entertaining to watch‚ others will argue that it is far too dangerous for high school athletes and that they can seriously get injured or worse can result in death. While both sides have good arguments‚ high school football is way too dangerous for high school athletes. Serious injury can occur on and off the field. Football‚ which is one of the most popular sports in the United States‚ is
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Your school has decided to confine all students to the school grounds at lunch time. Students wil not be allowed to go home or eat out and may only have lunch supplied at the school caterer. As President of your Students’ Association‚ write a letter to your school principal protesting against the new rule. Provide three reasons why you and your fellow students oppose this plan. Dear Principal‚ Bereaving students of choices- A leap in the dark In consideration of the school’s prime principle
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Cursive Writing How often‚ on a daily basis‚ is cursive writing used? This lost art is a mandatory subject in school across the United States of America. Thousands of students every day are being taught a form of writing that is near illegible and will never be used after high school. Many innovators have decided that cursive is outdated and should be eliminated from the curriculum. However‚ opposing them are the old fashioned men and women who associate sentimentality with cursive. Despite
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Liberal art schools work well with the idea of students sharing their own opinions. Westminster college is a place for students to share opinions with one another and be accepted. Over the course of the past month the election has a lot of students feeling uncomfortable with the political outcome. Following the presidential election students began to react immediately. On November 8‚ Donald Trump was elected president-elect of the United States. Many students took directly to social media to express
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Affects of School Lunch Programs on Childhood Obesity ENG122: English Composition II Instructor: Victoria Stamm October 17‚ 2011 Ashley University Affects of School Lunch Programs on Childhood Obesity In today ’s society it is so easy to get caught up in the day to day duties of life; people often forget that their eating habits could be the death of them. The children of today are the children of the future‚ therefore raising
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