Education Statistics reported that 9.2 percent or 4.4 million of public school students in the United States were English Language Learners‚ or ELLs. While the national average was almost 10 percent‚ the state of California had the highest enrollment‚ at nearly 23 percent (nces.gov). With so many students in US schools for whom English is not their first language‚ it was decided that these students should receive some sort of English language education to facilitate their learning. This idea was protected
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Should: One of the chief benefits of school uniforms‚ say proponents‚ is that they make schools safer. Uniforms are said to reduce gang influence‚ minimize violence by reducing some sources of conflict‚ and help to identify trespassers. Parents benefit because they are no longer pressured to buy the latest fashions‚ and they spend less on their children’s clothing. Having a uniform stops gang members from displaying their colors and garb. The schools also believe it helps stop violence and helps
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Charter Schools According to the California Department of Education Charter Schools are schools that are created or organized by groups of teachers‚ parents‚ community leaders or organizations. These schools supply instruction from grades K-12. Once the group decides to create a Charter school they need to present their proposal to a local school district governing board to be approved. The proposals all have to include guidelines‚ objectives‚ and specific goals. If approved they are given a specific
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Driving to school has been tough because most kids at my school dont know how to properly drive within the lines and park straight‚ so dodging a bunch of reckless rednecks in trucks and preppy girls in smart cars is a struggle. It’s not getting to school that’s the problem for me it’s the leaving at the end of the day with the other 1‚700 kids that drive. Our school population is about 2‚400 something and the more kids that decided to try for a parking permit is only making traffic worse. One evening
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requiring all public schools instruction to be conducted in English would be eradicating the various languages student posses by exerting American hegemony over different cultures. Prop 227 throws students in immersion programs that are suppose to last for one year‚ in order to make the students fluent in English. If the students cannot learn English in that one-year time period‚ they’re doomed to run into difficulties when advancing to a higher-level education of the dominant language. It is simply a
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free speech. In a school setting‚ there are certain parameters that one must stay within and because of this; there are positives and negatives of freedom of speech. Strike and Soltis (2009) reference the NEA Code saying that teachers “Shall not unreasonably restrain the student from independent action in the pursuit of learning” (p. 38). This could broadly be interpreted as teachers may not censor students. There are many different ways that censorship could happen in a school setting. Students
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When you think about school lunch you think safe healthy food right? Well turns out school lunch is not what it school lunches is not actually not healthy and the food served actually served has has had health violations along with dirty kitchens‚ the food is tasteless ‚we need to have open-campus. First the school lunch is not healthy as many people think nor safe. The food has passed the minimum government’s standards but it has also been called into question. Example according to the Food
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Uniforms in schools won’t make things better‚ it does not improve school safety or academic discipline. It violate a student’s right to express themselves and freedom. It’s also a problem for families that don’t have good finances‚ because the uniforms are expensive than regular clothes. It’s also harder for a school to enforce the rule of students having to wear only the school uniforms. Uniform suppresses individualism and treats students’ en masse rather than encouraging teachers to recognize
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biggest debates in the world ever known for today is the restriction on gun control and weather or not government and Obama should take away gun control or leave it alone. Just since 2013‚ there have been over 143 school shootings in the United States. Just in 2015‚ there has been over 45 school shootings in the United States. In some states‚ new laws have been added stating that if you’re going to buy a gun‚ you will need a background check. They do this for the safety of other people but not only that;
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Do you agree with school vouchers? A school voucher is a credit that is given to parents that want to move their child from a public school to a private school that they chose. The voucher programs usually involve moving taxpayers’ money from public schools to private schools. Voucher programs harm public school systems‚ fail to support disabled and special needs children‚ and do not improve students’ academic performance. The government shouldn’t give vouchers for private school tuition. Voucher
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