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established that there could be separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites, giving support to Jim Crow laws. The Supreme Court did not begin to reverse Plessy until the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case 58 years later, which…

public schools has been on the down slope for many years. With the increased amount of drugs, school shootings, and other dementia in these schools, more and more parents are making the choice to home school their children. Although many people claim…

extended to seniors who wish to leave the school grounds and adjacent areas during their assigned lunch periods. This privilege is predicated on the belief that students as they enter their final years of high school should be trusted to make mature…

would think the future of America's youth is ensured by objective measures and time-tested procedures, but according to some, the decisions made by college admissions boards are anything but. Over a decade ago, fiery debates ignited over the validity…

a plan that made the school year a 12 month school year. In 1997, the California state school board initiated a 12 month school year that sent children to school for a full year, without breaks. Both of these states then took a statistical poll to…

in the United States has been growing for years. Legislators, privately owned companies, school boards and community organizations are trying to come up with intelligent ways to rescue children from deteriorating public schools. Inner city schools…

next to you, in front of you, across the room from you. Think. Do you really know that much about them? Sure, maybe the red head behind you gets straight A's, or the tall guy in the green shirt is the star of the basketball team. But do you…

be required in middle school? What do you think? Well, I think that students should not be required uniforms in middle school. School uniforms do not teach students anything about anything, except about looking weird, and many students are against…

of Phoenix "As long as a college education remains an enormous value in the job market and a person's life, the demand for it [a college education] is not going to decline," said Sandra Smith, University of California's assistant vice president…

can see something that is very important: diversity. Slowly but surely, this privilege is being taken away. Ever since President Clinton proposed mandatory uniforms, there have been some major opinion clashes; from both parents and students. In the…