Censorship is the biggest controversial topic in high schools all across America. Although some principles and parents don't think their kids are mature enough to learn about sex, drugs, abortion, divorce, etc., students need to learn how to approach situations in the real world. Censorship sho...

The Separation of School and State Families, these days, are becoming more and more religious; yet they can not decide if religion should actually be a part of the school day. Whether or not religion should be allowed in public schools is a very controversial issue. Some pe...

Freedom has been a privilege we sometimes take for granted. It is so woven into our everyday lives that we often forget that we have it. Freedom of speech and press was debated in a case between Hazelwood East High School and a Journalism II class. In this case, the principal of Hazelwood East Hi...

James Madison once said, "A people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power that knowledge gives. A popular government without the means of acquiring information is a prologue to a tragedy." It is because I agree with Madison that I stand in strong affirmation ...

During the fifteen to twenty years after World War II, America was experiencing numerous changes, not only politically but socially also. After World War II most Americans felt a sense of pride, due to the victory over the Japanese and Nazi powers. Although most people felt this pride, some people i...

Growing up as a teenager, Melba Pattillo Beals had to fight one of the most courageous wars in history. No, not a war that took place in the trenches of a battlefield, but a war that took place in the halls of an American high school—a war against color. Melba was one of nine black studen...

Drug Testing in Schools According to a study conducted by the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research, among the graduating class of 1997, 54.3 percent of students had used an illicit drug by the time they reached their senior year of high school; a dramatic increase from 40.7 percen...

Before the beginning of American public schools in the mid-19th century, home schooling was the norm. Founding father John Adams encouraged his spouse to educate their children while he was on diplomatic missions (Clark, 1994). By the 1840's instruction books for the home were becoming popular ...

The significant debate on religion in schools is becoming more and more heated. Many people say that banning religion in schools would be unconstitutional, which in some aspects is understandable since the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects freedom of religion....

One of the most controversial issues in the United States today is the issue of whether or not prayer should be allowed in public schools. In many schools around the country, prayer has already been banned in public schools. Many people have many differences on this issue. The American society consi...

Martin Luther King Jr. stated in his famous "I have a dream" speech that, "I have a dream my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today! (3) King's speech...

The courts have ruled against prayer in school. Many agree with the decision, yet many disagree including me. Prayer should be allowed in public school because it is already practiced, it prevents immoral acts, and it enhances the learning environment. The issue of prayer in school has been debated ...

Abington School District vs. Schempp Required School Prayer In 1949, a state-wide law was passed in Pennsylvania that required public school students to read scriptures from the Bible and recite the Lord's Prayer everyday in class. This law stayed intact until Edward Schempp challenged it n...

Education School VouchersThere has been a lot of debate recently over the use of school vouchers. Voucher programs offer students attending both public and private schools tuition vouchers. It gives taxpayers the freedom to pick where their tax dollars go. In ...

Education School VouchersThere has been a lot of debate recently over the use of school vouchers. Voucher programs offer students attending both public and private schools tuition vouchers. It gives taxpayers the freedom to pick where their tax dollars go. In ...

The decision of President Dwight D. Eisenhower to send troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957 was an important milestone in progress toward ending school segregation and racial discrimination against African Americans. The president's decisive action demonstrated that the dull force of the power o...

In the article "Rich School, Poor Schools..." J.B. Raskin explains the Supreme Court's attitude toward the mandate of "Separate but Equal." Instead of defining this attitude in terms of race, however, Raskin explores its economic counterpart by explaining all aspects of the San Antonio Independent ...

Sexual Abuse by Teachers This paper will discuss the United States Supreme court decision of Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District, 524 US 274 (1998) and the moral concern of sexual harassment by teachers. We will look at the law of Title IX and analyze issues and alternative soluti...

John is a well known person around school. All of his life he has had a love for football. Every year he would join the school football team and help the team through a number of victories. Somewhere along the road, John started to hang out with some bad people. These people brought John into th...

Is praying in school really allowed? Do the majority of children that do want to pray get put down or get frowned upon? Well that answer to that question years ago would have been that praying in school was a part of everyday routine. These days it doesn't look so good considering most of us j...

The ruling on Brown vs. Board of Education (1954) could be viewed as both successful and detrimental to the struggle for black equality. On the surface, the Brown ruling looks to be a great success, but a closer look reveals otherwise. The decision was a sensitive issue that took time and compromi...

Should Maurice Clarett be able to enter the draft? On Thursday the Supreme Court ruled that he is not able to enter. The NFL has a rule that says you have to be out of high school for three years in order to be eligible for the draft. It doesn't matter how old you are just as long as you have bee...

After the Reconstruction period, African Americans had won freedom and no longer were seen as processions of the whiteman, although, something even more evil existed, segregation. This problem made life for many black people an ever-continuing struggle. Black people were forced to attend separ...

Chief Justice William RehnquistWilliam Hubbs Renquist was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on October 1, 1924. William Rehnquist went to elementary and high school in Shorewood, Wisconsin. He served in the United States Army Air Corps in this country and overseas from 1943 to 1946. Then was discharg...

 Megan White Spcom 105 Affirmative Action (persuasive) When the term affirmative action was first used in 1961, President John Kennedy had intention...