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    Every year around August and September school comes around, and that means shopping. It’s a day before school begins and no worries. The school uniform policy requires for the student just have 4 blue polo shirts and brown, blue, or black khakis for the males and khakis or a plaid skirt for the females. When school uniforms topics are brought up in the United States most people are not in favor. If only they took a closer consideration what school uniforms bring to the table that mind set would be

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    In Diane Ravitch Article she claims that the essentials of a good education is for public schools to keep away from the standard testing because if takes time away from students furthering their knowledge into learning, that not involves math or learning. Ravitch then continues into pointing that the public system doesn’t have the best educational learning system, which especially involves minorities like black and Latino students. Ravitch proceeds into say that those types of minorities haven’t

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    property taxes, especially if they do not use the public school system. Many individuals choose to send their children to private schools or to homeschool them. Should these citizens be required to pay property taxes? Also, what about the citizens who do not have children? Should they be required to pay the tax? The taxes being referred to are the property taxes that public school education greatly depends on. It has been a debate since public schools were created of whether or not citizens who choose

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    Public schools are considered the normal thing to do for children. When one thinks of where they see their child getting an education, it is typically a public school. Most children and adolescents dread going to school anyway, but why? Teens typically say they must go to school because they “legally” must. Even some parents may believe this excuse, but there are other options. Of course, there are private schools, home schools, charter schools, and even more options that could be better for students

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    poor in our schools educational system. We need to help improve our school board with better textbooks, classes, and equipment. How well educated is our students who went to American public schools? How much diversity is in American public schooling? Does the middle to upper class students have an advantage for getting a better education than low income students? The American Dream and public school; statistic say that kids in private schools are much more educated than public school students because

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    principles of God. Yet we live in a world where at some public school 's like Kankakee School District 111 that I attended where the bible isn 't taught or spoke on in classes. Although at private school 's they focus on Christianity because of the school being “private” rather than public. I feel like Christianity should be taught in public school 's just like private school 's teach it because some families can afford to send their children to private school 's, while other families are less fortunate that

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    Public school education is identical important and should be taken very seriously. It is the basis that leads to the future of everyone’s life. The people who begin to lay down the pathway for education are the teachers. Teachers in today’s public school system world are one of the utmost crucial people in America. They are the ones to encourage children to excel into their greatest self. Without teachers, society would face a drastic downfall. There would not be many professions around. There would

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    Prayer in school is a controversial topic of today's time. There are different pros and cons when it comes to bringing religion into schools. Varying from state to state the court’s perspective has played a major role in the decision of having prayer in schools, as well as the opinions of society. Understanding that your personal opinion is not the same as everyone else's is important and others may have different point of views. The controversial topics that give examples for each position allows

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    and Council established a public school for children less than sixteen years of age on August 17, 1829 known as the Louisville Public School. The first public school building was opened September 1830 in the Louisville School district. The Jefferson County Public Schools trace their beginnings to an act of the legislature of Kentucky, which established a system of common schools in the state in 1838. April 1, 1975 Louisville Public Schools and Jefferson County Public Schools merge establishing Jefferson

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    life situations” we are teaching in public school. You may, however, felt the frustration of trying to do taxes, buy a house, or balance a checkbook for the first time and felt underprepared. Our public school system leaves students unprepared for the adult world. Public k12 school curriculums don’t teach students to be informed adults, but rather teach them to recite random facts for tests without absorbing the information or applying it to life. Many high school graduates feel underprepared for college

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