Education Debates

courts have the responsibilty to create racially balanced schools.

1)Negative assertion: In 1974 court ordered busing wasn"t the only strategy that could have desegregated Boston"s public schools. Other options would be to give other options and more choices. Where you live is your choice so schools aren"t segregated by law. These options would cause less violence. 2)Negative assertion: Students and society will not benefit from more children attending racially integrated schools. The surveys may not be right. This may only work in a poor community. Some...

Courts have the responsibility to create racially balanced schools

Affirmative assertion: In 1974 court ordered busing was the only strategy that could have desegregated Boston's public schools. Neighborhoods were segregated by the race and children went to neighborhood schools. Even though Boston built new schools they were still segregated. Everything just got worst in Boston and even after the law said schools had to be. Affirmative assertion: To create a desegregated school system; a judge should be able to tell parents where their children must attend sc...

courts have the responsibility to create racially balanced schools

negative assertion #1 : court- ordered desegregation plans do more harm than good. Evidence: there was a lot of violence because of desegration. Evidence: protest were held against federal building Evidence: school buses are getting attacked by the whites negative assertion #2 : courts are powerless to combat prejudice Evidence: schools are being boycott Evidence: protest of inequality by the people Evidence: students are attacking the balck students with rocks on buses Negative ass...

Were the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki morally justifiable

i believe that the atomic bombings were not justifiable because no one has the right to go destroy something thats not theirs...

chess sucks

However stimulatory chess may be, and I do forcuncuate that it is a brilliant game, it is not practical. Have you ever sat down with a friend and say, "Hey! We have a couple minutes, lets play some chess! I'll be white!" Despite the racial puns that could be inserted, chess is not practical unless you have a lot of time and the skill to do so. I am a novice at chess, my rear is pulinificated every time I play somebody, but most of the time we just get bored and play some football. So although ch...

School uniforms should be required

Should homework be banned in middle and elementary schools?

I believe homework in elementary schools should be banned. I believe this mainly because 88% of students grades 3-8 participate in at least 1 out of school activity after school, and with homework, this can cause them to be jam-packed and/or stressed....

Courts have the responsibility to create racially balanced schools

Negative assertion: Race should not be used as a basis for school assignment Evidence: Students attend a school that is 80% white, while 70% of black students attend schools where nearly two-thirds of students are black and spanish. Evidence: Schools force teachers to teach kids they dont want to teach. Evidence: Any policy based on race is a violation of every childs 14th amendment. Evidence: Desegregation does not speak to dropout rates that hover near 50% for black and hispanic s...

Courts have the responsibility to create racially balanced schools

Negative assertion #1: Court-ordered desegregation plans do more harm than good. Questions about schooling should be left to communities to solve. Negative evidence: The court mixing black and whites is making it worse for the students to foces in school. Schools should stay with their own color and race. Negative assertion #2 Courts are powerless to combat prejudice. Negative evidence: Courts cant make you talk to someone you don"t like or feel comforable talking to. Courts can tell you w...

Year Round Schooling (With Medium-Length breaks periodically)