Richard Nixon's War On Drugs In High School

Richard Nixon became the 37th president of the United States of America in 1969. President Nixon decided to declare his War On Drugs in 1971 because he felt that hippies and black people were the greatest hindrances to his presidency. Nixon’s War On Drugs has destroyed and continues to destroy a lot of blacks families lives American because either one or both parents are serving outrageously sentences behind bars; therefore a lot of their children have a greater deal of difficulty in advancing in their academic studies. It is only fair for every inner city school district to establish an intense academic base program that goes beyond regular tutoring to ensure the success of these children. This paper will prove that not only an intense academic …show more content…
Twenty-three percent of children with incarcerated fathers are expelled or suspended compared to 4 percent of children without (Chang). This is the exactly why an intense academic program is needed in the inner city school districts. The Educational Department has money to fund a program called Every Student Success Act (ESSA). The academic base program will give students much needed one on one time with teachers to ensure that they are understanding what is being taught in the classroom. The teachers will be able to immediately pinpoint any problem areas that the student may encounter, and will work with the student to overcome the problem. The academic base program will also provide professional counseling for the students at no cost to the parents because it will be covered under the Every Student Success Act. The academic base program will also provide life skills teaching. The life skills part of the program would be for the high school age students, and it would teach them financial management. In the financial management program, the students would learn how to manage a savings and checking account, they would also learn what credit is and how to maintain a good credit