Foundation for Individual Rights in Education

program first made an appearance in 1983 when the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Unified School District came together to develop a drug abuse prevention program that today’s society knows it as D.A.R.E (drug, abuse, resistance, education). The importance of…

Mandatory physical education is a very effective manner of improving many of the problems adolescent Canadians face today. With the rising obesity in the youth of Canada, there is only a future of higher levels of disease and death within the country’s population. On top of this, there is a direct correlation between the level of physical activity children participate in , and the level of academic success the will achieve. Thirdly, one of the most important skills an individual can have is…

I Shall Not Hate by Izzeldin Abuelaish takes place during the Gaza siege. The Israeli military had banned foreign media sources from entering the small Palestinian territory. Izzeldin Abuelaish became the prime source for news when the military banned the media. He told everyone in the refugee camp and a news reporter the daily things that were happening in the war zone. Izzeldin Abuelaish notified Sholmo Eldar, the news reporter, through a cell phone and Elder reported the news on Israel’s…

“Education is the key to success” Article 26 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that “ everyone has the right to education” (UN). Is education the solution to Africa’s poverty? Several studies have linked lack of education as being one of the reasons for under -development in Africa. My essay is going to explore this notion and also other core issues that I felt were imperative for the development of Africa. The other matters I look into are Poor governance, Civil war and…

“Yes We Can” were the words of a 47-year old African American senator from Illinois who would become the first Black President of the United States. I remember watching CNN as the grand projection came in and seeing crowds of people in tears of joy. Holding hands and chanting in excitement, it seemed as though a big weight had been lifted off the nation’s shoulders. Black, white and brown appeared to have become one for a night. The important thing to know is that we weren’t always separate. In…

Even though an American can be defined as an individual that resides in America, it takes on a deeper meaning when one defines a "true American. America is a country that is portrayed as a melting pot. It is often described as such because it reflects the vast majority of immigrants moving to America to find freedom and new opportunity. With this comes new cultures, traditions and ideas But "American" is as broad of a term as "Freedom", yet we use the term loosely without ever defining it. So…

varying perspectives about whether understudies should pay for college or not. A few people presume that education is an essential right, which should therefore be given freely, while others think the student would need to repay the school. Various well-to-do countries around the world offer free public college. On the other hand, the United States requires the student to pay for their college education. It would be exceptionally profitable in the United States to not have free public college.…

disabled. Experts would even begin to seek knowledge for why they are different to further understand their needs. Some of the main contributors to gaining rights for the mentally disabled are Dorothea Dix, Nelly Bly and Eunice Kennedy Shriver. These three women and many government acts and laws contributed to the movement towards the rights of those with intellectual disabilities. In the 1840s, the…

Our Founding Fathers established the foundation of our country considering the diversity among the people- a nation of immigrants. Settlers came to the New World to escape religious persecution, a corrupted government, financial turmoil, or just to establish a better way of life and pursue a desirable quality of living. The people of this nation fought for what they presumed, and later declared, as their natural rights as human beings; “[t]he sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for…

her. Social justice is the view that everyone deserves equal economic, political and social rights and opportunities (Naswdcorg, 2016). Without the help of social/economic justice influence Charo may not have a fair opportunity to receive help and services she is in need of in order to successfully provide for herself or children. Social justice also allows rights to institutions of society as; education, social security, health care, public services,…