Independent school

With over 1,200 public schools in the state of Texas, all but one of them are declared independent, or immune to any form of municipal government. These schools have come to be known as independent school districts, “ISD” for short. The Bill of Rights plays a significant role in independent school districts, as the daily interaction of authoritative government figures and other individuals “is controlled in part by… [guaranteed] protections” listed under the Bill of Rights (Youth Rights 11). Ranking school districts from greatest to needs improvement, Texas has one of the most overrated school systems in the United States of America. Based on several factors such as decreased spending, lack of sex education, and other careless mishaps, the Texas school system is slowly working its way further and further on the public school totem pole. In order to see any changes surface, it is imperative that we become more involved in the success and well-being of those still in school. According to Texas Politics Today, Texas’s public school enrollment ranks in the 2nd percentile compared to other states. This alone seems to dumbfound everyone, considering right below that, it reads that graduation rates for Texas rank among the 41st percentile out of fifty states (Maxwell 33). How is it that the state of Texas manages to enroll more people than almost all the other states, but cannot manage to get those students to graduate? The issue is that the confounding factors in each individual’s…

The income you earn or what your parents can be known as the independent variable since you can change how much money you can earn depending on where you work. While the dependent variable would be going to the institution because you will get the chance to be in the school that you want to, but it depends on your SAT’s, grades, and other activities you have done in your high school year. Another independent variable is the major because depending on the classes you take, it can determine the…

How to Pass the Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE) There are many reasons that a private school may be the best choice for your child. Some children flourish in programs that allow them to focus on language or arts programs that may not be offered in public middle or high schools in the area. For introverted students, the personalized attention and small classroom sizes may be crucial to their academic and social success. However, gaining admission into some of the most competitive…

“considered the seminal opinion in this area of constitutional law” by University of San Diego School of Law Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues and referred to as a “landmark case” by Thomas L. Tedford and Dale A. Herbeck. The case of Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District 393 U.S. 503 (1969) is a case in which Three public school students; John Tinker, Christopher Eckhardt and Mary Beth Tinker wore black armbands to school in protest of the Vietnam War. The school board…

Dallas Independent School District Dress Codes The Dallas Independent School District was established in the year 1884, which consisted of six segregated schools at the time. Today the DISD has grown to two-hundred and thirty schools, is the second largest district in Texas, and the twelfth in the United States. Since the district serves about 150,000 students, there has to be some type of dress code enforcement, just liked any other educational institute. …

Des Moines Independent Community School (1969), the court said that a student's freedom of expression in school must be protected unless it would seriously interfere with the requirements of appropriate discipline.”(Oyez) In 1965 a couple of kids that attended Des Moines Community School wanted to “show their support for a truce in the Vietnam War.” The students would wear black armbands during the holiday and they would “fast on December 16 and New Year's Eve.”(Oyez) Because the students had…

Des Moines Independent School District (1969) the Supreme Court Stated that, “In our system, students may not be regarded as closed-circuit recipients of only that which the State chooses to communicate. They may not be confined to the expression of those sentiments that are officially approved” (Alexander, 2012). This declaration sets the tone for the interactions of schools not as a place to proselytize only one viewpoint or to limit the access of knowledge, but to exist as a place where there…

types of universities: Public and Private. Both types of universities have multiple similarities and differences. Most people like to find a school that has the major they are interested in. They also want a school that they feel would fit them well. Look at all the major factors before you come to a final decision on a university that you want to attend. These factors include how much the school cost, the size, academics, graduation rates, and so on. A colleges tuition(cost) is the major…

constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate," the Supreme Court famously said that in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District. However, in the digital age, the formal request of Tinker has been very complicated by the fact that the schoolhouse gate is no longer restricted in certain categories to a brick-and-mortar structure, but may it now be a student 's home computer, tablet, or cell phone. In recent years, the number of social media and technology has provided people who…

living in the United States without a college degree. “According to the College Board, the average cost of tuition and fees for the previous school year (2015-2016) was over $32,000 at private colleges, over $9,000 for in state public colleges, and roughly $24,000 for out of state public college students” (College Data). There is more than just tuition to pay for in college, everything becomes a factor when college is being discussed. The cost of living and eating in college really depends on…