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country on the exact same level. Common core was largely written by two men who were hired by the Gates Foundation, these men had no experience in K-12 teaching. The federal government believes that common core will unite the educational systems of the states and bring the students of the nation to an educational knowledge peak. Common core is a good idea in theory, but the implementation has led to problematic issues, common core, as it is now, should be demolished. Common core is a set of…

much safer environment anywhere undocumented immigrants go. Another reason would be that undocumented immigrants now have become a great part in job industries, industries that we rely heavily upon. Also, education plays a great role in the United States which the federal law blocks aid for undocumented students. There should be a legalization for illegal immigrants because it will benefit safety, economy, and education. Legalizing illegal immigrants will benefit safety in the country for…

talented students, generally, 2-10% of students in the United States could fall under this category, and are usually identified as having an IQ in the top 2-5% or scoring in the top 5-10% on standardized tests (Worrel, 2015, pg. 123). But, unlike other groups of students, gifted and talented students are usually not as funded as other groups of students. The total state and federal funding for gifted education in the United States was less than 0.15% of the entire education budget. Research…

due process. Americans take great pride in seeing the legal system administer swift and fair penalties to those who have committed crimes. But what happens if the legal system is wrong? What if the person that was sent to prison, or executed by the state, did not commit the crime they were punished for? This was the situation that Ronald Cotton found himself in during the 1980s and 90s serving a life sentence for two rapes he did not commit. Cotton is not alone; there are many stories of…

of several smaller languages such as those discussed in Russel G. Rymer’s article “Vanishing Voices”. Containing what is arguably the densest concentration of English speakers, the United States population speaks the language with a distinct vocabulary and accent. The form of English spoken by the United States population is merely a dialect, tangentially developing with the language as a whole. A study of the dialect would highlight an array of diverse factors and provide several lenses that…

at Tuskegee University, Alabama, and earned her Juris Doctor degree from Boston College Law School. She first became interested in the law when her cousin at the age age 17 was shot and killed in front of her by a mistake in identity. Her father and grandfather were also police officers. Marilyn is also Baltimore city's attorney. Marilyn received a college degree to Tuskegee University, Alabama when she was 20 years old. Then earned her Juris Doctor degree from Boston College Law school.…

famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in 1929 to a middle class African American family. He was born to Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta Christine King in Atlanta, Georgia. King’s father was a Reverend. Martin Luther King Jr. attended “David T. Howard…

since the United States began, each president has faced different challenges, especially pertaining to foreign policy and war. George Washington chose neutrality when England and France were ready to destroy not only each other but the allies as well. Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president, took a page out of George Washington’s book over 100 years later. When Europe was fighting in the First World War, Woodrow Wilson had a difficult decision to make regarding the future of the United States. Though…

they were safer from discrimination than in the Southern states (McKissack & McKissack, 1990). Because there was little discrimination…

Latino young men will not graduate”. (Balfanz). The article reveals that back in 2014 the total of high school graduates was more than three million students. In the article Robert Balfanz conducted a study with one of his colleagues at Johns Hopkins University, and they found that “half of the African-American boys who veer of the paths to high school graduation do so in just 660 or more than 12,600 regular schools”. (Balfanz). These 660 high school tends to be big high schools, but the…