With every new day there comes a new drug. That sentence greatly reminds me of high school. I myself have never done or taken any drug, besides alcohol. However, when I was in high school it seemed as if all of my friends were doing drugs, trying new drugs, or selling drugs. They would often of...

The editorial "No Child Left Behind," which appeared in the January 24th, 2005 Edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, clearly brings up important issues that need to be addressed with the current No Child Left Behind law before shifting gears to other areas of students coupled ...

Through the thirteen years of public school, from Kindergarten to Twelfth grade, the purpose is to prepare a child to enter the real world and to live successfully as possible. Elementary school is only a stepping-stone to Middle School and High School, and serves only to allow a child to mature. It...

Education Manifesto What student hasn't felt taken advantage of during their school years? Probably none, if you think about it. In this day and age, corporate control over American public education has taken advantage of students by using them as obligatory consumers to sell their products...

There are two types of college students. Ones who were sent to college with mom's and dad's money and the others who work their way through school. There is no doubt that the stress that coming with juggling work and school is higher than average college student. For this working studen...

Are the California schools and teachers making the grade in regard to illiteracy' Illiteracy is a problem of hidden proportions. For example, the San Diego Business Journal recently quoted the San Diego's Council on Literacy and pointed out that 20% of the United States population is funct...

In a world full of differences, where what makes us unique is celebrated, students are now being told that part of what makes us individuals is no longer appropriate or even acceptable. Uniforms will not work in a public school setting because they are expensive, a violation of one's rights, and, f...