Krista Kiuru, Finland´s minister of education, said on an interview with "The Atlantic" in 2014: We used to have a system which was really unequal. [...]We decided in the 1960s that we would provide a free quality education to all. Even universities are free of charge. ... We don't know what our kids will turn out like-we can't know if one first-grader will become a famous composer, or another a famous scientist. ... Even if we don't have oil or minerals or any other natural resources, well, we think human capital is also a valuable resource. ... Before the meeting,...

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The Dream Act is a bipartisan agreement that will give young people who were brought to the United States as children a path to legal status and the chance to serve in the military and go to college. ... According to the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), "the children of undocumented immigrants are far more likely to drop out of high school than students who were born in the U.S.... Arianna Salgado, a leading undocumented student activist who has worked with government officials on immigration reform, was quoted in an article by Deanna Bellandi, where she states, "We deserve the sam...

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As a parent, if we restrict our children from social interaction in their primary years of learning and growing, we are essentially hurting them in the future. ... "Even today, people in Hollywood are far more impressed by, say, your knack for finding new talent than by what your grades were like"(Goldstein 273). ... When we as humans have a strong mental health, we are more likely to live healthy lifestyles and succeed in all areas of life. ... Mentioned plenty of times though out her article, Rosin explains how Chua's daughters need to lighten up and roam free by expressing...

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As for the second reason, kids are jumping into the professional sports realm before their time because of a systemic problem occurring in the inner-city schools. ... The team's roster consisted of thirteen players whom were all attending the university on fully paid sports scholarship. ... That team consisted of six seniors, three juniors, and the remaining were underclassmen. ... Only one of those players was drafted and he was later released before he played a single professional game. ... Our institutions of learning have been developed by a free society in order to educate and prepar...

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Japan was a feudal nation before it rapidly modernized itself in the 19th century. ... Monks and priests were the first teachers in these early schools. By the end of the Tokugawa period in the mid-nineteenth century there was a literacy rate of 50 percent for boys and about 20 for girls even though only a small percentage of the population is said to have attended school before the reformation took place (Cleaver 205). ... These reforms made elementary and secondary schools free for both males and females, and by 1900 were made compulsory. ... In 1968-1969 there were campus disputes by st...

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​Littleton, Colorado, like every other small town in America, awoke April 20th, 1999 to what seemed to be a normal day with everyone going about their business as they have countless times before. ... Columbine showed the country that their children may not be safe in the very institution we trust to instill in them the knowledge to be functional members of society. ... The leading crowd of jock, cheerleaders, and hanger-on were well aware of who they were and defended the boundaries between themselves and lesser mortals in the social structure of the school through intimidation and humilia...

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We believe that it is important that children know about science and literature but we cannot say exactly why. ... Inexorably we cultivate, treat, produce and school the world out of existence. (Illich 1971) We are consuming education at a more rapid rate than at any time since we started counting degrees, and families are going further and further into debt to fund education for children.. No matter what type of education we consume, there is no guarantee that we have actually learned it, despite tests passed and degrees earned.. ... (Bourdieu and Passeron, 1997: 80) 62% of those in the h...

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We must acknowledge other sexual preferences such as men attracted to men or homosexuality (or as society expresses it, gays); women attracted to women or lesbianism; and men and women liking either genders or bisexuality. ... Studies show that adolescents are revealing or questioning their sexual orientation at ages much younger than before. ... "The Bill of student's rights and responsibilities guarantees the right to a safe and supportive environment free from discrimination, harassment, and bigotry, freedom of expression, and person and due process without regard to sexual orientati...

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Suno is ready to apply for college, but before he goes into college, he must pass the entrance exams for his college. ... In the speech Obama mentioned that education will always be needed regardless of what we wish to do in life after school. ...

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Direct neonatal health care costs attributable to maternal smoking that were paid by Medicaid in 1996 are estimated to be more than $227 million. ... In a recent review of adolescent pregnant women smoking programs, over one-half were based on the use of curricula in both traditional and nontraditional educational settings. ...

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Many of the children and parents were knowledgeable of the researcher via the child having taken a class with the researcher, exposed through other academic activities in the district, or other activities within the community and surrounding communities. ... Figure caption goes here xx Section 1: Introduction to the Study Introduction Give a little description of the overarching problem before jumping into the description of your study. ...

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