Every morning, diverse groups of American students – rich and poor, black and white, rural and urban, gay and straight - begin the school day by rising, facing the flag, and pledging allegiance to a country that claims to be indivisible, ensuring liberty and justice for all. ... In a school that has a distinct socio-economic disparity, where a contingent arrives at school each morning driving new cars – it's not uncommon to see a BMW or new SUV in the student lot – and another arrives by bus, students are offered the same curricular and extra-curricular choices, but soci...

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