When a 12-year-old African-Americans student tells his teacher about an African American lynching and he’s suspended for the entire day, the teacher thinks, “Is this really necessary?”The response, she says, is, “Yes, absolutely.”A lesson is given to a parent, and the lesson is that students are “required to stand up and stand for what they…
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School uniforms are becoming more popular in Japan, says survey
DESOTO, Calif.— School uniforms are increasingly becoming popular in Japanese schools, a new survey finds.The Tokyo-based Nikkei Asian Review survey found students and parents were responding with increasing enthusiasm to the trend.It also found that in 2016, the most popular uniform among students was the school uniform.The survey found that among schoolchildren, students are using…
Stanford high school students are the worst students in the country, but they’re the most ambitious
Stanford high schools are filled with students who want to get into the best universities, but who struggle to get there.A new report from the Stanford School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has revealed that Stanford’s school system is not only filled with kids who want a place in the top schools but who also…