- Placement by age vs. placement by academic ability
- Grade inflation
- In some European schools, fewer than 10% of students get “As”. Is there grade inflation in the U.S.? Why so many “As” for Americans?
- Permit corporal punishment
- Required standardized tests for advancement vs. course requirements only
- Multicultural/bilingual education vs. traditional basics
- School’s responsibility vs. parental responsibility for school violence
- Exams often do little more than measure a person’s ability to take exams. Should exams be outlawed in favor of another form of assessment?
- Zero tolerance toward violence vs. toughness with flexibility
- National standardized tests vs. local control of education
- Homeschooling
- Mainstreaming students with disabilities vs. special classrooms for their special needs
- Teacher’s needs/demands vs. teaching as a service profession
- Policing schools
- Discrimination in education
- No government support vs. fairness to parents who pay twice for education
- Separation of church and state vs. religion’s contribution to the public good
- Education and funding
- No Child Left Behind Act: Is it working?
- Should teens in the U.S. adopt the British custom of taking a “gap year” between high school and college?
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