Education

This House would allow biased versions of history to be taught in schools

14 Nov 2012

The case: The Japanese New History Textbook controversyA textbook entitled New History Textbook (Atarashii Rekishi Kyokasho) was published by a committee...

This House believes Tennessee is correct to protect teachers who wish to explore the merits of creationism

13 Nov 2012

The case: Teaching creationism in US schoolsOn April 11 2012, Tennessee passed a law that will protect teachers who choose to explore the merits of creationism...

This House would arm teachers

4 Jul 2012

This debate refers specifically to the United States of America but many of the arguments would be applicable to other countries around the world. In recent...

This House believes social deprivation causes crime.

25 May 2012

Since the advent of modern social science, sociologists and criminologists have been preoccupied with finding the answer to what is the root cause of criminal...

This House believes single-sex schools are good for education

17 Apr 2012

Single-sex schools are schools that only admit those of one specific gender, believing that the educational environment fostered by a single gender is more...

This House would introduce labels on food to encourage people to eat better

13 Apr 2012

We all want and should eat better. And each of us has different definitions and priorities when it comes to “good food”. For some good equals...

This House believes that Puerto Rico should seek American statehood

3 Apr 2012

Puerto Rico, officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States located in the north-eastern...

This House supports random drug-testing in schools

2 Mar 2012

In a landmark ruling, the US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Vernonia School District v. Acton that schools could randomly test student athletes for drug use, after...

This House Would Get A Master’s Degree.

22 Feb 2012

The role that undergraduate studies play in employment and education is becoming increasingly difficult to decipher – not only for individual students, but...

This House would pay state school teachers based on merit

21 Feb 2012

Merit pay for state school teachers means rewarding teachers for better performance according to specific and measurable criteria. State schools are schools...

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