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On the first day of school, Royall Elementary held what they called an “Olympic parade to celebrate different cultures from around the world.” The way that some teachers and administrators chose to represent Mexico was based entirely on insensitive stereotypes. After they proudly posted photos to Facebook, the community was outraged. 

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On June 10th, Arantzazu Zuzene Galdos-Shapiro, a respected eighth-grade English teacher, resigned from her position at W.E.B. Du Bois Regional Middle School. In her resignation letter, Galdos-Shapiro bravely stated that she was leaving to protect her health, which had been gravely affected by the conditions and blatant violation of her rights at school.  She painfully …

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Currently, there are 19 states in America where corporal punishment in school is legal. In some districts, the school must have the parents’ permission, while others do not. In 1977, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in its Ingraham v. Wright decision that corporal punishment in schools is constitutional, leaving states to decide whether to allow it. 

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