I wrote my paper on Native American boarding schools. My sources,
http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/marr.html
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16516865
http://www.pbs.org/indiancountry/history/boarding.html

I am not suprised with the statistics of this article. I worked in the Dean's office of my middle school and almost everyone that got suspended was African American. They were definitelty targeted more than the white students. At my high school, when my older brother and sister went, the students would segregate themselves in the cafeteria. This used to happen at a Florida school not too long ago. Only the black athletes were allowed to sit at tables with other white students. Yes, many changes have been made in the school systems. But we still have a long way to go.

"I work at an online company that generates tens of thousands of dollars a month by creating original essays based on specific instructions provided by cheating students. I've worked there full time since 2004. On any day of the academic year, I am working on upward of 20 assignments." It's disappointing that students go to extreme lengths to get out of writing essays. If students are too lazy to write, then they shouldn't be in college etc. It is not fair for someone who cheated to get an A, and someone who worked hard to get a B+. Some students want an A without doing any work.

"Students in the United States performed near the middle of the pack. On average 16 other industrialized countries scored above the United States in science, and 23 scored above us in math. The reading scores for the United States had to be tossed due to a printing error." I don't think you can compare students in the U.S. to students from other countries.The U.S. is a very diverse nation. With students from many different backgrounds. Our schools differ vastly, some schools have amazing teachers and provide students with a great learning environment, where other schools focus on making sure students are safe. These schools have metal detectors to make sure students don't come to school with weapons.This precaution is usually used by schools that are in bad neighborhoods. Where the students are exposed to violence and may be likely to inflict it on other students. Yes, it is saddening to know we are following behind other countries. But at the same time, can we really compare our schools to those in other countries.

Special needs is just an administrative category," says Alan Dyson, professor of education at Manchester University, who has a specialist interest in the area. "The only thing these kids have in common is that they've been labelled special needs." I agree with this quote, kids with special needs have a wide array of different physical and mental abilities. One child might be hard of hearing while another might be severely mentally retarded. I think in extreme cases it would benefit students to be in their own school. But I feel that in most cases it is best for students to be in the same school and go on trips or have lunches with regular students. That way the regular students are exposed to people with disabilities and the students with disabilities have the advantage of interacting with students that are not in their disabilities classes.