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| | *More than 10% of public high schools have a [[Homosexual Agenda|pro-homosexual]] student club | | *More than 10% of public high schools have a [[Homosexual Agenda|pro-homosexual]] student club |
| | *The majority of public school students are completely ignorant about the Bible, even as [[Bible history|history]] and literature | | *The majority of public school students are completely ignorant about the Bible, even as [[Bible history|history]] and literature |
| − | *35% of students are overweight<ref name="health">http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/nov/29/students-health-needs-attention/</ref>{{dead link}} | + | *35% of students are overweight |
| − | *Health screening of public schools in Memphis, Tennessee, found that nearly 10% of students have mental health problems.<ref name="health"/>{{dead link}} | + | *Health screening of public schools in Memphis, Tennessee, found that nearly 10% of students have mental health problems. |
| − | *California public schools, largest in the nation, now rank at the bottom in academic achievement.<ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/us/us_california_broken_schools/2009/06/21/227552.html High-Spending California School System Collapsing] AP, June 21, 2009</ref>{{dead link}} | + | *California public schools, largest in the nation, now rank at the bottom in academic achievement. |
| | {{See also|Public school culture}} | | {{See also|Public school culture}} |
| | ==History== | | ==History== |
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| | ==Suppression and intolerance of alternative views== | | ==Suppression and intolerance of alternative views== |
| − | Several courts, including the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], which frequently engage in [[judicial activism]], have ruled that teaching [[creationism]]<ref>https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/482/578/case.html</ref> and [[intelligent design]]<ref>http://www.pamd.uscourts.gov/kitzmiller/kitzmiller_342.pdf</ref>{{dead link}} in public schools is unconstitutional because they claim that such teachings would amount to a government establishment of religion, which is prohibited by the First Amendment.<ref>''See'' ''Kitzmiller'', 400 F.Supp.2d at 765</ref> Hypocritically, nothing has been done to remove the religions of Secular Humanism and Islam from the schools. | + | Several courts, including the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], which frequently engage in [[judicial activism]], have ruled that teaching [[creationism]]<ref>https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/482/578/case.html</ref> and [[intelligent design]] in public schools is unconstitutional because they claim that such teachings would amount to a government establishment of religion, which is prohibited by the First Amendment.<ref>''See'' ''Kitzmiller'', 400 F.Supp.2d at 765</ref> Hypocritically, nothing has been done to remove the religions of Secular Humanism and Islam from the schools. |
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| | ==Educational outcomes== | | ==Educational outcomes== |