So You Want To Be A Student Investigative Reporter?: Topics

 

Elementary Level Topics:

 
Speech/Press

E1- Should school principals have greater control over the content of school publications?

E2-Should there be greater control by government over music (sex and violence)?

E3-Should there be restrictions on what can be seen or heard on the internet?

E4-Should laws ban media photographs of people without their permission?

E5-Should there be laws against flag-burning?
 
 

Religion
E6- Should public schools allow religious groups to use its facilities after school hours?

E7-Should public schools allow for a moment of silence and/or prayer?

E8-Should religious leaders be allowed to speak at graduations?

E9-Should students who refuse to salute the U.S. flag be suspended?

E10- Should the government prosecute parents who endanger their child’s life by denying the child medical treatment because of the parents’ religious beliefs?
 
 

Middle School Topics:

 
Criminal Due Process
M1-Should the government provide a free attorney in all criminal cases?

M2-Should the exclusionary rule be strengthened or weakened?

M3-Should police officers have greater leeway in car searches?

M4-Should the death penalty be abolished?

M5-Should "three strikes" laws (a life sentence after third felony conviction) be enacted?
 
 

Student/Youth Due Process
M6-Should student speech be more restricted (regulated) than other speech?

M7-Should school officials be allowed to conduct routine locker searches for weapons and/or drugs?

M8-Should youths who commit crimes be treated like adults?

M9-Should corporal punishment be used for discipline in public schools?

M10-Should dress codes be required in public schools?
 
 

High School Topics:

 
Equal Protection-Race
H1-Should there be affirmative action when laying off an employee (The Piscataway case)?

H2-Should there be affirmative action in school admissions policies (Bakke and Hopwood)?

H3-Should laws restricting immigration be strengthened?

H4-Should electoral districts be drawn to favor one race or another?

H5-Should standardized tests be the main criteria for judging candidates for school admission?
 
 

Equal Protection-Gender
H6- Should there be equal funding for mens and women’s sports in schools?

H7-Should single sex institutions receive public funding?

H8-Should there be restrictions on pornography and/or advertising?

H9-Should women in the military be held to the same standards as men?

H10-Should affirmative action policies apply to women?
 

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