AMERICAN LANGUAGE HUB_Level2_Student'sBook_Answerkey.pdf
1 childrens rights
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2. Article 18:
“Parents, or as the case may be, legal
guardians, have the primary responsibility for
the upbringing and development of the child.
The best interests of the child will be their
basic concern.”
3. Article 28:
“States Parties recognize the right of the child to
education, and . . . they shall, in particular make
primary education compulsory and available free to
all; make higher education accessible to all on the
basis of capacity by every appropriate means; take
measures to encourage regular attendance at schools
and the reduction of drop-out rates.”
4. Article 29:
“States Parties agree that the education of the
child shall be directed to … [t]he preparation
of the child for responsible life in a free society,
in the spirit of … equality of the sexes ….”
5. Article 32:
“States Parties shall take legislative, administrative,
social and educational measures to . . . Provide for a
minimum age or minimum ages for admission to
employment; Provide for appropriate regulation of
the hours and conditions of employment; Provide
for appropriate penalties or other sanctions to
ensure the effective enforcement of the present
article.”
6. Article 34:
“States Parties undertake to protect the child from all
forms of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse . . . States
Parties shall in particular take all appropriate national,
bilateral and multilateral measures to prevent the
inducement or coercion of a child to engage in any
unlawful sexual activity; the exploitative use of children
in prostitution or other unlawful sexual practices; the
exploitative use of children in pornographic
performances and materials.”
7. Article 38:
“States Parties shall take all feasible measures to ensure
that persons who have not attained the age of fifteen
years do not take a direct part in hostilities . . . [and]
refrain from recruiting any person who has not attained
the age of fifteen years into their armed forces . . . States
Parties shall take all feasible measures to ensure
protection and care of children who are affected by an
armed conflict.”
8. Article 29:
“States Parties agree that the education of the child
shall be directed to the development of the child's
personality, talents and mental and physical
abilities to their fullest potential; … the
development of respect for the child's …own
cultural identity, language and values….”
9. • The United States ranks:
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11th in fourth-grade math
9th in eighth-grade math
7th in fourth-grade science
10th in eighth-grade science
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, SAT Report on College and Career Readiness 2012
10. Source: National Center for Education Statistics, SAT Report on College and Career Readiness 2012
11. •
In 2011, 19% of Black youth and 18% of Hispanic youth, as
compared with 12% of Whites, were neither enrolled in school nor
working.
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Black students are three times as likely as whites to be suspended.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, SAT Report on College and Career Readiness 2012
14. • Approximately 49.9 million students were enrolled in U.S.
public schools in the 2007-2008 academic year. Of them, 10.7%,
or more than 5.3 million children, were English language
learners (ELLs).
• 77.2% of ELL students speak Spanish.
Source: Migration Policy Institute
16. • Among the poor, 24.7% of young people were neither
enrolled in school nor working in 2011 as compared with
11% of the non-white poor.
• The gap in 8th grade scores between students attending
low-poverty and high-poverty schools was 36 points in
math and 32 points in reading, even higher than score
gaps between whites and racial minorities.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics
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Young Women’s Leadership Schools
Eagle Academies for Young Men
ACLU Opposition: “Teach Kids, Not
Stereotypes” Initiative
18.
No Child Left Behind Act – 2002 to 2007
Blueprint for Reform - 2010
Department of Education Waivers
19. 1. How can we spread the word to encourage others to sign
the petition to the President and push the Senate to ratify the
UNCRC?
2. How might we pressure Congress to revisit and revise
the NCLB in view of the many criticisms leveled against it?
3. What policies need to be put in place at the national and
state levels to more effectively close the racial and poverty
gaps in educational achievement?
