Pupil Rights Amendment

Article 3 states that, in all actions concerning children, the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration;

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is there for the rights of children should allow children priority

The Convention obliges states to allow parents to exercise their parental responsibilities. The Convention also acknowledges that children have the right to express their opinions and to have those opinions heard and acted upon when appropriate, to be protected from abuse or exploitation, and to have their privacy protected, and it requires that their lives not be subject to excessive interference.

5. Why is it critical for a parent to be involved in their children’s education?

But children are a special case they cannot always stand up for themselves. They therefore need a special set of rights which take in to consideration their vulnerability and which ensures the adults that surround them take responsibly for their welfare, protection and development.

The 3 teenagers ended up filing a Civil Rights lawsuit in federal court through their fathers, asking the court to issue an injunction that would bar the school system from further disciplining students in the same situation as well nominal damages. The district court sided with the school board, deciding that the school’s fear of this protest causing disruptions of school discipline was within reason. The Eight Circuit Court of Appeals upheld this ruling on an evenly divided vote. The students ended up bringing their case to the Supreme Court after that.

The Court reasoned that the Washington statute violated parents’ rights under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause because it stripped them of the autonomy to make best care decisions for their young.

As documented in the book “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” written by Rebecca Skloot, Henrietta lived her childhood in the segregated rural south. There was no real inspiration for her to attend school, much less develop a strong interest in getting a formal education. Segregation contributed to a cycle of oppression and poverty that affected Henrietta’s knowledge, and quality of life. The unfair early education laws, impaired all black children’s potential to learn, and negatively affected their confidence. America has laws that intend on producing, equal education for all children regardless of economic circumstances, race, religion, or academic ability level. On the other hand, a studied by the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University, find that “public school, especially in the south, is becoming re-segregated at a surprising level.”(Hancock Jones) Today there is evidence that suggest public education still needs equal protection reform in order to give all children a high quality education.

It is the right of children to alter or abolish the rules and regulations that we find offensive. Should our parents’ actions become excessively intolerable, and the rights of children have been ignored, it is

The second account of a changing stance toward children’s rights was evolution alongside women’s rights. Before this time, women and children were seen as unimportant under the law, whereas a father was given almost total control over all matters regarding his wife and children. If a father was violent or neglectful, society simply turned their shoulder to it. In the latter half of the nineteenth century, laws pertaining to the family system began to change. A new law recognized the equal rights of fathers and mothers with the mother’s rights reigning over the fathers in regards to the children. Also, the legal system began viewing children as important to the future of society, therefore “appropriate objects of the court’s

Article 2 states that every child must be treated equally. This article clearly explains this and covers all aspects as it says; "States parties shall respect and ensure the

In Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57 (2000), concerning the unconstitutionally infringes on the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court held that, “The Court’s presumption that it is normally in the best interest of children to spend time with the grandparent ‘failed’ to provide any protection for Granville’s (natural mother) fundamental constitutional right to make decisions concerning the rearing of her own daughters”. Like this very case, Petitioner’s natural mother, Sofia, did not refuse to challenge grandparents’ visitation right. “No court ever found that the natural mother is an unfit parent. It’s always a presumption that ‘fit parents’ act in the ‘best interests of their children’. Like in Troxel, DCF intended to interfere and sever the natural bond and constitutional rights between the natural mother, Sofia and her child, Stephanie, and place the child in her grandparent’s care. Based on the U.S. Supreme Court decision and rationale, “so long as the parent is it, there will normally be no reason from the state fo interject the private realm of the family to question the ability of that parent to make the best decision concerning the rearing of that child.” id.

Various administrators of the Columbus, Ohio, Public School System had appealed to the United States Supreme Court to challenge the judgement of a three-judge federal court, declaring that appellees-various high school students in the CPSS-were denied due process of law contrary to the command of the Fourteenth Amendment in that they were temporarily suspended from their high schools without a hearing either prior to the suspension or within a reasonable time thereafter, and enjoining the administrators to remove all references to such suspensions from the students’ records. In Lopez’s case the principal had suspended 75 students for causing a disruption in the lunchroom and damaging school property. He claimed he was an innocent bystander

For the most part, parents have the best interest of their children at heart. However, there are unfortunately many cases throughout the United States where parents are unable to, for one reason or another, take care of their children. Sometimes, this can be seen as a health issue of the parents. Sometimes, parents are unable to raise their children well due to physical, financial, and/or emotional issues. Other times, parents do not have the best interests of their children in mind and can be neglectful or abusive to them. In these circumstances, the state may become involved and step into

Perhaps the most important aspect of a quality sexual education program is for young people and their parents or guardians to feel comfortable talking with one another about the topic. If children are uncomfortable asking their parents questions about human sexuality, it is highly likely that they will not turn to their parents for