Order 1061050: Dress Code

EDU 110 Online Debate:

Topic One: Schools for Gifted Students. Read the Opinion Page article on p. 287-88 of your

text. We have schools in Horry County, which also have high academic criteria for admission - The Scholars Academy (housed at Coastal Carolina University) and The STEM Frogram (housed

at the Academy for Arts, Science, & Technology).

The question of how best to educate gifted children is controversial.

Below you will find the following threads I started:

lN Favor: Argue in favor of proposed schools exclusively for gifted or high performing students.

OPPOSED: Argue against proposed schools exclusively for gifted or high performing students.

CHANGE YOUR MIND: Use this thread for your final posts.

Day 2: Counterargument- Read one of the opposing posts and reply (if someone else has

already replied, choose a different post). Your neply post should be no more than 500 words and include the following:

a. At least two challenging questions for them to answer. b. Refute the factors established in their stance-this might Include some of the

information from your post. **lf everyane hos not submitted by the due dote,

Topic Two: Dress Code. Carefully read the section of the chapter on the Legal Rights of Students p. 304- 305 as well as teacher Brenda Beyal's ethical dilemma on p. 306. You may also wish to review HCS District's Dress Code policy.

ln FAVOR: Argue in favor of the school district's rights to govern strict dress code and uniform policies.

OPPOSED: Argue against such strict policies as a violation of students' freedom of speech.

CHANGE YOUR MIND: Use this thread for your final posts.

Discussion lnstructions:

Day 1: Argument- For each topic, students will be divided into groups who will argue ln Favor and those who will argue Opposed. After reading the assigned pages from your text and doing additional research, post under the appropriate thread (see the Discussion Board for due dates for each post). Your post should be no more than L,000 words to support your position and include the following:

a. Define the issue. b. Endorse the side you are on and explain why using specific evidence from

your text and research (give credit to your sources).

you may respond to a post that already hos a response-make sure EVERY post has a response befare submitting o second reply. **

Day 3: Rebuttal- Go back and read the reply posted to your original post {if you have more than

one reply, just respond to the first). Answer questions and post a "closing argument." No more

than 500 words.

Day 4: Finally, submit one final post to reflect if you changed your mind after reading the other posts. Specifically include why or why not. No less than 400 words and no more than 500.

It is very important that you complete each step on time! Failure to do so will result in o poor grode on this assignment. Remember in o live, face to foce debate, all of this would take place in araund one hour.