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For Republicans, it may not be about being conservative

January 29, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Community/Common good, Education, Politics, Republican Brain, Voting/Elections 4 comments

Surprise, surprise, those Republican candidates who drone on about Donald Trump not really being a conservative may be right. But the perplexing question for

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Armed MO teachers will be “90% accurate.” Feel better now?

June 25, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Guns, Missouri region 2 comments

When the next school year starts, if Missouri teachers become legally sanctioned, gun-toting secret agents, they’ll be able to shoot bad guys with 90%

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Missouri wants to “protect” your kids by secretly arming their teachers

June 12, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Education, Guns, Missouri region, Public safety, States 2 comments

Another NRA-backed, bonehead idea has passed the Missouri legislature. On the last day of the 2014 session, the Missouri legislature passed a bill that

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Overheard in the halls of my high school: The LGBT struggle is far from over

June 4, 2014 Hafsa Activism, LGBT, Youth issues One comment

In light of recent successes in passing marriage equality bills, the movement for equality seems to be slowing down. Under the misperception that everyone

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Graduation rules for girls: Another reason for feminist outrage

May 28, 2014 Mary Di Valerio Women, Youth issues 6 comments

I was walking down the hallway of my high school, casually reading the instruction sheet for my upcoming graduation when something stopped me in

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School cancels kindergarten play. It interferes with college prep!

May 1, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Education, Youth issues Leave a comment

Citing the need to “prepare children for college and career,” the interim principal of Harley Avenue Primary School in Elwood, NY has canceled the

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Educational data, for the most part, is worthless

November 12, 2013 Randy Turner Education, Missouri region, States Leave a comment

At a time when we are spending more and more taxpayers’ money on standardized tests and technology to enable us to take those standardized

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What we should (but won’t) learn from the latest test-cheating scandal

April 1, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Children, Education, Government, States, Youth issues Leave a comment

Georgia state prosecutors have indicted 34 teachers, administrators and principals for altering students’ answers on standardized tests in the Atlanta public school system. Is

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Corporate advertising on the school bus and in your kid’s backpack

March 4, 2013 Renee Shur Business, Children, Consumer issues, Corporations, Education, Youth issues Leave a comment

Here’s a riddle: What’s big, bright, and yellow, rides on four wheels, and markets junk food to kids five days a week? If you

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What evaluation of NFL referees and teachers have in common

January 15, 2013 Arthur Lieber Education, Sports Leave a comment

The “real” NFL officials are back, but that doesn’t mean that all will be well.  One of the key areas of contention in the

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