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  • Are States Lying About Student Performance?

    Are States Lying About Student Performance?0

    • October 7, 2015

    If your child came home with a report card full of As and Bs every quarter, and regularly aced the yearly state standardized tests, you would naturally be a proud parent. But what if those As and Bs didn’t give a true picture and your child was actually failing miserably? Unfortunately, that is exactly what

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  • Are Standardized Tests A Necessary or Unnecessary Evil?

    Are Standardized Tests A Necessary or Unnecessary Evil?0

    Spring is on its way – or so says the Groundhog – and with it, the annual battery of school tests and assessments. If recent years are any indication, this testing barrage will likely be met with reports of stressed students, frustrated teachers, and angry parents who decide to have their child “opt out” of

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  • Are Smartphones Afflicting us with Symptoms of ADHD?

    Are Smartphones Afflicting us with Symptoms of ADHD?0

    When was the last time you opened your laptop midconversation or brought your desktop computer to the dinner table? Ridiculous, right? But if you are like a large number of Americans, you have done both with your smartphone. Less than a decade after the introduction of the first iPhone, more people reach for their smartphones first

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  • Are Senators Who Attended Elite Schools Blind to the Plight of American Parents?0

    Following the vitriolic confirmation of Betsy DeVos as the U.S. Secretary of Education, Cheryl Kirk, a mother of three children in the Indiana school choice program, took to the web to write an open letter to Senator Al Franken about his opposition to school choice for families like her own. In Kirk’s eyes, it seemed

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  • Are Seat Belts Making You Less Safe?

    Are Seat Belts Making You Less Safe?0

    Once I was talking with a friend when he remarked that in rugby, there are fewer injuries per player than in the football. This seemed spurious to me, because football players have helmets and padding, while rugby players have none. Wouldn’t more protective gear reduce the likelihood of injury especially when compared to the unprotected

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  • Are Schools Underestimating What Students Are Capable Of?

    Are Schools Underestimating What Students Are Capable Of?0

    Over the weekend, The Washington Post carried an interesting article on the national surge in students taking advanced placement (AP) courses. Profiling a student named Maria Flores, The Post reported: “Maria Flores was not a strong writer, and she knew that rhetorical essay assignments and analyzing complex texts would be a huge challenge. That’s why

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