For the first time in 25 years, U.S. student scores on the national standardized test have dropped. As USA Today reports, “The latest results of the biennial tests, given to thousands of students and nicknamed ‘The Nation’s Report Card,’ show a first-ever drop in math scores for the randomly selected students in both fourth- and eighth-grade students
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When Benjamin Franklin was a boy he was very fond of fishing; and many of his leisure hours were spent on the margin of the mill pond catching flounders, perch, and eels that came up thither with the tide. The place where Ben and his playmates did most of their fishing was a marshy spot
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1. “The belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past favors, it always wants more tomorrow.” 2. “From ancient times decline in courage has been considered the beginning of the end.” 3. “Untouched by the breath of God, unrestricted by human conscience, both capitalism and socialism are repulsive.” 4. “Truth eludes us if
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While nobody really likes standardized tests, they do serve a purpose. That’s why calls to do away with them, particularly by teachers union lobbyists, should be met with skepticism. In Minnesota, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports, “The Legislature has made a raft of changes to public school testing in recent years, including eliminating high school
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When one PC agenda collides with another, this is what it looks like. Germaine Greer, a famous feminist with a potty mouth, is “not about to walk on eggshells” regarding transgender Caitlyn Jenner potentially being named Glamour’s “Woman of the Year.” That’s apparent from some of Greer’s, er, more controversial statements about the transgender
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Yesterday, you were probably saw some scare headlines about the World Health Organization’s (WHO) announcement of a link between meat and cancer. Their report “classified the consumption of red meat as probably carcinogenic to humans,” and processed meat “as carcinogenic to humans.” As Ed Yong of The Atlantic and others clarified, however, the WHO’s findings
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