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Uh Oh: U.S. Student Test Scores Drop 0
- Education
- October 28, 2015
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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Ben Franklin never forgot this conversation with his father…0
- Culture
- October 28, 2015
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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11 Sobering Quotes from Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn 0
- Culture
- October 28, 2015
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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Was Hungary Right to Build a Wall?0
- Culture
- October 28, 2015
As the world watches the continuing migrant crisis in Europe, Hungary has quietly gone rogue by building a massive fence to keep people out of its country. The question is, did Hungary actually get it right? The Atlantic reported on October 16, 2015: Hungary will close its border with Croatia at midnight in an attempt
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Should the Government Stop Making Nutrition Recommendations?0
- Politics
- October 27, 2015
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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Good job, REI!0
- Culture
- October 27, 2015
Yesterday, REI sent out an e-mail to its members regarding Black Friday shopping. Here it is: This Black Friday the co-op is doing something different. We’re closing all 143 of our stores. Instead of reporting to work, we’re paying our employees to do what we love most—be outside. We want you, our members, to be the
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Uh Oh: U.S. Student Test Scores Drop 0