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  • 6 Problematic Quotes from the Founder of America’s Education System

    6 Problematic Quotes from the Founder of America’s Education System1

    • September 25, 2015

    Horace Mann is known as the “father of American public education.” Motivated by a desire to both further the moral improvement of mankind and preserve the American republic, Mann led the Common School Movement that eventually resulted in the public education system America knows today. As children bear the marks of their parents, so America’s

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  • $67 million for Volkswagen’s resigned CEO?

    $67 million for Volkswagen’s resigned CEO?0

    • September 25, 2015

    Volkswagen is facing up to $18 billion (yes, billion) in fines from the EPA as a result of cheating to get its diesel-powered automobiles to pass U.S. emission standards. CEO Martin Winterkorn has now resigned, but between his pension and severance pay package he may walk away with up to $67 million. The Washington Post

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  • Today’s High School Students Need More Vocational Training

    Today’s High School Students Need More Vocational Training0

    • September 25, 2015

    If you were a high school student and had the option to either go to college and accumulate a load of debt or start a job immediately after graduation making a decent, middle-class salary, which would you choose? For many of today’s young people, the latter option sounds like an ideal, but impossible, situation. But

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  • Pat the (Offensive) Bunny

    Pat the (Offensive) Bunny0

    • September 25, 2015

    Nothing gives you an idea of how much things have changed like old children’s books. In many a nursery room around the U.S., you will likely find a number of little, worn-down hardcover books that have been read a thousand times. Goodnight Moon, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Guess How Much I Love You, and Pat

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  • Mayor Proposes Website Revealing the Names of Welfare Recipients

    Mayor Proposes Website Revealing the Names of Welfare Recipients0

    • September 25, 2015

    Taxpayers are increasingly calling for transparency in government spending. As a result, you can now find the salaries of each government employee, and in some states, the pension amounts they receive.   One mayor in Maine is proposing to take the public’s desire for transparency a step further: revealing welfare recipients by name.    In

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  • If You Want a Job, These are the 10 Worst Majors to Pursue

    If You Want a Job, These are the 10 Worst Majors to Pursue0

    • September 24, 2015

    Last night’s Facebook post touched upon the pitfalls of following your passion when it comes to a college major. As many know from experience, studying what you want does not always result in your desired salary, and it may very well result in no job at all. Many of our audience members joke about what

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