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  • Friday Comic: Left Un-Read0

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  • Snow Woke?

    Snow Woke?7

    The lead role in Walt Disney’s Snow White remake, due for release in March 2024, is played by an actress who dislikes the original Brothers Grimm fairy tale and can’t stand the studio’s 1930s animated film. It’s a bold move for a production company that has spent almost $1 billion this year on box-office flops.

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  • Charters Receive Far Less Money Than Traditional Public Schools. They Do Better Anyway

    Charters Receive Far Less Money Than Traditional Public Schools. They Do Better Anyway1

    If you thought charter schools received anywhere near the same amount of funding as traditional public schools, then think again. A new, massive study from the University of Arkansas finds that “On average, charter schools across 18 cities in 16 states (…) receive about 30 percent or $7,147 (2020 dollars) less funding per pupil than traditional

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  • COVID-19 Lies and What to Do About Them

    COVID-19 Lies and What to Do About Them2

    The fall of Fauci and the unravelling narrative about COVID-19’s origins is something of a slow-motion train wreck. As recently as 2021, White House Chief Medical Advisor and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci was hailed as a national hero and an icon of science. To be fair, Fauci did

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  • Were Americans Really Better off During the Great Depression?

    Were Americans Really Better off During the Great Depression?1

    In the ever-evolving world of social media trends, TikTok has seen its fair share of fascinating and sometimes perplexing content. Lately, a concerning trend has emerged where some TikTokers are romanticizing and downplaying the Great Depression, a pivotal period of economic struggle in American history. Influencers on the platform are making bold claims about the

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  • The Trivium: The Foundation of Language Arts

    The Trivium: The Foundation of Language Arts6

    There’s a great deal of debate about what constitutes a good education. Our current education system seems to operate on the belief that how children are educated needs near constant tinkering and updating. Meanwhile, the number of individuals choosing education as a profession is on a steady decline, with a 19 percent drop in the

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  • Compulsory Schooling Laws Have Got To Go

    Compulsory Schooling Laws Have Got To Go0

    When Massachusetts passed the nation’s first compulsory school attendance law in 1852, parents were mandated to send their children to school under a legal threat of force. Today, that threat remains stronger than ever. Prior to that law, and those that followed in all other US states over the subsequent decades, cities and towns were

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  • The Border Crisis You Don’t Hear About

    The Border Crisis You Don’t Hear About2

    “No one knows who they are, where they’re from, or where they’re going. But there are millions of them in the United States.” So begins Charlotte Cuthbertson’s “The Gotaways: The Hidden Crisis at the Border.” By now, most Americans are surely aware that, on day one of his presidency, Joe Biden and his administration opened

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  • Choosing Excellence Over Equitable Mediocrity

    Choosing Excellence Over Equitable Mediocrity2

    If you, like me, were a student who strove to get work in on time and took advantage of extra credit or other academic perks when offered, then you can be glad you’re past school age—especially if you live in Portland, Ore. That’s because schools in that district are beginning to implement “equitable grading practices.” Just

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