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Preschooler Gets Week-long Suspension for Picking Up Shell Casing 0
- Culture
- March 23, 2017
Once upon a time, a 7-year-old boy was suspended from school for making his pop-tart into a gun. With the outrage that ensued over such a punishment, one would have thought that common sense would have returned by now in regards to harmless incidents with little boys and guns. Kristy Jackson’s 4-year-old son Hunter is
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California Schools Facing Teacher and Staff Cuts—Because They Got Whiter 0
- Culture
- March 23, 2017
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (March 23) — Parents of students at Walter Reed Middle School received disappointing news this month when they were told by school officials that class sizes were increasing and some teachers and staff would be losing their jobs. Disappointment turned to anger for many, however, when they were told the reason: The
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Five Graphs That Will Change Your Mind About Poverty 0
- Culture
- March 22, 2017
Angus Deaton, the Nobel-prize winning economist (who also sits on the advisory board of HumanProgress.org), recently reiterated his belief that on the whole the world is getting better ” if not, as he accepted, everywhere or for everyone at once. Perhaps that comes as no surprise, but the idea that the world is getting better in regards
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THIS is why International Students Always Trounce Americans 0
- Culture
- March 22, 2017
When it comes to international tests like the PISA exam, the U.S. doesn’t have much to crow about. On the most recent assessment the U.S. ranked 23rd in Reading, 24th in Science, and 38th in Math, continuing America’s slump in education. What gives? A recent report from the left-leaning Brookings Institution may shed some light
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Gregory Watson: The C Student Who Amended the Constitution 0
- Education
- March 22, 2017
How likely is it that a C college student would set off events that would amend the U.S. Constitution? After all, amending the Constitution of the United States is notoriously difficult. There have been just 27 amendments in the 241-year history of the United States, and only 15 amendments have been passed since 1803. The
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Trump’s credibility takes a hit as FBI finds no evidence of Obama ‘wiretap’0
- International
- March 22, 2017
FBI Director James Comey and National Security Agency Director Michael S. Rogers have both testified before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence that they do not have any information or evidence to support US President Donald Trump’s claims the Obama administration wiretapped Trump Tower during the election. The committee is investigating allegations of collusion
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