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Every year, news commentators from across the political spectrum decry the fallen state of American education. The tripod once known as reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmatic is still crucial to all learning, yet survey after survey, test after test, reveals dismal results in student performance. Following the release of this data comes the finger pointing. Universities blame secondary
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Respected Tennessee teacher Samira Hardcastle resigned after being pressured not to flunk a student who didn’t complete a homework assignment. The student’s parents complained to school administration after she refused to change the student’s grade, and school staff ordered the grade changed. When Hardcastle refused to comply, school administration changed the grade themselves. For schools like
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I can still see my manager standing, frozen in shock, by the locker of our retail store’s breakroom. I was seated on one of the room’s foldout tables, and it had just come out that I, as a working teenager, did not own a phone. I belong to Gen Z, so my manager’s shock didn’t
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on Wednesday that she is leaving her position as the public face of the Trump administration. The announcement was a bit surprising, not only because Leavitt just returned from maternity leave, but also because of her comments in recent months indicating that women can indeed have it all
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“Ephphatha,” the priest explained during the recent baptism of a grandson, is Aramaic for “Be opened.” The word occurs in Mark 7:33-34, where some people in a crowd brought a deaf man with a speech impediment to Jesus for healing. And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and
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As homeschooling goes mainstream, some contend that homeschooling works for many families, but it isn’t a good idea for everyone. That is not the case. There are, frankly, fewer reasons to not homeschool than to homeschool. Education outside the home, especially in government schools, should be treated as the exception to the general rule of
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