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Education
You’ve probably seen the technique used by drivers entering divided highways. Maybe you’ve even used it yourself. Get halfway across the highway to the median, then wait for traffic to give you a break to enter.
That technique doesn’t work well if you’re driving a school bus. Read more →
Let’s not miss the big story here, people. A man amassed a $4 million estate by living frugally! If you want to leave a legacy that will educate the next generation, that’s it. Read more →
The tide has been going out for some time on the concept of a valedictorian and salutatorian at high school commencement exercises in Minnesota. Better to honor all academic achievers, rather than crown the top two, the philosophy goes.
A Chisholm student has launched a social media campaign in her school district to bring the honor back.
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The Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania is out with its annual assessment of knowledge about how the U.S. government works. And it’s not pretty. Again.
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Acknowledging that authorities had little choice but to take the report of gunfire seriously, we are nonetheless forced to accept that we’ve entered a new era of fear in America when bubblewrap causes the lockdown of schools.
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If nothing else comes from the growing protests by professional and high school football players during the National Anthem, at least some coaches/educators are getting schooled in the Constitution. Read more →
Four inches above the knee. That’s the updated dress code for middle- and high-school students in Bemidji, and some parents suggest by students, they mean girls. Read more →
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse students have joined the growing list of young men at colleges proud to promote a rape culture on campus through stupid signs displayed to incoming freshmen. Read more →
This week’s StoryCorps segment on NPR’s Morning Edition was a perfect conclusion to the week during which an uplifting moment came when a grown-up sat down with a young boy.
Today’s segment described the uplifting result when a young boy sat down with grown-ups. Read more →
Two items in the news today show the inconsistency we have toward the issue of free speech. Read more →
The football player is Travis Rudolph, a wide receiver. The kid is Bo Paske, a young man who probably reminds you of the kids you might’ve mistreated or ignored when you were his age. Read more →
In Milwaukee, the kids at St. Coletta Day School got to go on a field trip on the first day of the school year. They went to court to see a classmate get adopted by her foster mother. Read more →
Everything is ready to go for another school year at Spring Lake Park High School.
The desks are arranged, the flag is up, and the note that tells authorities the condition of students in the classroom if there’s a lockdown is in a handy spot. Read more →
A third of the untested rape kits in Minnesota remain untested because the victim didn’t want to pursue a case. After reading the story of a New Hampshire rape victim, can we blame them? Read more →