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Failing Grades on Civics Exam a ‘Crisis’

May 4, 2011

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Failing Grades on Civics Exam a ‘Crisis’ – NYTimes.com. A crisis that could have been avoided a very long time ago. Fewer than half of American eighth graders knew the purpose of the Bill of Rights on the most recent national civics examination, and only one in 10 demonstrated acceptable knowledge of the checks and […]

Abstinence-Only Programs

March 18, 2011

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A Perfect Time for Abstinence-Only Programs to get the Old Heave-Ho » Blog of Rights: Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties Union. finally some sanity

enough is enough… seriously

March 15, 2011

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I just don’t understand…. and i’m really fucking frustrated about it. Teacher Layoff Day at Mission High | Mother Jones: Even though the state’s real budget numbers will only become clear after a special election in June—in which Governor Jerry Brown will ask voters to approve a temporary sales tax increase to save schools—California mandates today’s […]

Journal of Cosmology – Aliens

March 10, 2011

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Journal of Cosmology has reported that extra terrestrial life exists after fossilized microbacteria were found on a meteorite.  It baffles me that people continue to say life is exclusive to earth. I remember being in the fourth grade at a private baptist school in california and being pulled aside at lunch to be scolded for […]