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- Ban books? Ban ideas, ban imagination, ban a future
  Posted by srpr from Scholarsandrogues
  To ban a book is to ban an idea. Some ideas are good; some are bad. But good and bad are judgments each of us must be free to make — and learn to make.
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- 4 Ethiopian immigrants put in separate classroom
  Posted by Shemuses from Ynetnews
  In a move more reminiscent of apartheid era South Africa than modern day Israel, four Ethiopian students at the Lamerchav Elementary School in Petah Tikva were segregated in a separate classroom because they were 'not observant enough'. Shocked father states: ‘We are being discriminated against for being black and powerless’
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- The Secret to Raising Smart Kids
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  Mastery-oriented children think intelligence is malleable and can be developed through education and hard work. Challenges are energizing rather than intimidating offering opportunities to learn.
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- Are Americans smart enough to vote?
  Posted by VincebusEruptum from Scholarsandrogues
  In order to bring a little more depth to this debate I thought I'd do some research to discover whether or not the nation's citizens are under-informed and, if so, to what degree. I've decided to present some interesting poll results. Here's what I discovered...
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- One in 10 Schools Are 'Dropout Factories' - AOL News
  Posted by StellaDee from AOL News
  It's a nickname no principal could be proud of: "Dropout Factory," a high school where no more than 60 percent of the students who start as freshmen make it to their senior year. That description fits more than one in 10 high schools across America.
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- The Racial Politics of College Newspapers
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  Why college newsrooms are often neither diverse nor racially sensitive.
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- An exchange with New York Post reporter on witch-hunt of school principal
  Posted by Sandyenglish
  Chuck Bennett, a reporter who wrote a series of articles for the New York Post that furthered a smear campaign against Debbie Almontaser, the principal of the Khalil Gibran Academy, a new New York City public school offering courses in Arabic and Arab culture, has written to the World Socialist Web Site complaining that we misrepresented his journalistic efforts by accusing him of “ambush” journalism.
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Jeff comments on:
1 in 4 California high school students dropped out in 2006-07, state says - Los Angeles Times
Wow.
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10:49 pm 7/16/08
Jon comments on:
Seeing No Progress, Some Schools Drop Laptops

More: “Such disappointments are the latest example of how technology is often embraced by philanthropists and political leaders as a quick fix, only to leave teachers flummoxed about how best to integrate the new gadgets into curriculums.”

I’m shocked. Oh, wait, no I’m not.

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9:43 am 5/04/07

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Damian is a former campaign worker for Ralph Nader and current delegate/precinct captain for Barack Obama . He is also a registered Independent voter. He's written columns for "Tabula Rasa" magazine as well as many music magazines around the globe. Whatever you do, don't offer him alcohol.
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