FA Note: Please critically examine this article in lieu of the warnings of Charlotte Iserbyt, Anita Hoge, and others about proposed education “reform” in our nation. As the House Education Committee’s consolidation bill gets ready to move over to the Senate, Vermonters are wondering what a statewide restructuring would mean for schools and school boards. In the first of […]
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Vermont School Boards Association exec: What consolidation means for schools
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It’s Official: Americans R Stupid
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As Americans, we tend to be pretty full of ourselves, and this is especially true of our young people. But do we really have reason for such pride? According to a shocking new report from the Educational Testing Service, Americans between the ages of 20 and 34 are way behind young adults in other industrialized […]
NAU at Work? Canadian, Mexican Border Agents Can Now Work Within US, Carry Firearms
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New border deal: Canada customs agents could work in U.S., vice versa … Canadian customs agents could soon work in the U.S. and carry firearms, and the U.S. border guards could do the same in Canada, as a result of a new border agreement between Canada and the U.S. – CBC Dominant Social Theme: It makes […]
‘Bird nursery’ at risk unless half of Canada’s boreal forest preserved
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Nature groups urge birders to join campaign to ensure untouched forest stays that way Leading bird and nature groups are trying to save what they call North America’s “bird nursery.” They want the Canadian and U.S. governments to protect at least half of the continent’s boreal forest from industrial development. The boreal forest is a vast […]
Common Core, Part 2
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Part 2 of Dr. Dennis Cuddy’s “Common Core” article series was posted today at NewsWithViews: http://www.newswithviews.com/Cuddy/dennis307.htm. In today’s installment, Dr. Cuddy writes, In 1848, the COMMUNIST MANIFESTO was published, including Plank No. 10, which provided for a “Combination of education with industrial production” (a type of school-to-work approach). Nine years later in 1857, the National […]
