Minnesota Considers Joining Nationwide Movement Away From Standardized Testing

Trisha Marczak Minnesota is taking a step away from its controversial mandated testing model, with lawmakers considering a bill that would focus more on individual students’ college preparedness rather than testing benchmarks. The bill aims to do what state educators have been calling for — a move away from a system of education that requires […]

Trisha Marczak
بواسطة Trisha Marczak

Trisha MarczakMinnesota is taking a step away from its controversial mandated testing model, with lawmakers considering a bill that would focus more on individual students’ college preparedness rather than testing benchmarks. The bill aims to do what state educators have been calling for — a move away from a system of education that requires

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ACLU Files Complaint Against Detroit’s Unlawful Removal Of The Homeless

A homeless man drums in Detroit. The ACLU of Michigan has filed a complaint alleging that Detroit police use illegal and abusive tactics when dealing with the city’s homeless. (Photo/YODCOX! via Flickr) Charles E. is a 58-year-old man. In March 2012, two Detroit police officers stopped him and his brother without rationale, yelling at them […]

Frederick Reese
بواسطة Frederick Reese

Charles E. is a 58-year-old man. In March 2012, two Detroit police officers stopped him and his brother without rationale, yelling at them to "shut up" when they asked why were they stopped. The officers drove the two brothers from Lafayette Street in downtown Detroit to Buchanan Street in the southwest part of the city, where the police abandoned

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California School Defends Itself For Lack Of Action In Alleged Rape, Suicide

Frederick Reese In Saratoga, Calif., 15-year-old Audrie Pott committed suicide after allegedly being sexually abused and bullied. While the circumstances behind this situation were tragic, it was compounded by the seemingly-apathetic attitude of the officials at Audrie’s high school. Last September, Audrie attended a house party with 10 other teenagers who were drinking. One of […]

Frederick Reese
بواسطة Frederick Reese

Frederick ReeseIn Saratoga, Calif., 15-year-old Audrie Pott committed suicide after allegedly being sexually abused and bullied. While the circumstances behind this situation were tragic, it was compounded by the seemingly-apathetic attitude of the officials at Audrie’s high school.Last September, Audrie attended a house party with 10 other

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New Wave Of Feminism Needed In Wake Of Rising Violence Against Women

Carissa Wyant “If you see something, say something. That paranoid punchline of a public service campaign has worked: Nobody looks the same way at a stray backpack on the subway, and we just might call the cops,” says Columbia Journalism School Professor Nina Burleigh, responding to several recent instances of rape and violence against women in […]

Carissa Wyant
بواسطة Carissa Wyant

Carissa Wyant“If you see something, say something. That paranoid punchline of a public service campaign has worked: Nobody looks the same way at a stray backpack on the subway, and we just might call the cops,” says Columbia Journalism School Professor Nina Burleigh, responding to several recent instances of rape and violence against women in the

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States Search For Cost-Cutting Alternative To GED

Student Deloris Rainey, left, works with teacher Erin Pustulka, right, in a GED preparation class in Buffalo, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. Adults who’ve begun working toward their GED are being urged to finish up this year, before the test for a high school equivalency diploma changes and they have to start all over. (AP […]

Martin Michaels
بواسطة Martin Michaels

Forty U.S. states and the District of Columbia are participating in a working group to consider a less-expensive alternative to the General Educational Development (GED) program that has helped 18 million students obtain high school equivalency diplomas since the end of World War II. The GED remains an important option for millions of students who

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MN Child Protection Case Highlights Extremes, Flaws in America’s Child Welfare System

Frederick Reese In Mower County, Minn., last week, a mother fought for the right to do what she felt was best for her child. Lindsey Nagel, 22, contested a case before the Mower County District Court to determine if her 4-month-old son is to be remanded to county authorities in order to administer a recommended medication […]

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Frederick ReeseIn Mower County, Minn., last week, a mother fought for the right to do what she felt was best for her child. Lindsey Nagel, 22, contested a case before the Mower County District Court to determine if her 4-month-old son is to be remanded to county authorities in order to administer a recommended medication regime.Rico Martinez Nagel

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