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A Revolutionary Christmas Story
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| Posted: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 |
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Because of the ten-day Revolutionary War campaign that began on Christmas 1776, Americans were able to think of winning their war for independence.
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Protecting Our Precious Liberty
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| Posted: Sunday, September 1, 2002 |
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Accounting for the creativity of the United States involves considering the forces set in motion when the U.S. decreed that the government could not tell its people what to believe or think.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton as Feminist Heroine
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| Posted: Saturday, July 1, 2000 |
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An all-star line-up debates what sort of female icon the First Lady has become.
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Effective Education Squelched
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| Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000 |
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After principal Eric Mahmoud introduced a new curriculum at Harvest Preparatory, a Minneapolis elementary school that serves many children from poor families, test scores shot up.
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A Failing Grade for Clinton's National Standards
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| Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000 |
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Setting standards and tests at the state level is no guarantee of success, but the good work outside of Washington could be rendered moot by a test created inside the Beltway.
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President Clinton's Mandate for Fuzzy Math
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| Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000 |
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Clinton's commission will be led by advocates of "whole math," a technique that stresses cooperation and convincing one's peers and downplays computation skills and correct answers.
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Whose National Standards?
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| Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000 |
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Shouldn’t we have learned by now the danger of embracing national standards when we have no notion of what form they’ll take?
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New History Standards Still Attack Our Heritage
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| Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000 |
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If we want to look abroad for a model, we should consider the highly regarded educational system of Germany.
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Classroom Politics--to the Left, March!
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| Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000 |
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The author discusses education and teacher-student relationships in the classroom.
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Politics in the Classroom Is Nothing New
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| Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000 |
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If it is illegal to use tax-deductible funds to support teaching that has a political purpose, there may be an unanticipated consequence.
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