By Samuel Warde on April 14, 2015
Courtroom Drama, Law & Order, True Crime, Videos, Weird News
Education, Law & Order, Scandals, Videos, Weird News

Share on Facebook Twitter Google+ E-mail Reddit Courtroom proceedings heated up in Georgia during the sentencing hearing for ten former Atlanta public school educators who were convicted earlier this month on an assortment of racketeering charges in one of the nation’s largest test-cheating scandals. When one defense attorney got loud, Superior Court Judge Jerry Baxter […]
By Samuel Warde on April 1, 2015
Inspirational People, Speeches, Sydney Smoot, Videos
Education, Extraordinary People, Inspirational People, Speeches, Videos
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Share on Facebook Twitter Google+ E-mail Reddit 9-year-old Sydney Smoot, a fourth grader at Brooksville Elementary, shared her concerns on testing in schools with members of the Hernando County School Board at their regular meeting on March 17, 2015. Speaking of the Florida Standards Assessment Test, or FSA for short, Sydney told the school board […]
By Samuel Warde on April 1, 2015
Activism, Amazing Children, education, Extraordinary People, Speeches, Sydney Smoot, Videos
Activism, Education, Human Interest, Speeches, Videos

Share on Facebook Twitter Google+ E-mail Reddit 9-year-old Sydney Smoot, a fourth grader at Brooksville Elementary, shared her concerns on testing in schools with members of the Hernando County School Board at their regular meeting on March 17, 2015. Speaking of the Florida Standards Assessment Test, or FSA for short, Sydney told the school board […]
By Samuel Warde on March 18, 2015
Common Core, Humor, Ted Cruz, tweets, Twitter
Education, Humor, Republican Logic, The Tea Party, Twitter

Share on Facebook Twitter Google+ E-mail Reddit Tea Party favorite Ted Cruz is well-known for fighting lost causes, such as last year when he accidentally saved the day for President Obama’s presidential actions on immigration (although Republicans and Tea Partyers continue their hand at battling them). For some reason, Cruz seems to have a passion […]
By Samuel Warde on February 19, 2015
education, Oklahoma, Religion, State of the Union
Education, Republican Logic, Republicans, States Issues

Share on Facebook Twitter Google+ E-mail Reddit Lawmakers in Oklahoma are considering a bill that would ban Advanced Placement History courses while requiring student to study a long list of “foundational documents,” that includes “objects of historic significance” such as the Ten Commandments. The list also includes documents “related to the history, heritage and foundation […]