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Friday, July 4, 2014

7-4-14 Answer Sheet

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A declaration for teachers
There’s no better time of  year to talk about declarations than on July 4th, the day the second Constitutional Convention meeting in 1776 approved the Declaration of Independence.  Here’s a new one by Jennifer Barnett, a classroom teacher for more than 20 years who decided it was time for teachers to have a declaration of […]






7-3-14 Answer Sheet
Answer Sheet: Why we still need affirmative action for African Americans in college admissionsAffirmative action in college admissions for African Americans has been losing support in the United States for some time, with new “colorblind” methods of ending gaining ground in the courts. In this powerful defense of affirmative action, Richard Rothstein explains why pretending color doesn’t matter do