Mixed Grades In a New Education Report

Mixed Grades in a New Education Report



The education secretary says stats show No Child Left Behind is working.
By Peg Tyre
Newsweek Web Exclusive
Updated: 3:54 PM ET Sep 27, 2007


The 2007 National Assessment of Education Progress, known as the Nation's Report Card, was released today for reading and math in fourth and eighth grade—and what it tells us about our children's abilities in mathematics and reading is bound to add fuel to the already contentious debate about No Child Left Behind.
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What kind of changes does the high school you graduated from need to implement?

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Stop the failed war on drugs: By Bill Steigerwald

October 16, 2007



Let's hear it for America's drug police.

Last year our drug warriors made 829,627 marijuana arrests.

That's the most ever, according to the FBI. Arrests for marijuana -- arguably the least dangerous drug ever declared illegal in America -- are up nearly threefold since 1990. Total arrests for all illegal drugs in 2006 hit 1.89 million, up from 1.08 million in 1990.

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What do you think? Do you agree with with the author or not?

Gay parents

Gay adoption: A new take on the American family
By Taylor Gandossy
June 27, 2007
CNN


ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- For 5-year-old Jackson Manford-Roach, Mother's Day means it's time to see his grandmothers.

"I don't need little lace gloves, which is what [Jackson and his classmates] made this year," Jeffrey Roach, one of Jackson's two fathers, said. "The other kids always ask who he's making the stuff for and he always makes his for his grandma."

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What do you think?

A Different War on Drugs

A Promising New HPV Vaccine Gets Caught Up In The Culture War
BY MATTHEW VALJI
January 17, 2007

Twenty million Americans are currently infected with the Human Papillomavirus, more commonly known as HPV. According to the Center for Disease Control, a shocking 75 percent of Americans ages 15 to 49 have acquired HPV at some point in their lives. For most, this STI will clear up quickly on its own with little or no permanent aftereffects, but for about one percent of women infected, it results in cervical cancer.

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Should this vaccine be required just as other vaccines are required for school children of a certain age or should it be left up to the parents?