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Education experts troubled by statistics
No matter where you stand politically, when it comes to education, current issues that affect our schools and its students are at the top of the list of concerns in our country. Statistics reported by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), often referred to as the “Nation’s Report Card,” on students’ test scores from…
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Mayor’s budget holds a surprise
You could have knocked me over with a feather. I’m reaching into my inexhaustible supply of cliches because I don’t know what else to say after taking a cursory look at the mayor’s proposed budget. Mayor Donna Deegan, Democrat, is asking the City Council to approve less spending on general government functions next year. The…
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Different Victims, Same Playbook: How Our Loved Ones Become Profit Centers
There are many ways to traffic a human being. Some victims are children sold for sex or forced into labor. Others are people struggling with addiction who are recruited and exploited by fraudulent treatment operations. Still others are elderly or incapacitated Americans placed under guardianship, isolated from their families and stripped of control over their…