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The IB Dimension: What’s Wrong with the CAS Program
by Marc Bernstein The International Baccalaureate (IB) program enumerates four “ways of knowing”: sense perception, emotion, language, and reason. Ironically, however, the IB program only uses three, consistently neglecting to…
Intro to Life Beyond High School 101
“Senioritis, from the word senior plus the suffix -itis (which refers to inflammation but in colloquial speech is assumed to mean an illness), is a colloquial term used in the…
Texas Size Changes to the Social Studies Curriculum
In the March 12th edition of the New York Times, James C. McKinley Jr. reports on the changes the The Texas Board of Education approved (approved–not simply suggested) to the history…
Churchill students hack into computers; grades changed
The Washington Post is reporting that students at Winston Churchill (Potomac, MD) hacked into the school’s computer system and changed class grades. Grades for 54 students were improperly altered in the…
You’re Applying Where?
By Carly Loman It is rare when an entire class period goes by without a single mention of college. Whether it be the girl with purple bags under her eyes…
Differences
by Clara Modlin Lately I’ve been thinking about the differences in between school systems. Where I used to live, France, the teachers were strict. They did not hesitate at calling…