Some students spend money on food, clothes and unnecessary gadgets without hesitation, but when AP season comes around, they are unwilling to shell out the money to pay for …
Read MoreStudents more than ever are being allowed to participate in once selective campus organizations. However, as membership expands, its value diminishes. Standards dilute as organizations grow — an alarming …
Read MoreThe bombing in Boston, the fertilizer plant explosion in Texas, the countless catastrophic events that rock our world daily: it seems that the world has become more dangerous. However, statistics …
Read MoreThe question “Where do you want to go to college?” turning into “Where are you going to college?” is a good indicator that my senior year is coming to an …
Read MoreFamous figures such as Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and Thurgood Marshall dedicated their lives to advocating for equality and liberty in an effort to eradicate racial discrimination. …
Read MoreDistricts across America are relying heavily on standardized test scores to evaluate teachers, especially districts that consistently do poorly on these tests. Without systemic problems on such tests, PVPUSD …
Read MoreSection 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which is meant to protect against discriminatory voting practices, might have been appropriate during the civil rights movement; the times …
Read MoreYou are at a coffee shop, hanging out with a friend you haven’t seen in a while. The two of you are casually talking. You go to get a frappucino …
Read MoreBack in the day, there were less rigid methods for teaching children how to read. Schools in the early 1980s consisted of more play than work. Now, it is all …
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