To Robert Barry, a senior at Farmington High School, it seems normal to have a war or two going on while you’re growing up. “Afghanistan started when we were in third grade,” he said. “We heard about it, but it’s in the background — we stopped noticing it.” Full Story »
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The reporter's use of students' points of view to frame this well-written and insightful piece. Could benefit from some additional context: how are other teens from across the U.S. viewing these two wars? What do they think about being taught to the test? Listening to student voices on these issues could guide us to solutions and improvements on these issues.
Current events should be taught in all grades from 7th grade and older. It can even be incorporated into the curriculum with younger students, but the subject matters and how they are discussed need to made developmentally appropriate for them.
Even the College Board, which makes so much money selling SAT and A.P. tests that it can pay its president, Gaston Caperton, $872,061 a year, has ... More »
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