Education
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Take the Knowledge Road Less Traveled For Black History Month 24/7/365
Black History Month has become pretty rote, topic-wise. Here’s a list of articles, interviews, books, documentaries, and movies that are off the beaten Black History knowledge path.
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If You Are Still In Need of Some Parental Advice…
My ‘Top 10’ Parenting Tips that have helped make my preteen son a responsible, observant and thoughtful individual.
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If Letter Grades Were Good Enough For Jesus: Montgomery County PUBLIC SCHOOLS’ (Maryland) New Grading System
A Maryland school district’s implementation of a new grading system created confusion among administrators, teachers, parents and students.
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Teen Pregnancy Study: Students Need Better School Support. Really?!
Schools are supposed to educate all students and help them graduate, even pregnant girls and teen moms.
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Lies, Damn Lies, and Unemployment Numbers
The gathering of U.S. unemployment data has always been incomplete and under-reported. In other words, the unemployment numbers are utter bullshit.
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Social Media and Civic Engagement: Many Questions, A Few Answers
Can social media and networks increase our involvement in the political process beyond clicking the ‘like’ button?
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Hashtag Hesitation: How some at American University are wary, while others embrace social media in the classroom
American University hosted a Social Learning Summit to promote new media (social media and technology) and its use in academic institutions.
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This roadtrip is almost over
Published March 21, 2011 I am seven weeks away from receiving my Master’s in Interactive Journalism (IJ) from American University. It has been a long and tiring 19 months, but…
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Grant Memorial: The ‘Ugly Betty’ of U.S. Presidential Monuments
The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial is classified as a presidential memorial, like the Lincoln, Jefferson and FDR, but in terms of recognition it is the poor stepchild of Washington, DC…
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Media Myth Surrounding the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon Presidential Debates & the Boston Globe
The groupthink about the 1960 U.S. Presidential Debate is that John Kennedy won over the television debate audience while Richard Nixon reigned over those who heard it on the radio.…
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