Lessons

The year was 1895 when Grover Cleveland signed to make Labor Day a recognized national holiday. The late 1800’s were a time of great upheaval 
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Last Labor Day, a 15-year-old boy in Oregon was playing with fireworks. His friends recorded him tossing one into a canyon. The teens can be 
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We waste a lot of time in education. Most American students are in school between 175 and 180 days a year, or around 49% of 
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The Winter Olympics are almost here. Each week the news coverage increases and the excitement builds.  It’s almost impossible if you grew up in the 
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“Given the positions he had taken, he realized that, you know, he could be killed at any time, but for him, his commitment to what 
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If you’ve been withing 10 feet of a computer, radio, or television set in the past few weeks chances are you’ve heard of the December 
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The idea of cultural appropriation is a hot topic of debate. From the United Nations to the runaways in New York- everyone is asking the 
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Sylvia Mendez was just 8 years old when her aunt took her to enroll at 17th Street Elementary.  The Mendez family was told that Sylvia 
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