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Question: What is the significance of September 25, 1789?
On September 17,1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention finally signed the Constitution after months of deliberation. Two years later, on September 25, Congress approved the first twelve amendments to the document. The first ten became the Bill of...
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Question: What is the significance of September 25, 1789?
On September 17,1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention finally signed the Constitution after months of deliberation. Two years later, on September 25, Congress approved the first twelve amendments to the document. The first ten became the Bill of...
Catherine Rampbell’s Old-School Teacher, Mr. Greco: We Should All Be So Lucky!
Believing that teaching is supposed to be: well-versed and subject-centered, not political, brings me to columnist Catherine Rampbell's, “Priceless Lessons from My Sixth-Grade English Teacher.” In the piece, she gives Mr. Greco “much of the credit (or, depending on...
At What Cost Our Embrace of Tech on Our Kids
Back in February2021, News Wise reported that, “As teens' use of social media has grown over the past decade, so too has the suicide rate among younger people." Suicide is now the second leading cause of death among those ages 10 to 34. Many have suggested that social...
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