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  • Standarized Testing and Public Education

    In recent decades, the United States has shifted its approach to schooling to incorporate neoliberal ideals. Traditionally, schools were regulated and funded by local governments. More recently, federal and state governments devoted programming and funding to efforts to reduce educational inequality caused by differences across communities such as income and tax revenue. However, rather than…

  • What’s in a Name?

      BY GRACE PORTELANCE Think back to the last election you voted in- it may have been student government; it may have been for your state govern­ment. Odds are, you found yourself staring at two or more un­familiar names, and you made an arbitrary choice, picking the candi­date who “seemed the best.” Unless you closely…