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CI Blog: Education in the United States and International Rankings

When the rankings came out, alarms rang, sirens abruptly went off, and a mixture of disappointment and fear for the future diffused throughout the United States. A country of so much power, innovation, and progress, was deemed average at best … Continue reading

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Is it a boy or a girl?!?! Uhh…we don’t know…

Have you heard of a thing called intersex? It’s exactly what it sounds like: spanning between two different sexes. This means the chromosomes, gonads, and genitals aren’t distinct; it’s not dominantly male or female, but in fact an undifferentiated version. … Continue reading

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CI Blog: Education Reform by the Government

It’s not difficult to see that America’s education system may need a little more work. There are those who complain about the graduation rates, our international rankings against other countries, and how there doesn’t seem to be much progress lately. … Continue reading

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Printing Parts

I recently watched a TED talk by Anthony Atala, the director of the Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine. According to him, we have a pretty big issue on our hands: the demand of organs and the lack of supply. … Continue reading

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Do you have a heart?

Sometimes, I have to wonder whether some people really have heart, and sometimes, it’s hard for me to believe that they do. And then there are those people who I really just want them to undergo a change in heart … Continue reading

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CI Blog 3: Charter Schools

When the topics of reforming education and education equity surface, we hear the words “charter school” quite often. In fact, they have gained a reputation as the fix for America’s public education system. I was introduced to the concept of … Continue reading

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Who ever said drinking was bad…?

Well, PSYCH, it still can be. BUT what if you drink some classy and sophisticated red wine? You’ll look like these very fine individuals.     And even better, researchers at Harvard Medical School say it’s not too bad. In … Continue reading

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Of Mice and Brains

Turns out, if we place some of our own brain cells into a mouse’s, they become smarter. The future of extraordinaryly intelligent rodents is in the near future, and the human race is in danger! Superior Rodents vs. Humans. WHO … Continue reading

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Civic Issues Blog 2: When Education is a Lottery

The cage spins. The papers rattle. A hand plunges into the pool of fate and pulls out someone’s destiny. This is the lottery system. A student’s education can be determined by this lottery. It’s random, yet the chances are equal. … Continue reading

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What is education?

While perusing some articles for my next Civic Issues Blog, which is about education equity and class stratification, I stumbled upon this quote that reminded me of last semester: “My biggest concern . . . was the focus on testing … Continue reading

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