If you’re not in some way involved with public schools, you may not be aware of the explosion of standardized testing in schools over the past 10 years. Preparing for and taking these tests has significantly affected teaching and learning on all levels in ...
28 Jan 2015 - Mike Wold
The history of fascim in Italy has been too kind to the Roman Catholic Church and its leader at the time, Pope Pius XI. In his book “ The Pope and Mussolini,” professor David I. Kertzer provides a sharp corrective to the record in his groundbreaking, acce ...
9 Jan 2015 - George Howland Jr
Early in her life, author Lacy M. Johnson was made aware of her good looks. When she was only 7 years old, her mother entered her lovely blonde daughter into a beauty pageant: “In the pictures, I don’t look like a child of 7. I walk in that sashaying page ...
19 Nov 2014 - Joe Martin