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High School Student Arrested for Doodling?

"A 16-year-old high schooler in Egg Harbor City, NJ, was arrested after doodling in his notebook what may have been either weapons or a magic hand with flames coming off it, or perhaps something else. Concerned by the boy’s notebook, a Cedar Creek High School staff member called the local police, who searched the school and the teen’s home with sniffer dogs. The boy was charged with possession of a weapon, an explosive device, and was placed in Harborfields Detention Center. The boy’s mother explained that her son, who had no history of violence or threat-making, regularly assembled and dissambled electronics as a hobby." Continue reading →

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California School District Owes $1 Billion On $100 Million Loan

"In 2010, officials at the West Contra Costa School District, just east of San Francisco, were in a bind. The district needed $2.5 million to help secure a federally subsidized $25 million loan to build a badly needed elementary school. Charles Ramsey, president of the school board, says he needed that $2.5 million upfront, but the district didn't have it. 'Why would you leave $25 million on the table? You would never leave $25 million on the table.' In the West Contra Costa Schools' case, that $2.5 million bond will cost the district a whopping $34 million to repay." Continue reading →

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Ecuador Central Bank President Resigns After Admitting Fake Degree

"The president of Ecuador’s central bank, Pedro Delgado, resigned late Wednesday after admitting he faked having a university degree. Mr. Delgado, a cousin of President Rafael Correa, also resigned from his administrative posts with other state agencies. 'I committed an error, a serious error 22 years ago. I made a mistaken decision in order to reach an academic goal. I made mistake and I am paying the price now,' he said." Continue reading →

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Could 2 platinum coins solve debt crisis?

"If President Obama wants to avoid an economic calamity next year, he could always show up at a news conference bearing two shiny platinum coins, each worth ... $1 trillion. That sounds wacky, but some economists and legal scholars have suggested that the 'platinum coin option' is one way to defuse a debt ceiling crisis. Under this scenario, the U.S. Mint would make a pair of trillion-dollar platinum coins. The president orders the coins to be deposited at the Federal Reserve. The Fed moves this money into Treasury's accounts. And just like that, Treasury suddenly has an extra $2 trillion to pay off its obligations for the next two years." Continue reading →

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10 Freest States For Homeschooling

"Fortunately, homeschooling is legal in all 50 states. Yet, since education is regulated by the states, requirements vary dramatically from state to state for homeschoolers. The difference ranges from complete freedom with no requirements to forced curriculum and achievement tests. Here is a map of which states fall into each category. The 10 freest states for homeschooling are in green and listed below." Continue reading →

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$9 Billion in Government Checks Result in Some Parents Keeping Their Children Dumb

"This is what poverty sometimes looks like in America: parents here in Appalachian hill country pulling their children out of literacy classes. Moms and dads fear that if kids learn to read, they are less likely to qualify for a monthly check for having an intellectual disability." Continue reading →

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Student Debt Bubble Officially Pops; 90+ Day Delinquency Rate Goes Parabolic

"It shouldn't be a surprise, at least to our readers who read about it here first, but what will stun the general public are the two charts below, the first of which shows the amount of 90+ day student loan delinquencies, and the second shows the amount of newly delinquent 30+ day student loan balances. The charts speak for themselves." Continue reading →

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TX teen ostracized for protesting school GPS chip

"A Texas teenager’s attorney told RT on Friday that her refusal to wear an ID badges with a GPS tag has led to her being ostracized from all school activities. 'She’s not being treated equally,' said John Whitehead, who is representing Andrea Hernandez in an upcoming trial next week. 'If she doesn’t have the chip, she can’t access the library, cafeteria, she was told she couldn’t vote for the homecoming king and queen.'" Continue reading →

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Student Expelled for Refusing Location Tracking RFID Badge

"The letter, sent on November 13, informs her father that the Smart ID program, which was phased in with the new school year, is now in 'full implementation' and requires all students to comply by wearing the location-tracking badges. Since Andrea Hernandez has refused to wear the badge, she is being withdrawn from the magnet school and her program at the Science and Engineering Academy, and instead will have to attend William Howard Taft HS, which is not currently involved in the ID scheme, unless she changes her position." Continue reading →

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Governor Moonbeam and Cronies at Work in California

"California Governor Jerry Brown hailed his signature tax-hike to fund education—known as Proposition 30—as a towering achievement that will ensure educational excellence in higher education and spare those trapped in poor and failing K-12 California public schools from budget cuts. But a new study by five UC Berkeley doctoral students says that millions of dollars of the freshly raised revenues won’t go to California’s school children. An increasing number of posts in top UC management and on the Board of Regents have been filled by former Wall Street bankers." Continue reading →

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