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West Burlington School District Recognized for Supporting Struggling Students, Helping Them Overcome Odds

Click here: “We had this sense of urgency. We were learning about the realities of these kids’ situations. We thought—if we don’t do something, we’re going to lose a lot of kids and it’s not fair to them,” said Vern Reed, at-risk coordinator for the school district. The board approved funding to reimagine the existing at-risk program and remove the stigma that it was only for at-risk students. Renamed ‘The Corners Program’, the purpose was and is today to let all kids know they are welcome in the program and help each student achieve success, whether a student is a valedictorian, receiving special education services, living in poverty, or they simply want extra help with classes. The program offers services including online learning, study hall, scholarship help and assistance for seniors and at-risk youth. To date, the board has allocated approximately $25,000 toward the Corners Program and Bridges initiative. The results they are seeing far outweigh the cost. In 2017, four years after the Corners Program launched, West Burlington’s graduation rate is now at 98 percent, up from 88.3 percent in 2013. “We are here to graduate and educate kids, help them in their future. Not graduating is the worst-case scenario,” said Dave Schmitt, West Burlington superintendent.

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Common Core is dead at U.S. Department of Education

Click here: U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced the death of Common Core at U.S. Department of Education.
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SHOCK REPORT: How the Communist Chinese infiltrated U.S. Classrooms including University of IOWA

Click here: “The Confucius Institute is an appealing brand for expanding our culture abroad,” Li Changchun, a standing member of the Communist Politburo in Beijing said in a 2011 speech, “It has made an important contribution toward improving our soft power. The ‘Confucius’ brand has a natural attractiveness. Using the excuse of teaching Chinese language, everything looks reasonable and logical.” Confucius Institutes have sprouted up at more than 500 college campuses worldwide, with more than 100 of them in the United States—including at The George Washington University, the University of Michigan and the University of IOWA.

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VIDEO: The Inconvenient Truth About the Republican Party

When you think of the Republican Party, what comes to mind? If you’re like many Americans, you may associate the GOP with racism, sexism, and general inequality. It’s a commonly pushed narrative by left-leaning media and academia, but as former Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science Carol Swain explains, the Republican Party was actually responsible for nearly every advancement for minorities and women in U.S. history—and remains the champion of equality to this day.

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VIDEO: How to Turbocharge the American Economy

Roughly half of the United States’ workforce depends on small businesses thriving. But high taxes and intrusive government regulations hurt these businesses and their workers. How would tax cuts for these small businesses benefit the U.S. economy and help just about everyone? Find out in this short video.

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The sun is blank, NASA data shows it to be dimming

Click here: The sun gets successively more blank with each day, due to lack of sunspots, it is also dimming. According to data from NASA’s Spaceweather, so far in 2017, 96 days (27%) of the days observing the sun have been without sunspots.
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Facebook confirms that Facebook can be bad for you

Click here: Facebook said on Friday that there are certain use cases of the social network that can be bad for your health.
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VIDEO: Social Security Won’t Give You Security

If you’re counting on Social Security to finance your retirement, you’re in for a big surprise. Money expert Chris Hogan explains why.

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VIDEO: Is Fascism Right Or Left?

Every Republican president since the 1970s has been called a fascist. Ironic, no? After all, fascism has its roots in the left. Dinesh D’Souza, author of The Big Lie, explains.

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Smartphone Addiction Creates Imbalance in Brain

Click here: Researchers have found an imbalance in the brain chemistry of young people addicted to smartphones and the internet.