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Penn State Behrend’s Math Options Career Day brought nearly 180 middle-schoolers to the college on May 10. They built spaghetti bridges and twisty foam roller coasters.

Right now, we are watching the dumbing down of america in real time, it is happening at an alarming pace, states and school districts across the country have been rolling out new curricula that will make the next generation of this country ill-prepared for the challenges in the real world. i want to take you through a few examples of what we've seen just in the past few months. in clark county, nevada, the 11th most populous county in the whole country, the school district there has implemented a new grading policy. here it is, attendance, participation, and late assignments no longer matter. ...

>>laura: right now we are watching the dumbing down of america in real-time. is happening at an alarming pace. states and school districts are rolling out new curricula to make the next generation in thisis country will prepared for the challenges in the realal world. want to take you through a few examples of the past few months. clark county nevada the school district there has implemented a new gravy policy attendance, participation and late assignments no longer matter. governors brown alarming oregon students to graduate without proving they can write anything or do basic math. in virgini...

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