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on March 30, 2016 in World News

Crowd Boos When Donald Trump Mentions Scott Walker, Paul Ryan in Janesville, Wisconsin

by Alex Swoyer GOP frontrunner Donald Trump held a town hall at the Holiday Inn Express and Janesville Conference Center in Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)’s hometown of Janesville, Wisconsin on Tuesday evening.Trump knocked Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who endorsed  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)earlier in the day, and the crowd booed when Trump mentioned Walker’s name. “Total state debt is 45-billion dollars…very high, one of the higher ones. Twenty-thousand fewer people in labor force than seven years ago,” even though population has grown, Trump stated as he read aloud statistics about Wisconsin. Trump noted he was unsure if… View Article

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on March 29, 2016 in World News

NY Professor Says Algebra Is Too Hard, Schools Should Drop It

by Warner Todd Huston A New York professor has sparked a debate among educators over whether or not algebra is too hard and should be dropped from the curriculum. Political scientist Andrew Hacker of Queens College in New York insists the difficulty of learning algebra is responsible for a higher dropout rate when students find they can’t grasp the discipline. The course should be excluded, Hacker says, because the math is just too hard for students today. “One out of 5 young Americans does not graduate from high school. This is one of the worst records in the developed world…. View Article

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