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Tag Archives: U.S. education
NSDA Nationals USX R&D from Prepd: U.S. Education
Today’s R&D is brought to you by Prepd (pronounced “prepped”). Prepd is building debate technology that helps extempers and congressional debaters research, practice, and compete. Visit www.prepd.in to learn more. Over the next month and a half, Extemp Central will provide R&Ds … Continue reading
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American Education Reform (2015)
[fblike] Domestic extempers can attest to the fact that questions about education reform never go away. From merit pay to vouchers to standardized testing, extempers must be able to handle topics pertaining to the American education system if they wish … Continue reading
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Tagged charter schools, education reform, homeschooling, No Child Left Behind, premium content, school vouchers, Topic Brief, U.S. education
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R&D: American Education Reform (2015)
[fblike] Here is today’s premium R&D to accompany today’s premium topic brief on American education reform (2015). It\’s Time to Re-Think the U.S. Education System #harvardbusiness http://t.co/CGA5ihEyc2 — Harvard Business (@harvardbusi__dp) February 23, 2015 The skills gap: More than half of America’s … Continue reading
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Common Core Standards
[fblike] Last week Secretary of Education Arne Duncan sparked a firestorm over the controversial Common Core State Standards (CCSS), which are aimed at raising education standards nationwide to meet college and career ready targets. Addressing criticism of the standards, Duncan … Continue reading
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R&D: Common Core Standards
[fblike] Here is today’s premium R&D to accompany today’s premium topic brief on the Common Core standards. Arne Duncan Was Right About U.S. Schools http://t.co/IAeJNKq35X via @kondracke — Roll Call (@rollcall) November 20, 2013 @Ravitch: Why so many parents hate … Continue reading
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R&D by Prepd: Universal Preschool
[fblike] Today’s R&D is brought to you by Prepd, the only software built specifically for extemp. Prepd makes it easy to research, practice, and compete! These tweets provide resources on the idea of universal preschool education, an initiative that President Obama has … Continue reading
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Super R&D: Google Antitrust Issues, Scott Brown Labeled a Traitor, and Thomas L. Friedman Comments on Iraq
Here is an expanded R&D top 15 for February 24th: Google faces Brussels antitrust scrutiny from the Financial Times of London GOP’s Brown branded turncoat for jobs bill vote from the Washington Post Iraq’s Known Unknowns, Still Unknown from the New … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Argentina, auto industry, Congress, education reform, EU, European Union, Evan Bayh, Google, Great Britain, Greece, IMF, International Monetary Fund, iran, Iranian sanctions, Iraq, NATO, R&D, Robert Mugabe, Scott Brown, stimulus package, the Falkland Islands, the Netherlands, U.S. economy, U.S. education, UN, United Nations, Zimbabwe
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Extemp Questions for the Week of January 7th-13th, 2009
1. Can Israel win in Gaza? 2. Should the U.S. change the way it handles unemployment benefits? 3. Why has Blagojevich not been impeached? 4. Was Bangladesh’s vote fair? 5. Ten years on, has the euro achieved what it was … Continue reading
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Tagged Bangladesh, Blagojevich, British politics, CIA, euro, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Obama, U.S. education, unemployment
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