CULTURE
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view full-size The literacy rates among fourth grade students in America are sobering. In a recent report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation , one out of three students scored "below basic" on the 2009 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) Reading Test. Among these low performing students, 49 percent come from low-income families.
Statistics About Education in America | StudentsFirst.org
Dominium Mundi, The Empire of Management
After La Fabrique de l’Homme occidental and Miroir d’une nation, l’École Nationale d’Administration, l’Empire du management is the third film by Gérald Caillat written with the great thinker Pierre Legendre. This time, they look at an invisible beast: management. It is a beast because it attacks everything that moves and it is invisible because it conceals itself and its purpose: that of controlling humanity, via the corporation and its new rituals.NEW: Help wanted Among the employment challenges exacerbated by the economic crisis, long-term joblessness and youth unemployment are especially troubling as their effects can linger long after the job market has recovered. Governments would do well to focus on these problems now.
Boosting jobs and skills
Congratulations to Hunter Finan, 13, from Mount Hebron Middle School. The 13-year-old recently brought home a first place award from Model Congress. Hunter, see left, started out in the Model UN debate team and found himself interested in Model Congress, too. He participated in the Eighth Annual Middle School Model Congress (MidMC) alongside 100 Glenfield students, 65 from Renaissance and 52 from his own school on December 7. MidMC provides kids the chance to write, discuss, and debate mock bills, much like members of Congress do.
7th Grader Debates Well at Model Congress | Barista Kids
The Federal Pie Chart
Why Do the Percentages Vary from Group to Group? The U.S. Government says that military spending amounts to 20% of the budget, the Center for Defense Information (CDI) reports 51%, the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) reports 43%, and the War Resisters League claims 54%.