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When Should a Kid Start Kindergarten?

The New York Times

by Elizabeth Weil

June 3, 2007

According to the apple-or-coin test, used in the Middle Ages, children should start school when they are mature enough for the delayed gratification and abstract reasoning involved in choosing money over fruit.

In 15th- and 16th-century Germany, parents were told to send their children to school when the children started to act "rational." And in contemporary America, children are deemed eligible to enter kindergarten according to an arbitrary date on the calendar known as the birthday cutoff...

Which States Allow Guns in Schools?

FindLaw

by Andrew Lu

January 15, 2013

In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, gun control laws and guns in schools are the talk of the town. In fact, New York is poised to pass the "toughest" gun control laws in the country today.

But is all this talk really just talk? If states were truly concerned about gun violence, especially gun violence in schools, wouldn't just about every state ban carrying guns on school grounds? Yet, if you take a close look at state laws, you'll see that more than a third of the states actually allow teachers and other adults to carry guns in schools, reports NBC News.

While Children Languish

The Washington Post

by Editorial

July 16, 2011

THE D.C. AUDITOR has confirmed what many observers of D.C. Public Schools' special education program already suspected: The program ill-serves children, frustrates parents and at the same time enriches outside lawyers, assessment firms and private schools

The official documentation of weak internal controls, poor accountability for school officials, enormous expenditures and alleged unethical or illegal relationships between certain law firms and advocacy groups puts the problem-plagued special education program squarely in the lap of the school board, mayor and council.

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ABC News

by Nathalie Tadena

July 29, 2009

Ask Warren Buffett to work with kids and he gets animated - literally. The legendary investor will be starring in "The Secret Millionaire's Club," an online cartoon series that teaches children about financial literacy, debuting in the fall on AOL.

Buffett was featured as the voice of James Madison in the PBS series "Liberty's Kids." In the "Secret Millionaire's Club," Buffett will voice his character who serves as a financial mentor to a group of kids in his hometown of Omaha, Neb. In one webisode, Buffett advises the club during a board meeting on whether to invest in a local candy company. In real-life, Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway owns See's Candies Inc.

Whining Parents

Lew Rockwell

by Gary North

May 26, 2005

A whining child is an annoyance. When parents allow whining, it will continue. When they tire of hearing whining, some of them capitulate to the whiner. The whiner learns that whining pays.

When your child whines, you must intervene with negative sanctions, beginning no later than age three. The child learns this fact of life: whining never gains a benefit, and it may gain a spanking. Children learn about sanctions very early. They respond accordingly. Whining is curable at a young age.

Whistle-blower comes forward, attests to attorney that Obama's financial aid state his citizenship Indonesian, aid given to Obama as a FOREIGN student...

redflagnews.com

June 22, 2013

A whistle-blower from Higher Education Services Corporation in Albany New York came forward and advised Attorney Orly Taitz that she personally reviewed Barack Obama's financial aid information, which stated that financial aid was given to Obama as foreign student and as a citizen of Indonesia. Additionally, Obama failed to submit the Appellee's brief in Taitz v Obama, Feinstein, Emken. This is an appeal, which was reinstated by the Chief Judge of the Fourth District Court of Appeal Kathleen O'Leary. Appellant Taitz filed her Appellant's brief.

Whistleblower: Obama Was Indonesian Citizen & Given Financial Aid As Foreign Student At Occidental College

dcclothesline.com

by Tim Brown

August 8, 2013

A whistle-blower in Albany, New York came forward that she personally reviewed Barack Obama's financial aid information, which stated that financial aid was given to Obama as foreign student and as a citizen of Indonesia.

In the original case there were over 100 pages that documented that Barack Obama was a citizen of Indonesia at the time he attended Occidental and that he has used fraudulent means to secure Identification. However, Superior Court Judge Charles Marginis ruled in favor of Occidental College and denied Taitz's motion to force them to produce Obama's college registration forms. Kathleen O'Leary, the Chief Judge of the Fourth District Court of Appeals, then re-instated the appeal.

White boy suspended for claiming 'African' prize

telegraph.co.uk

by Marcus Warren

January 27, 2004

A white teenager who moved from South Africa to America six years ago was suspended from school after nominating himself for a "Distinguished African-American Student of the Year" prize.

Trevor Richards, 16, was accused of "showing disrespect" to black pupils at Westside High School in Omaha, Nebraska. It is thought he is the only pupil to have lived in Africa. He and two friends put up campaign posters showing him making a thumbs-up sign and all three were suspended. "The posters were intended to be satire on the term 'African-American'," said one of his campaign managers, Scott Rambo. The phrase is the current politically correct label for black Americans.

White House Confirms: Obama & Feinstein Looking to Ban Most Guns

offgridsurvival.com

December 18, 2012

At a press conference earlier this morning, White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters the president will be actively supporting Senator Dianne Feinstein's gun control legislation.

The legislation is expected to go after all semi-automatic weapons and firearms that can hold over ten rounds of ammunition. What once seemed highly unlikely may now have a chance of passing through congress after a number of pro-gun lawmakers have signaled their support. Since the school shooting in Connecticut, a number of lawmakers, including a few Senate Democrats with "A" ratings from the National Rifle Association, have called for immediate action to overhaul gun control laws. The White House and fellow lawmakers have wasted no time exploiting this tragedy, and are growing confident in their ability to pass new stricter gun control legislation.

White House helps pay for NYPD Muslim surveillance

CNS News

by Eileen Sullivan

February 27, 2012

The Obama administration said Monday it has no control over how the New York Police Department spends millions of dollars in White House grants that helped pay for NYPD programs that put entire American Muslim neighborhoods under surveillance.

In New York, the police commissioner said he wouldn't apologize. The White House has no opinion about how the grant money was spent, spokesman Jay Carney said. The Associated Press reported Monday that the White House money has paid for the cars that plainclothes NYPD officers used to conduct surveillance on Muslim neighborhoods and paid for computers that stored even innocuous information about Muslim college students, mosque sermons and social events.

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