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  • PARENTS GIVE TOO MUCH MONEY AND NOT ENOUGH ATTENTION

    Friday, April 09, 2010 By: DELISHA FORD, WORTHING HIGH SCHOOL

    Why do parents give their teenagers so much money?             Is it guilt or do some parents feel that it is the right thing to do?             American teenagers are spending more money than some

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  • Burns will step down as superintendant

    Thursday, April 08, 2010 By: Samantha Slaton

    Superintendent Del Burns was placed on immediate administrative leave effective until his original departure date of June 30. This decision was based on comments Burns made to local news sources regar

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  • Teen gambling addiction prevalent

    Monday, April 05, 2010 By: Nicole Foerstner

    Whether it is Texas Hold’em, slot machines or betting on tournaments like March Madness, gambling has been reaching a younger audience. According to the National Center for Responsible Gaming, anywher

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  • Urban farming provides city-grown produce to New Orleans

    Monday, April 05, 2010 By: Shreya Kashyap

    New Orleans, situated along the moist, fertile edge of the Mississippi River, has a semi-tropical climate that translates to an almost 12-month growing season, ideal for the progression of the urban f

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  • Charter Schools: Race to the Top may threaten public education

    Monday, April 05, 2010 By: Jessica Parker

    Along with 14 other states and the District of Columbia, Louisiana has been selected as a phase one finalist for the Race to the Top program. The $4.35 billion grant is to turn around lower performing

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  • Eat like a cave man, experts say

    Wednesday, April 07, 2010 By: Chris Essman

    Until 10,000 years ago, all humans consumed only wild and unprocessed food hunted and gathered from their surroundings. This diet was high in lean protein, polyunsaturated fats (especially omega-3 f

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  • Universal Intervention in Paulo Coelho's "The Alchemist"

    Saturday, April 03, 2010 By: Oscar Campos

    SOTAcad Citizen book reviewer Oscar Campos has three reasons to read "The Alchemist."

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  • District Wide Walk Out

    Tuesday, April 06, 2010 By: Iggy Matheson & Shelby Misrasi

    While the crowd chanted "Save our teachers," Alex Sanders and Nicole Barton showed their anger over proposed teacher layoffs by huddling under a blanket together. The other 150+ protesters in front of

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  • The Dying Language

    Thursday, April 01, 2010 By: Summer Lloyd

    A relatively troubling trait noticed in people today: terrible grammar. You may not notice it, at first. You may not pay much attention to the dying English language. But, once the kids grow up, go th

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  • Students fail to learn from harmful decisions

    Thursday, April 01, 2010 By: Taylor Ulery

    People do not realize that making irresponsible decisions about drinking and doing drugs will later affect them. Too many of the students I see in the hallways and sit next to in class do not understa

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The National Edition - Teen Generated News From Around The Nation my.hsj.org
Issue Date: Monday, April 12, 2010 Issue: Week of April 12, 2010
 
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News
Controversy has erupted over the planned resignation of Broughton Superintendent Del Burns, whose words to the media led the school board to put him on immediate administrative leave.
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Students of the Jordan School District would not let teacher layoffs occur without a protest, and protest they did. They learned some lessons about speech rights, too.
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As states compete for Race to the Top education dollars, and design plans to improve schools, charter programs are getting increasingly more consideration.
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Though most associated with adults, teens know a thing or two about gambling, too, and many overindulge their lust for the big score.
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How you gonna keep down on the farm? Maybe you don't, but in that case, perhaps they'll become urban farmers and keep their city neighbors in healthful food.
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Healthcare reform brings controversy to BHS
In the aftermath of the health care vote, Brevard High reflects the rest of the nation: Dissatisfied by the state of health care for citizens, but uncertain whether the recent step was the right one.
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Features
Local relief agencies supply help to earthquake hit areas
Brevard, like many communities nationwide, has mobilized to meet the needs of earthquake victims in Haiti and Chile. The disaster also offers some groups the chance to spread the Gospel.
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Hey, now, those cave people really were on to something. Food, that is. Some authorities contend their healthful hunter-gatherer diet is the kind we should adopt today.
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Sexting is serious and growing, everyone agrees. But do current rules and laws properly address, and punish, the practice? Opinions differ.
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The rocky economy has hit teens harder than it has other segments of the population. Struggling Steeplegate Mall offers a look.
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