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President Barack Obama announces campaign to limit standardized testing

Plan to limit standardized testing deserves an A

By Kiley Hill, Round table November 5, 2015

President Barack Obama recently made a statement saying how students are spending too much time in the classroom taking tests, many of which are unnecessary. Obama is urging officials in charge of the...

The modern day artist

By Emma Stokes, Online editor March 27, 2015

A picture used to be just a memory captured in a single moment, something that you would cherish forever. Now, though, a picture is so much more; an expression of emotion, a symbol, a question, or a way...

Coffee in schools; helping or hurting

By Owen Migdal, Round Table Website Editor March 10, 2015

It is frowned upon to give students coffee in school because there are side effects to the delicious drink. Unlike the propaganda that schools have taught us, coffee is actually a great beverage for students...

Attendance to drop by a million for second Obama inauguration

January 16, 2013

By William Douglas McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) WASHINGTON _ Marvin Lyman figured it would be a breeze to fill two charter buses to go from Missouri to Washington for President Barack Obama's inauguration,...

Middletown students participate in democratic process

Middletown students participate in democratic process

By Ashlyn Miller, Round Table Newsletter Editor-in-Chief January 7, 2013

It is finished. Now that the drama known as the “fiscal cliff” has been avoided due to a last-minute deal between the House and the Senate on Jan. 1; President Barack Obama has navigated a prominent...

California’s model climate policies will maintain momentum

November 12, 2012

By Maria Gallucci InsideClimate News (MCT) For decades, California has been the engine of growth behind America's sputtering clean energy economy _ adopting groundbreaking clean air and climate policies...

Obama wins second term after defeating Romney

November 7, 2012

By Mark Z. Barabak Los Angeles Times (MCT) President Barack Obama overcame a disappointingly slow economic recovery and a massive advertising onslaught to win a second term Tuesday night, forging...

Final debate delivers verbal punches, but no knockout

October 24, 2012

By Marc Caputo The Miami Herald (MCT) MIAMI _ The issue was teed up for Mitt Romney from the get-go at Monday night's foreign-policy debate: What happened when four foreign-service workers were killed...

Obama and Romney fight for the female vote

October 22, 2012

By Christi Parsons and Seema Mehta Los Angeles Times (MCT) MOUNT VERNON, Iowa _ Picking up where their contentious debate left off, President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney battled Wednesday...

Romney, Obama offer visions on financial consumer protection

October 16, 2012

By Lindsay Wise McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) WASHINGTON _ Just 15 months into its existence, the federal government's newest consumer watchdog agency faces an uncertain future. To President Barack...

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