Tag: current events
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![[:en]A Right to Tweet?[:]](https://familydinner.launchpaddev.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Screen-Shot-2013-07-25-at-9.52.47-AM.png)
[:en]A Right to Tweet?[:]
[:en]There’s no denying the influence of social media today. The British Prime Minister considers limiting social media after the London Riots.[:]
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![[:en]Some Teachers in a Bind over ‘No Child Left Behind'[:]](https://familydinner.launchpaddev.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pickles_8-13_standardtesting.png)
[:en]Some Teachers in a Bind over ‘No Child Left Behind'[:]
[:en]Are teachers cheating to help students on standardized tests?[:]
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![[:en]Private Lives…Public Spaces[:]](https://familydinner.launchpaddev.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/snowden1.jpg)
[:en]Private Lives…Public Spaces[:]
[:en]Where does privacy end and the public’s right to know begin?[:]
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![[:en]Teacher Appreciation Week, Indeed[:]](https://familydinner.launchpaddev.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/pickles_2-7_buenavista.png)
[:en]Teacher Appreciation Week, Indeed[:]
[:en]Teachers in Michigan offer to work, even though the district ran out of money to pay them.[:]
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![[:en]Three Strikes and You’re Out![:]](https://familydinner.launchpaddev.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/pickles_2-7_detention.png)
[:en]Three Strikes and You’re Out![:]
[:en]A 6-year-old gets detention because her parents drop her off late to school one too many times.[:]
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![[:en]Where Kindness is King[:]](https://familydinner.launchpaddev.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/file2301267048100.jpg)
[:en]Where Kindness is King[:]
[:en]High schooler voted Prom King gives crown to beloved classmate.[:]
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![[:en]Sweet 16[:]](https://familydinner.launchpaddev.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pickles_2-7_sodaban.png)
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![[:en]He Lives to Give[:]](https://familydinner.launchpaddev.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/tdy-120530-kidney.grid-5x2.jpg)
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![[:en]The Politics of Language[:]](https://familydinner.launchpaddev.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pickles_2-7_politicsoflanguage.png)
[:en]The Politics of Language[:]
[:en]A Spanish-speaking citizen is barred from political office in the United States because her English isn’t very good.[:]
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![[:en]Addressing Steubenville[:]](https://familydinner.launchpaddev.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/challenging_14-100_steubenville.png)
[:en]Addressing Steubenville[:]
[:en]Talking about sex and consent might prevent travesties like the Steubenville, OH rape case. Start here by checking out these resources.[:]
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![[:en]Racial Justice: the Case of Trayvon Martin[:]](https://familydinner.launchpaddev.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/challenging_generic.png)
[:en]Racial Justice: the Case of Trayvon Martin[:]
[:en]Discuss the questions about race and justice in America that the murder of Trayvon Martin elicited with guidance from Allissa.[:]
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![[:en]Deepening Conversation Around the Hunger Games[:]](https://familydinner.launchpaddev.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/challenging_8-13_hungergames.png)
[:en]Deepening Conversation Around the Hunger Games[:]
[:en]Talking about pop culture can lead to great conversation. Charlotte uses The Hunger Games to explore relationships, life, and death.[:]