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On Monday, Feb. 14, Kaneland District 302 held their scheduled Board Meeting virtually, and members of the Board and district administration spent the majority of...



While the education system in the United States is generally sought after, there are some disadvantages to attending American schools. School has taught me a lot so far, but that does not mean I remember everything that I have learned. I can barely recall half of the things that I learned during my freshman year because once those assignments, tests and classes were done, my brain made room for the new subjects. It will always be an endless cycle of learning the material, studying, testing on the subject, forgetting the curriculum and then moving on to the next unit. How are students expected to apply what they learn to the real world when the material is only tested on and not mastered? The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) supposedly prepare students for standardized testing content. While that is not necessarily a bad thing, it focuses on only learning a skill enough to pass the standardized tests and not mastering the actual content. Shifting the...

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