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Eileen Imogene Niles-Scott passed away June 26, 2020, at her home in El Reno at the age of 91.
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Wanda Claunch was born on a farm in Marshall on Sept. 7 1937, to Charles “Chod” and Vivian Larsen Kelly.
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The best doctor in the world is the veterinarian. He can’t ask his patients what is the matter – he’s just got to know. — Will Rogers
Read moreIf anyone is looking for an example of how presidential elections might look if we lose the Electoral College check out the S.Q. 802 results.
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The sixties seem like they were just yesterday.
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Dr. Thomas Sowell has just published “Charter Schools and Their Enemies.” He presents actual test scores of students in traditional public schools and charter schools on New York State Education Department’s annual English Language Arts test and its Mathematics Test. Sowell gives the results of student tests in charter schools such as KIPP, Success Academy, Explore Schools, Uncommon Schools, Achievement First as well as the traditional New York City public schools. On the English Language Arts test, a majority of charter school students, most of whom were black or Hispanic, tested proficient or above. Their achievement ratio was nearly 5 to 1. On the Mathematics test 68% of charter schools’ 161 grade levels had a majority of students testing proficient. In the traditional public schools, 177 grade levels, just 10% had a majority of their student testing proficient.
Read moreThe FBI last month conducted 3,931,607 firearms background checks, the highest-ever number for the month of June.
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