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Vicki McClure Davidson | May 10, 2012

  The latest national science exam for America’s public school students showed a tiny bit of improvement over their 2009 results, but more than two-thirds of students still don’t have a strong grasp of basic science facts. Attracting and hiring better teachers seems to be one of the primary solutions to improving poor science test [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | May 8, 2012

  The food police madness has revved it up a notch in Massachusetts. Starting on August 1, all holiday treats, bake sales, candy sold at football games or door-to-door for fundraisers, and desserts at awards events will be banned or will be in the process of being banned in Massachusetts schools. Parents are too stupid [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | February 19, 2012

  The food intolerance and tyranny of this administration continues… As the Team Obama/HHS food police is engaging in damage control for rejecting a child’s homemade turkey and cheese sandwich, replacing it with chicken nuggets, another mother of a preschooler at the same North Carolina elementary school has stepped forward with a similar story. Diane [...]

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