9/23/2020: China Purifies Hong Kong Classrooms - Gasoline Taxes and the Pandemic

Today's Article: China Purifies Hong Kong Classrooms
From: The Los Angeles Times
Readability Score: 11.8

As China exerts more control over Hong Kong, teachers who have questioned the authority of the Communist Party are finding themselves 'purged' for contaminating the children with anti-government thinking. Learn more about these changes, and consider the protections in our First Amendment, in today's lesson.

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Today's Alternate Article: Gasoline Taxes and the Pandemic
Readability Score: 6.6 

4/24/2020: Bill Gates targeted by social media mobs - Coronavirus triggers self-sufficiency: Vegetable gardens, urban chickens are in-demand

Today's Article: Bill Gates targeted by social media mobs
From: Fox News
Readability Score: 13.1

Bill Gates bullied on social media as mobs of trolls attack his COVID 19 and WHO stances.

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Today's Alternate Article: Coronavirus triggers self-sufficiency: Vegetable gardens, urban chickens are in-demand
Readability Score: 8.8

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11/14/2017: How to Sell $15,000 of Tenderloin, Fast - Former President Barack Obama summoned for jury duty in Chicago

Today's Article: How to Sell $15,000 of Tenderloin, Fast
From: Wall Street Journal
Readability Score: 9.0

Startups see profits in food that otherwise goes to waste; a marketplace for producers with a surplus and restaurants looking to shave costs

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Today's Alternate Article: Former President Barack Obama summoned for jury duty in Chicago
Readability Score: 8.4

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10/23/2017: Why Are Millennials Wary of Freedom? - New Jersey Teacher Tells Students: Speak 'American'

Today's Article: Why Are Millennials Wary of Freedom?
From: NY Times
Readability Score: 13.2

According to the World Values Survey, only about 30 percent of Americans born after 1980 believe it is absolutely essential to live in a democratic country

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Today's Alternate Article: New Jersey Teacher Tells Students: Speak 'American'
Readability Score: 7.6

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10/18/2017: Why Chicago's Soda Tax Fizzled - Debating Denmark’s Fat Tax

Today's Article: Why Chicago's Soda Tax Fizzled
From: Washington Post
Readability Score: 12.3

About two months after the country’s largest soda tax went into effect, embattled lawmakers...have decided to repeal it.

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Today's Alternate Article: Debating Denmark’s Fat Tax
Readability Score: 7.0

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10/16/2017: Former Addict Saves Lives from her Living Room - 4 Ways Nobel Prize Winner Richard Thaler's Work Has Improved Your Life

Today's Article: Former Addict Saves Lives from her Living Room
From: CNN
Readability Score: 8.0

In a small blue house in Northern California, a mom surrounded by three children, three cats and a dog has quietly saved the lives of hundreds of people

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Today's Alternate Article: 4 Ways Nobel Prize Winner Richard Thaler's Work Has Improved Your Life
Readability Score: 8.9

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10/12/2017: Some Democrats Boycott Moment of Silence for Las Vegas Shooting - EPA Chief Pruitt Announces End of Clean Power Plan

Today's Article: Some Democrats Boycott Moment of Silence for Las Vegas Shooting
From: CBS News
Readability Score: 10.2

Massachusetts Rep. Katherine Clark could be seen walking off the floor just after Speaker Paul Ryan called for the moment of silence

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Today's Alternate Article: EPA Chief Pruitt Announces End of Clean Power Plan
Readability Score: 7.9

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9/6/2017: How did dogs become our best friends? New evidence - How College Athletes are Really Paid

Today's Article: How did dogs become our best friends? New evidence
From: BBC
Readability Score: 9.6

Dogs most probably evolved from wolves at a single location about 20,000 to 40,000 years ago, a study suggests.

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Today's Alternate Article: How College Athletes are Really Paid
Readability Score: 7.7

Some sports economists say the market is the solution. They suggest that schools, "...simply pay the kids." Instead, according to sports economist Andrew Zimbalist, the schools are spending "...money on everything but what a normal market would have to spend money on, which is the players."

Check out the econlife Current Event today about how college athletes are paid! We're running a test partnership with econlife to bring you interesting, real-life economics concepts and activities. Try it out for the next few weeks and let us know what you think!

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It's BACK.....the Back to School Bulletin Board Battle!

It's that time of year again..... Grab your scissors, glue, stickers and whatever else you can find while settling back into the classroom because the Bulletin Board Battles are back!!! Show us what you've been cooking up all summer with your Back to School bulletin board or door decorations to kick off the year with style. Submit a photo of your bulletin board or door on our social media pages or email them to contests@izzit.org. 

Winner gets a $25.00 Amazon gift card. 

Oh, and welcome back! We've missed you!

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8/17/2017: In 10 Years, Your iPhone Won’t Be a Phone Anymore - Salem (OR) suspends short-term rental ban for eclipse

Today's Article: In 10 Years, Your iPhone Won’t Be a Phone Anymore
From: Wall Street Journal
Readability Score: 12.3

As the iPhone this week marks the 10th anniversary of its first sale, it remains one of the most successful consumer products in history. But by the time it celebrates its 20th anniversary, the “phone” concept will be entirely uprooted: That dog-whisperer scenario will be brought to you even if you don’t have an iPhone in your pocket.

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Today's Alternate Article: Salem (OR) suspends short-term rental ban for eclipse
Readability Score: 7.4

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6/1/2017: Why Colleges Already Face Race-Related Challenges In Serving Future Students - Warned He Would Die by Age 10, He Just Graduated College

Today's Article: Why Colleges Already Face Race-Related Challenges In Serving Future Students
From: NPR
Readability Score: 13.1

Today, more Americans graduate high school and go on to college than ever before.

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Today's Alternate Article: Warned He Would Die by Age 10, He Just Graduated College
Readability Score: 8.8

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