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      <title>High School U.S. Government Exam</title>
      <description>High school government teachers Andrew Conneen and Daniel Larsen talked about the Advanced Placement Government Exam that was to be administered the following week. They discussed the exam, previewed sample questions, and what students should be studying, and they responded to telephone calls and electronic mail from high school students. One student won a pocket copy of the Constitution signed by Justice Breyer for correctly answering a constitutional question.</description>
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      <description>Andrew Conneen and Daniel Larsen, teachers at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois, talked about the Advanced Placement Government Exam for high school students, and they responded to telephone calls and electronic mail from high school students. The teachers discussed preparation for the exam and previewed sample questions. Clips were shown of Chief Justice John Roberts, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. 
Rita Stanley, a teacher at the Episcopal School of Texas in San Antonio, spoke by phone on what her students are doing to prepare for the exam, and she responded to one student phone call.</description>
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      <title>Role and Mission of the ROTC</title>
      <description>Major Paul Kremer talked about the history and mission of the Reserve Officers  Training Corps (ROTC), and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Other topics included entrance requirements and officer commissioning programs, financial assistance to students, and other issues.</description>
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      <title>High School U.S. Government Exam</title>
      <description>Andrew Conneen and Daniel Larsen, teachers from Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois, talked with high school student callers only who are preparing for the Advanced Placement Government Exam. They talked about the exam and previewed sample questions from the test. They also responded to electronic communications from students.</description>
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      <title>High School U.S. Government Exam</title>
      <description>High school government teachers Andrew Conneen and Daniel Larsen talked about the Advanced Placement Government Exam that was to be administered the following week. They discussed the exam, previewed sample questions, and what students should be studying, and they responded to telephone calls and electronic communications from high school students.
A video clip was shown of Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) speaking on March 14, 2012, about the relationship of the Senate to the other branches of government.</description>
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      <title>College Debt</title>
      <description>Ben Miller talked about rising college debt, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. The average student has $24,000 in student loan debt</description>
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      <title>High School U.S. Government Exam</title>
      <description>High school government teachers Andrew Conneen and Daniel Larsen talked about the Advanced Placement Government Exam that was to be administered the following week.*They discussed the content and structure of the exam and previewed sample questions and what students should be studying. They responded to telephone calls and electronic communications from high school students.
A video clip from June 7, 2012, was shown of Senator Kyl (R-AZ) speaking on the Senate floor about judicial review and Representative McKeon (R-CA) speaking on the House floor on July 18, 2012, about conference committees.</description>
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      <title>$100 Billion for Education in Stimulus Bill</title>
      <description>Alyson Klein talked about about the $100 billion for education in the stimulus bill, including the appropriation of the money, how it can be used, and reaction in the educational community to items that were removed from the bill. Ms. Klein responded to telephone calls and electronic mail.</description>
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      <title>Federal and State Education Spending</title>
      <description>Lily Eskelsen talked about the effects of budgetary cutbacks on teachers and students as well as the impact of union negotiations on the education system. She responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. 
C-SPAN Radio's Nancy Calo read news headlines at the end of the program.</description>
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      <title>Transforming Higher Education</title>
      <description>Anya Kamenetz talked about her book [DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education] (Chelsea Green Publishing; April 1, 2010). In the book she looks explores the current state of education and possible future trends, including how technology and the increasing choice individuals have would allow them to tackle the cost, quality and access to higher education. She believes more students will craft their own educations, using information available electronically, rather than attending college institutions. She also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.
Ms. Kamenetz is a staff writer for [Fast Company] magazine and author of [Generation Debt].</description>
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      <title>Washington Saturday Journal</title>
      <description>Current news events and political issues were examine through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone call, faxes and electronic mail. In the first segment, Ms. O'Donnell and Ms. Olanoff debated the constitutionality and necessity of publicly funded single sex schools. In the newspaper roundtable, Mr. Dettmer and Mr. Georges talked about current news topics, including Shannon Faulkner's quitting the Citadel after less than a week.</description>
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      <title>Book Discussion on [On Purpose: How Great School Cultures Form Strong Character]</title>
      <description>Samuel Casey Carter talked about his new book on education, [On Purpose: How Great School Cultures Form Strong Character], and ways to improve the U.S. education system. He also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.
A short clip from [Newsmakers] with Norm Coleman was shown at the end of the program.</description>
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      <title>School Emergency Plans</title>
      <description>Francisco Negron talked about the status of schools' emergency plans around the country, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. He also outlined the resources available to school boards on the state and federal level plus, and issues such as allowing the arming of select teachers or staff within a school.
Nancy Calo read news headlines from C-SPAN Radio at the end of the program.</description>
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      <title>National School Lunch Program</title>
      <description>Kevin Concannon talked about pending nutritional changes to the National School Lunch Program, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. The Agriculture Department is reportedly going to finalize rules about school meals sometime before the end of the year. The rules come as a result of recommendations by the Institutes of Medicine. Topics included what the program does, its history, and costs.</description>
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      <title>Youth Activism</title>
      <description>Sara Haile-Mariam talked about the Campus Progress 2010 National Conference, youth activism, and the issues that are most important to younger voters, such as immigration reform, energy reform, health care reform, and advancing equality. She also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.</description>
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      <title>Government Role in Nutrition Guidelines</title>
      <description>Maya Rockeymoore and Walter Olson talked about the role of the federal government in setting nutrition guidelines for schools, and they responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included new White House dietary recommendations that replace the old food pyramid with a plate visual, obesity, and school meal requirements.
C-SPAN Radio's Nancy Calo read news headlines at the end of the program.</description>
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      <title>Federal Policy on Bullying</title>
      <description>Francisco Negron talked about the federal laws that deal with the issue of bullying at schools. He also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.</description>
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      <title>Open Phones</title>
      <description>Telephone lines were open for comments on the question, "Should employers work with schools to boost student skills?" The question was based on a [Wall Street Journal] piece on American workers' having the qualifications needed in available jobs.</description>
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      <title>2012 StudentCam Winners Announcement</title>
      <description>Matthew Shimura was announced as the grand prize winner of C-SPAN's 2012 StudentCam contest. C-SPAN's Pam McGorry talked about the contest and some of the other winners.</description>
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      <title>Physical and Mental Training at the U.S. Naval Academy</title>
      <description>Leadership Education and Development Director Captain Stephen Trainor talked about required physical and mental training for midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy. He also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.</description>
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      <title>Cost of Higher Education</title>
      <description>Peter Morici talked about his [Des Moines Register] article on the value of a college degree in comparison to tuition costs, accrued debt, and salaries earned after graduation. He said that employers require college degrees for jobs that do not pay enough to justify college costs, in part due to high schools' failure to adequately prepare students for the work force. He urged incoming college students to major in science fields, which pay higher salaries and provide specific job skills. Professor Morici also responded to telephone calls, electronic communications, and questions from students at Asheville-Buncombe (NC) Technical Community College, who participated via Skype.</description>
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      <title>Education and Civic Literacy</title>
      <description>Richard Brake talked about the release of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute's ew report on civic literacy, "The Shaping of the American Mind: the Diverging Influences of the College Degree &amp; Civil Learning of American Beliefs." Mr. Brake also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.</description>
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      <title>Trends in School Crime</title>
      <description>Michael Planty and Nirvi Shah talked about trends in school crime, violence and safety. Topics included homicides and suicides at school; non-fatal violent and property crime; injuries from firearms and other weapons on school property; bullying; gangs; illegal drugs; hate crimes at school; and trends in school discipline, safety and security measures. They responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.</description>
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      <title>U.S. Naval Academy's Academic Programs</title>
      <description>Academic Dean and Provost Andrew Phillips talked about the U.S. Naval Academy's academic program, leadership development, and daily routine for midshipmen attending the school. Among the topics he addressed were academic qualifications for admission, the curriculum for a four-year undergraduate program, and leadership development programs. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.
Nancy Calo read news headlines from C-SPAN Radio at the end of the program.</description>
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      <title>Military Academies</title>
      <description>Bruce Fleming talked about his [New York Times] opinion piece, "The Academies' March Toward Mediocrity." He asserts that armed forces service academies are holdovers from the 19th century and need to keep up with a changing world. He also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.</description>
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      <title>Education Reform</title>
      <description>Randi Weingarten talked about federal education reform efforts, and she responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included the revamping of the No Child Left Behind act and the American Federation of Teacher's effort to develop a new model for how public school teachers should be evaluated, promoted, and removed.</description>
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      <title>Student Free Speech Rights</title>
      <description>Guests talked about court cases over students' free speech rights. Monday, March 19, 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in the [Morse v. Frederick] case. At issue was whether high school principal Deborah Morse in Juneau, Alaska, violated student Joseph Frederick's free speech rights by suspending him for a banner that read "Bong Hits 4 Jesus."  Mr. Hutton's organization filed a brief with the Court in support of principal's decision to regulate student speech. Mr. Goodman's group filed a brief with the Court supporting the student's right of free expression. They also responded to telephone calls and electronic mail.</description>
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      <title>Future of Education in the U.S.</title>
      <description>Dennis Van Roekel talked about the future of public education in the U.S., and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Among the topics Mr. Van Roekel addressed were the economy's impact on education, the idea of a "teacher bailout," and current education standards.</description>
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      <title>Child Health Policy in the U.S.</title>
      <description>Kristen Moore, president of Child Trends, Inc., and Edward Sondik, director of the National Center for Health Statistics, discussed a wide variety of topics related to child health and child health policy. Topics included the rate of teenage pregnancies, early education trends, children living in poverty, and trends in factors that can harm a child, like smoking in the home. Viewer questions were taken via telephone and electronic devices.</description>
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      <title>College Affordability</title>
      <description>Richard Vedder talked about the cost of college and the affordability of a degree, and programs available to help families save for college. He also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.
Mr. Vedder participated from Athens, Ohio.</description>
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      <title>Student Loan Application Process</title>
      <description>Justin Draeger talked about the student loan application process, what options are available for prospective students, repayment, as well as recent legislation impacting student loans. He also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.</description>
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      <title>U.S. Naval Academy History and Mission</title>
      <description>Vice Admiral Michael Miller described the role, mission, and history of the U.S. Naval Academy. Among the topics he addressed were leadership development programs, academic challenges, physical education requirements, and ways in which the school prepared midshipmen for a career as a naval officer in the 21st century. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.</description>
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      <title>New Trends in Higher Education</title>
      <description>Kevin Carey spoke about massive open online courses or MOOCs increasingly used as alternative classrooms at colleges and universities. He talked about the operation of the programs, how they might change access to higher education, and the future of higher education. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.</description>
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      <title>Education and Digital Learning</title>
      <description>Bob Wise talked about a new Digital Learning Council report, the "Ten Elements of High Quality Digital Learning," which examines ways digital learning can help student learning and transform the current education system. He also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.
C-SPAN Radio's Nancy Calo read news headlines at the end of the program.</description>
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      <title>U.S. Education Policy</title>
      <description>Randi Weingarten talked about the U.S. education system. Topics included the Obama administration's Race to the Top program, teacher ratings, and the impact the economy is having on teachers. Ms. Weingarten also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.</description>
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      <title>Education Labor Unions and the Fiscal Cliff</title>
      <description>Randi Weingarten discussed the priorities of labor unions as negotiations began on averting the fiscal cliff." She also discussed American Federation of Teachers' education agenda heading into 2013. Topics included the potential effects of tax increases and budgets cuts on teachers, education reform prospects during the Obama administration's second term, and the impact of the 2012 elections.
"Fiscal Cliff" refers to the impending tax increases and budget cuts at the end of 2012 if Congress failed to reach a budget agreement.</description>
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C-SPAN Radio's Nancy Calo read news headlines at the end of the program.</description>
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C-SPAN Radio's Nancy Calo read news headlines at the end of the program.</description>
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This program is part of C-SPAN's regular Friday "America by the Numbers" series.</description>
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C-SPAN Radio's Nancy Calo read news headlines at the end of the program.</description>
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C-SPAN Radio's Nancy Calo read news headlines at the end of the program.</description>
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C-SPAN Radio's Nancy Calo read news headlines at the end of the program.</description>
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