Author: The Wooster Blade Editorial Board

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DeVos’s appointment raises educational concerns

  President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Betsy DeVos to be Secretary of Education.   The Wooster Blade Editorial Board has serious concerns regarding DeVos’s support of programs, such as school vouchers, that funnels funds...

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2015 calls for criticism and reflection

As 2015 approaches its end, The Wooster Blade Editorial Board takes a closer look at some of the major events that have occurred in 2015, both domestically and internationally, that have created some of...

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Curriculum, media and ODE standards

n the original Nov. 9 Huffington Post article, it was evident to The Wooster Blade Editorial Board that the newspaper did not uphold basic principles of journalistic integrity in the reporting of the incident....

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After School app disrupts student privacy

A new app has surfaced at Wooster High School that allows high school students to post anonymously on a forum specific to their school. The app, After School, is only available on Apple devices...

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Dress code provokes editorial discussion

During the first two weeks of school, administrators have begun a stricter crackdown on the dress code than we have seen in previous years. Many students were caught off guard by this stricter code,...

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Editorial: Standardized testing offers new challenges

  As the controversial Bush-era No Child Left Behind education law emerges for renewal on Capitol Hill, the debate over education policy has been reignited nationwide.   Senate Education Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander proposed...

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Editorial: WCSD Twitter causes confusion

  With the recent inclement weather resulting in both the closing and delays of academic days in the WCSD, there has been an increase in outside involvement in the announcement of cancelations of extracurricular activities...

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Encrypted iMessage is a step toward user privacy

Personal security and privacy on the internet has become a contentious issue in the national media. Seventy- five percent of The Wooster Blade Editorial Board believes that Apple’s recent announcement of increased encryption and...