Written by a Student: Standardized testing creates standard students

Written by Ernest Owens  originally from Chicago, Illinois, is a Communication & Public Service major at the University of Pennsylvania. He serves as a columnist for the Daily Pennsylvanian, broadcasts his hit radio show “Ernestly Speaking!” on WQHS.org, and is an elected student government representative at UPenn.

Standardized testing, for all of its proposed grandeur, has failed to succeed in its primary purpose and it will fail in the educational enrichment of American public schools.

You can also tweet at the author at @MrErnestOwens and at One World Youth Project at @owyp.

Connecting with the world through the click of a button

Written by Onika Stellingburg is a university student leader of One World Youth Project in Guyana, and a third-year student at the University of Guyana pursuing a Bachelors of Science Degree in Environmental Studies.

Growing up in Guyana, a once isolated country in South America, I never would have envisioned that I could have a conversation with someone else my age 10,000 miles away with the click of a button.   ....I have been interacting with the larger global community through multimedia

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