Articles to consider reading this week...

Philly School Closings
http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20130118_SRC_faces_a_loud__angry_crowd_over_school_closings.html

Lance Armstrong's interview and admission of using Performance Enhancing Drugs
http://espn.go.com/sports/endurance/story/_/id/8854048/lance-armstrong-interview-oprah-winfrey-doping-typical-spectacle

Aaron Swartz - Freedom of Speech and Suicide
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/17/tech/aaron-swartz-death/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

Interesting article about Immigration

Canada's Guest Worker Program Could Become a Model for U.S. Immigration Changes

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/canadas-guest-worker-program-could-become-model-for-us-immigration-changes/2013/01/05/2b82a468-551b-11e2-89de-76c1c54b1418_story.html?wprss=rss_homepage

Articles to consider reading....

Politics:  The 113th Congress is the most diverse in history

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/113th-congress-has-more-women-minorities-than-ever/2013/01/03/7d1aaf30-55e5-11e2-8b9e-dd8773594efc_story.html?wprss=rss_politics

Health Care:  Plans for health insurance exchanges approved by White House for seven more states

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/plans-for-health-insurance-exchanges-approved-by-white-house-for-seven-more-states/2013/01/03/2eb43128-55e9-11e2-8b9e-dd8773594efc_story.html?wprss=rss_politics

International Health:  The War Over Polio

http://healthland.time.com/2013/01/03/the-final-battle-against-polio/ 

Gun Control:  FBI gun backgrounds checks hit records high

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/02/us/background-checks-guns/index.html?hpt=hp_bn1  

Education:  Hite will his blueprint for schools on Monday

http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20130104_Hite_will_present_his_blueprint_for_schools_Monday.html

Article Review Template

Here is the article review template if you would prefer to type it:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B64xzCZIUqY8UUE1bU9CS3Nma28/edit

Today's Assignment

Choose one of the following articles to read and complete an article analysis template on:

• Philly.com article on the Wednesday, September 19th shooting on the Broad St. subway line involving two School District of Philadelphia high school students:
• http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20120920_Two_teens_shot_on_Philadelphia_subway.html

• Philly.com article on the "fracking" debate (fracking is a controversial method for removing petroleum and natural gas from rock layers):
• http://articles.philly.com/2012-09-19/business/33953514_1_marcellus-shale-coalition-shale-gas-kathryn-z-klaber

• ESPN.com article on how a growing number of parents are not allowing their children to play youth league football due to rising concerns over concussions:
• http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/8297366/espn-survey-finds-news-coverage-concussions-leads-majority-parents-less-likely-allow-sons-play-youth-football-leagues

• New York Times article about the scheduled execution of convicted Philadelphia murderer Terrance Williams and his legal team's push for clemency based on his history of sexual abuse as a child:
• http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/16/us/a-push-for-clemency-in-pennsylvania-as-an-execution-nears.html?src=recg

• Washington Post article on the "53% to 47%" controversy that has arisen over a secretly taped Mitt Romney conference with top donors where he discusses the division that exists between those that do and do not pay income tax in America:
• http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/decision2012/leaked-videos-show-romney-dismissing-obama-supporters-as-entitled-victims/2012/09/17/5d49ca96-0113-11e2-b260-32f4a8db9b7e_story.html

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