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Mitch PerryAugust 28, 2015

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The perception that the youth vote has always belongs to the Democrats is not accurate, says GOP pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson. In 2000, she says, George W. Bush and Al Gore split the youth vote, as well as those voters older than 65. But that split certainly occurred in 2008 and even more so in 2012, when Barack […]

Guest AuthorAugust 12, 2015

There’s been a lot of talk about patron use of technology in theaters, the most recent story of course being Patti LuPone snatching a phone out of a texting audience member’s hands in the middle of a scene during Shows for Days at the Lincoln Center Theater. LuPone, a Tony and Grammy award-winning actress who […]

Guest AuthorApril 8, 2015

Student privacy has been much in the news lately, given the revelations that Pearson, creator of the new PARCC tests and one time creator of the FCAT, is monitoring social media to look for breaches of test security. (PARCC is the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers.) Not surprisingly, there’s a bill […]

Phil AmmannApril 2, 2015

It’s beginning to look a lot like 2016. Signs are all around that the “silent primary” is well under way. Campaigns are busy assembling campaign teams, while prospective candidates Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, and Marco Rubio are only days from officially mounting White House runs. At the intersection of social media and politics, candidates and staff members both […]

Guest AuthorMarch 15, 2015

Breaking news: thousands of students took the FSA writing test last week with no glitches or slowdowns. Oh, wait, shouldn’t this be a non-news story? This is only news because of the slowdowns and cyberhacks of the previous week. The Florida Department of Education is not yet ready to release the final number of students […]

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GOP pollster schools RPOF on millennial generation’s priorities, how to win their vote

Heather Gibson: Let theater take you to a new world … without ringing, glowing cellphones

Catherine Martinez: Social media, data mining undermine test privacy

Research firm sniffs out embarrassing staff tweets

Catherine Martinez: Kids share test info on social media? That's non-news