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Students, teachers hospitalized after chemistry lab mishap in N.J. Posted: 26 Jan 2015 08:03 AM PST Gloucester County emergency crews responded to a high school after a chemistry lab mishap Monday morning.

Foster Civil Discourse in High School Civics Classes Posted: 26 Jan 2015 05:00 AM PST High school civics classes are making a comeback and along with them come discussions of highly charged issues in the classroom. This month, Arizona became the first state to approve a law requiring high school students pass the U.S. citizenship test in order to graduate, a regulation several other states are considering, The Associated Press reported. "You can't just assume that people understand these rights and responsibilities and these habits," says Mary Ellen Daneels, a U.S. government teacher at Community High School in West Chicago, Illinois. Civics education usually covers the basics of democracy and citizenship.

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