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Un-Standardize Tests

Standardized testing has not improved student achievement. Years after The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) was passed in 2002, the US...

Breakfast at Tiffany’s and the Fallibility of Dreams

Before you go on pursuing your dreams like everyone says you should, my advice to you is to ask yourself: Why do I call this my dream?

A Whole New World

“We are actually the virus to our Mother Earth, and coronavirus is just an antibody.” As the pandemic has taken over both the news and...

“Ramadan”

I didn’t see the moon last night. Hovering over Mecca in its steady light. But, someone out there did. Someone saw the moon over our...

The IR Podcast: 2. COVID - 19 and Racism

Welcome back to the IR podcast brought to you by The Incandescent Review, a non-profit teen-run literary magazine! The IR podcast is...

Seward's Fortune

A so-called folly filled with wonders untold, A massive, marvelous, magical land with natural beauty to behold. Landscapes drawn by...

The "Kung-Flu"

With a pandemic as grave as COVID-19, headlines and cover stories have all narrowed in on the pathological lens of this disease....

The Benefits of Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle — Even in the Midst of a Global Pandemic

Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, people all around the world face difficulties in maintaining a physically active lifestyle. The...

Review of "Six Feet Apart" by Alec Benjamin

At the start of April, Alec Benjamin released a song that speaks volumes to the world’s current situation. During the current pandemic,...