“It’s one thing for the children to listen, but when they’re actually involved in

“It’s one thing for the children to listen, but when they’re actually involved in doing it, the retention rate and the rate of learning increase tenfold.”

Kathy Mioni, principal of Akiva Academy in Youngstown, speaking of the Mahoning Soil and Water Conservation District’s Enviroscape landscape model, which shows students where pollutants originate before they are carried by stormwater into streams and lakes. She said Enviroscape reinforces the academy’s goal of teaching social responsibility, including environmental responsibility.

“We’ve made an enormous contribution to help the people there achieve freedom. And for us to be apologizing at a time like this is something which is very difficult for the American people to countenance.”

Mitt Romney, criticizing President Barack Obama for his apology for the actions of U.S. troops who burned Qurans — inadvertently, they said — while destroying documents on a military base in Afghanistan.