"It is about the ability to understand our world, to harness and train that human capacity to solve problems and think critically a set of skills that informs the decisions we make throughout our lives."

VOA: standard.2009.11.24

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It's about the ability to understand our world: to harness and train that human capacity to solve problems and think critically, a set of skills that informs the decisions we make throughout our lives.

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