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Deepak Chopra: May the Best Image Win, For Once
Great events tend to move more by image than by realities. At their most powerful, images are perceptions that grip the mind stronger than statistics, scientific studies, expert testimony, Education, and the other tools of reason. We are experiencing... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Americans Prefer Candidates Strong On Science
A new Poll conducted by Scientists and Engineers for America indicates an overwhelming majority of voters prefer candidates who support research into science and technology, with emphasis on the three E's: ... Full Article At Daily Kos
Finance Camp: Parents Investing In Young Investors
This summer, droves of school-age children will attend summer camp, where they will paddle canoes, play tennis and make crafts from paste and yarn. Others, will go to finance camp, where they will take excursions to a local bank or delve into budgeting and investing simulations. Rather than singing around... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Lynda Resnick: A View of the World from the Aspen Ideas Festival
For the last three summers the Aspen Institute has conducted an Ideas Festival in Aspen. About 70 speakers who discuss subjects ranging from Global Warming to Globalization, India and it... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Sam Greenfield: Oh, That's How He Talks!
When I was in grad school, a professor told me never to tell a Black person "I know how you feel." We know nothing about what it feels like to be Black. It is a race so beleaguered that the perjorative used to describe them is so inflammatory has been reduced to a letter. This racism is brought to you... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
G.I. Bill Becomes Law
President Bush today signed into law today the G.I. Bill, which will double college benefits for troops and Veterans, despite his earlier threats to veto the measure. The bill was attached to the $850 billion war supplemental that allocates and additional... Full Article At Time - Swampland
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Update — The New G.I. Bill
President Bush today signed the $162 billion war funding legislation that includes the $63 billion New G.I. Bill. According to ABC News, “The GI Bill measure, authored by Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., had such extraordinary support from both Democrats... Full Article At The Moderate Voice
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Bush Signs Final War Spending Bill of His Presidency
President Bush on Monday signed a $186.5 billion supplemental spending bill that provides funding for another year of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan while greatly expanding GI Bill Education benefits for ... Full Article At CQ Politics
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Obama Repeats Call For Merit Pay In Front Of Powerful Teachers Union
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Saturday thanked the National Education Association for its endorsement but also made it clear... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
Whither the Teachers’ Unions? The Obama/Ayers Link
All of a sudden, the American Federation of Teachers seems to have decided it is in their best interest to rise to the defense of Obama and his Education advisor Linda Darling-Hammond. In particular... Full Article At No Quarter
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Mostly cheers, but some boos too, when Obama addresses teachers
The crowd was mostly supportive and at times very enthusiastic today when Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama addressed the National ... Full Article At USA Today - On Politics
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Obama tackles merit pay after getting NEA endorsement
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Saturday thanked the National Education Association for its endorsement but also made it clear... Full Article At The Hill - Top News
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Hillfans not voting for BO, base-running, and education questions
1) Over at the Guardian is an interesting two-part piece (part one here and part two here ) about how old, debunked and just plain vicious right-wing rumors and lies about HRC and BC are recycled by today’s “progressive wing” of the ... Full Article At No Quarter
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Audit Finds Nearly $50,000 In Credit Card Fraud At Education Department
U.S. Department of Education employees inappropriately used government credit cards to purchase $49,500 worth of goods and services, including meals, items at clothing stores and rental cars, for personal use, according to a review by the department... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Obama issues new call for national service
Colorado Springs, Colo. (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama promised on Wednesday to create new opportunities for... Full Article At Reuters - Politics
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Bush Addresses Focus Of Final G8 Summit
BUSH: Good morning. Next week I'm going to travel to Japan for the eighth and final G-8 summit of my presidency. In recent summits, G-8 countries have made pledges to help developing nations address challenges from Health Care to ... Full Article At Washington Post
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Democrats will not say "We honor your service" to troops returning from Iraq
On the July 2 edition of his nationally syndicated radio program, Rush Limbaugh asserted that troops returning from Iraq "will not receive anything from the democrat [ sic ] Party along the likes of 'Job well done. We're proud of you... Full Article At Altercation
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Employers Cut Jobs For Sixth Straight Month
Washington — Employers cut payrolls by 62,000 in June, the sixth straight month of nationwide job losses, underscoring the Economy's fragile state. The ... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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On Campus, Liberal Professors Retire
Baby boomers, hired in large numbers during a huge expansion in higher Education, are being replaced as part of a vast generational change.... Full Article At New York Times - Front Page
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Consider becoming a Poll Worker
For those of us gripped by a concern that Democracy is fragile and at risk here in the US here is a path towards restoring faith in government of the people and by the people. We Want You…to be a ... Full Article At The Moderate Voice