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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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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
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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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
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Texas marriage education program aims to prevent divorce
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WYATT MASON—Weekend Read: “A difference of imagination”
So begins one of the twentieth century’s most varied, diverting, probing and re-readable works of thought and prose, Guy Davenport’s The Geography of the Imagation. First published in 1980 by Jack Shoemaker’s late great North Point Press, its forty essays on literature and art have... Full Article At Harper's
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'Give four-year-olds sex education'
Two sexual health charities call for children as young as four to be given compulsory sex Education... Full Article At Guardian Unlimited
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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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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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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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Blyth: Civics Fireworks
You can give your kids a real Education this year.... Full Article At National Review
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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