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News from Daily Republic: Robert Duffett Robert Duffett Talk about it Over the next few weeks thousands will graduate from America’s high schools. Many will begin college next fall. But … why bother? From Aunt Ardith to Grandpa Gus, you heard countless pleadings to attend college. Distilled to its essence, two reasons rise to the [...]

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News from Kansas.com: TOPEKA | As the Kansas Legislature slowly moves through what could be its final day, the fate of education funding is still in doubt. The Senate and the House disagree with how much money to put into schools. The Senate wants $ 77 million. The House wants to put in $ 50 [...]

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News from Philadelphia Inquirer: If the School Reform Commission and Chief Recovery Officer Thomas Knudsen have their way, we may witness the end of public education in Philadelphia. A five-year plan proposed by Philadelphia School District officials calls for the overhaul of virtually every element of the system — from finances to academics to central [...]

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News from Sacramento Bee: NEW YORK, May 17, 2012 – /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Fifty eight years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court issued perhaps the most important decision in its history.  In Brown v. Board of Education, the Court struck down segregated schools as unconstitutional.  At the heart of this decision was a powerful idea: students of [...]

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News from Sacramento Bee: NEW YORK, May 17, 2012 – /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Fifty eight years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court issued perhaps the most important decision in its history.  In Brown v. Board of Education, the Court struck down segregated schools as unconstitutional.  At the heart of this decision was a powerful idea: students of [...]

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News from MTV.com: Taylor Swift has a reputation for being a good girl with a big heart, and when you pair that with her sizable bank account, you get one very large charitable donation that will benefit music education for both children and senior citizens. The six-time Grammy winner has donated $ 4 million to [...]

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News from NorthJersey.com: Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. – Aristotle A former classmate asked me if I would address the swift decline of local Catholic elementary schools in recent years. Her children attend St. Anthony’s School in Butler; until last week the school’s administration was not sure they would [...]

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News from The Associated Press: Chileans suffer while waiting for education reform By LUIS ANDRES HENAO, Associated Press – 6 hours ago  SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Cristobal Steffens and his sister Natalie were the first in their family to go to college, and both emerged with good jobs. But they also joined the 500,000 Chileans [...]

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News from USA TODAY: By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY Updated Education may not only improve a person’s finances, it is also linked to better health habits and a longer life. AFP/Getty Images The percentage of people ages 18 and older who smoked cigarettes was 19% in 2010, down from 21% in 2009. For instance, people [...]

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News from Texas Insider: Directs THECB to follow up on recommended cost efficiencies; Unveils 2nd Edition of Texas Public Higher Education Almanac Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – SAN ANTONIO – Gov. Rick Perry today underscored the importance of higher education to the future prosperity of Texas, and reiterated his commitment to making it more [...]

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