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- Winners Cite Broken Promises in Pageants
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- Ashley Wood, the 2004 Miss South Carolina, is locked in a dispute with the pageant over its failure to distribute the scholarship that was part of her prize.... more...
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- R&D Project on Algebra Software Seen to Show Promise
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- Recent research on SimCalc MathWorlds, one of the pioneering examples of computer software, is providing some of the best evidence so far that the approach can lead to gains in student learning. more...
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- High Court Case Could Rein In Private Placements Under IDEA
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- On the first day of the new U.S. Supreme Court term next week, the justices are sure to hear starkly contrasting portraits of special education in the nation?s largest school district. more...
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- National-Service Programs
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- National-service programs are an effective way to solve the problems facing today?s society, says a study by the Center for American Progress. more...
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- Parents Less Worried Than Experts Over Math, Science
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- Though education experts have largely embraced the drive to raise the level of math and science courses, students and parents may be satisfied with a less rigorous level of instruction in those subjects. more...
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- Senate SCHIP Proposal Appears to Gain Steam
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- Democratic lawmakers in Congress appear to be coalescing around a Senate plan to expand a federal health insurance program intended for children of the working poor by $35 billion over five years. more...
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- Rebuilding America?s Schools
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- What is to be done when facilities are falling apart and there isn?t enough money to modernize them?, ask William D. Eggers and Tiffany Dovey. more...
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- Enterprise Seeks Educational Ideas
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- A new nonprofit group is hoping to attract a few enterprising fellows?literally?to Indianapolis to help tackle some of public education?s most vexing problems. more...
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- First Amendment Literacy
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- Most students aren?t familiar with Constitution Day and have a limited awareness of the First Amendment, a survey shows. more...
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- Rally Backs Six Louisiana Youths
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- Thousands of demonstrators from around the country gathered in support of six black teenagers initially charged with attempted murder in the beating of a white classmate, an incident that followed racial tensions at Jena High School. more...
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