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March 2010
Congress Passes New Student Loan Bill: Education Dept. "Flying Solo" Eliminating Banks
Fierce Bank Lobbying Defeated! "Can DOE Handle It Solo?", asks NPR. Goal To Make It Easier For More Kids To Get Loans. Read more
COLLEGE MIA'S #3
Not Everyone Is College Material. See The List Grow: Those Who Dropped Out Or Never Entered . . . Read more
Create 1.5 Million Jobs By Fixing Our Crumbling Schools?
Sounds like a plan. Link here for more info. How any school in this country has sub-par facilities is beyond comprehension.What do you think?... Read more
"Make A Future" Video
The UK Future View Of Education's Role In This Clever Video (3min) Read more
Michelle Obama: "We're In Charge" - Obesity Not Kids' Fault - Global Issue
Newsweek breaks this week with terrific multi-article coverage of First Lady Michelle Obama's take-no-prisoners campaign to help bring our child obesity epidemic and our super-size-it mentality to a tipping point. Link to articles here. An excerpt of her much-needed "tough... Read more
BUILDING A BETTER TEACHER
The New York Times Magazine Cover Story Plus Extensive Reader Comments To "Can Teachers Be Taught To Teach Better?" Our Recommended Read. Read more
Obama Speech Rattles Teacher Union Head
"Showed Real Courage": Uses Firing Of Entire Faculty At Rhode Island's Central Falls High School As Example Of Strategy For A School That "Continues To Fail" Read more
Smarter? Liberals or Conservatives? Hmmm...
ARE LIBERALS SMARTER THAN CONSERVATIVES? Read moreWe are all designers now. It's time to get good at it.Chris Anderson, Makers, The New Industrial Revolution
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