Blog For Arizona: Obama's education bully pulpit

by David Safier In the heady days of the presidential campaign, I had a thought that made my eyes mist over. I imagined President Obama delivering a short speech at the beginning of the school year urging students to do…

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Do Teachers Need Education Degrees? « Why's Words

In a Room for Debate forum in June on the value of liberal arts master’s degrees, one group of readers — teachers and education administrators — generally agreed a higher degree was well worth the investment. They pointed out that pay …

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UCSF and Hill Physicians form new health care option for San …

UCSF Medical Group and Hill Physicians Medical Group have formed a new affiliation to provide access to high-quality primary and specialty health services for HMO members whose primary care provider is based in San Francisco.

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HEALTH REFORM: We Can't Fix Health Care By (Merely) Fixing Health …

“People who are uninsured are more likely to be diagnosed with advanced cancer, which requires harsher treatment and is more often fatal…The failings of our health care system are directly contributing to needless cancer suffering and …

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Budget cuts devastate state's higher education – CSUN University …

“The total magnitude of the cuts imposed in California is unprecedented,” said Terry Hartle, senior vice president of the American Council on Education .

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The ChamberPost: Career Technical Education Success Difficult to …

by Domenic Giandomenico The Government Accounting Office released a report this month on the implementation of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 (commonly referred to as “Perkins IV”), …

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'Fighting GMA' to focus on education, economy | The Philippine …

Filipinos will see a “fighting and determined” President Arroyo when she delivers her final State of the Nation Address (SONA) today, according to Malacañang.

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Health care battle lines take shape across N.C. …

President Obama’s trip to Raleigh on Wednesday is the latest indication of an intense and unusual political battle in the middle of summer in North Carolina – the fight over the president’s plan to overhaul the nation’s health care …

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