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(Bias disclaimer: My father is a retired Teacher living off his Union negotiated pension, My younger sister is also a teacher)
Public education is the framework of any American dream. The ability to go from under privileged child to successful...
by AaronMc
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on Fri Sep 29, 2017 at 07:32 AM PDT
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Schoolboard elections matter, and the Republicans know it.
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by Carolla
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on Fri Sep 01, 2017 at 04:01 AM PDT
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IDEA, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, is what requires the government to provide an education to kids with special needs. During the confirmation hearings, Mrs. DeVos indicated several times that the states should be allowed to decide...
by rrrandy
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on Wed Feb 08, 2017 at 09:49 AM PST
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She’s not there to manage the Department of Education, she’s there to dismantle it:
On the same day the Senate confirmed President Trump’s secretary of Education pick by a historically narrow margin, a House Republican introduced legislation to...
by Jen Hayden
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on Tue Feb 07, 2017 at 01:38 PM PST
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Crossposted from Hillbilly Report.
The Mad Doctor and Senator from Kentucky Rand Paul is proving that ...
by RDemocrat
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on Wed Oct 19, 2011 at 07:52 PM PDT
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Today the Department of Education is sending out a letter to 15,000 school districts, colleges and universities nationwide providing new guidance on schools' obligations under the Title IX Education ...
by craigkg
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on Tue Oct 26, 2010 at 06:55 AM PDT
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