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Posted at 7:00 AM ET, 06/ 2/2010
The most common mispellings, er, misspellings
The National Spelling Bee is being held this week in Washington D.C. to promote perfect spelling. But what about those words that constantly trip us up?
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Posted at 10:00 PM ET, 05/30/2010
Tense time for AP students: grade weighting flunks a test
Like all human beings, educators accept rules and procedures that make sense to them, even when academic types wave data in their faces proving they are wrong. That appears to be the case with one of the most powerful and widespread practices in Washington area high schools---the extra grade point for college-level courses.
President Obama. (AP)