Saturday, February 11, 2012

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Education Gap Grows Between Rich and Poor, Studies Say

nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — Education was historically considered a great equalizer in American society, capable of lifting less advantaged children and improving their chances for success as adults. But a body o...

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Compensation for Exelon's Rowe jumps 48%, to $10M

chicagotribune.com - On the verge of his retirement, Exelon Chief Executive John Rowe saw his total compensation for 2011 rise 48 percent, to $10.7 million, according to documents filed Thursday with the Securities and...

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A Simple Innovation: Spend The Money Wisely

takingnote.learningmatters.tv - The New York Times has made official what most of us have known for years: the children of the privileged do better in school than the children of the underprivileged. This matters because the rich...

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Walkthrough team deems reading area 'clutter,' removes it

thenotebook.org - This guest blog post comes from Andrew Ganim who shared a version of this story as testimony to the School Reform Commission. Talk to teachers in Philadelphia, and you'll hear more than a few compl...

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Santorum on Gay Marriage: I'd Die on That Hill

theroot.com - In a comment that some seem to be interpreting to mean he'd literally give his life to prevent same-sex couples from getting married, GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum said in a recent intervi...

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NYT: Obama Offers 'Accommodation' o

mobile.nytimes.com - WASHINGTON - President Obama, seeking to dampen a runaway political furor over birth control and religious liberty, unveiled a plan on Friday that is meant to calm the right's ire about a new admin...

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Democrat or Republican, you better pay attention now |

bluecheddar.net - This is a guest post by Bill Motzel Scott Walker is going to use foreclosure settlement money to balance his budget, instead of helping homeowners. I have a couple of issues here: First, he’s a hyp...

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NY's AG isn't backing down from Wall Street probe

boston.com - ALBANY, N.Y.—New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a lead investigator into the mortgage collapse that wobbled the U.S. economy, hasn't taken the title "Sheriff of Wall Street" that one of h...

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