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Original Source By Marc S. Tucker We pay more per pupil for our elementary- and secondary-education system than any other industrialized country except Switzerland, yet the United States ranks near the bottom in performance. For the price they pay, Americans should expect the learning equivalent…

Data on adequate yearly progress show that 1 in 5 public schools are in some stage of penalties under the federal law. by David J. Hoff Almost 30,000 schools in the United States failed to make adequate yearly progress under the No Child Left Behind…

Original Source Letter To the Editor: A Dec. 8 editorial argues for inclusion of adolescents in the new administration’s public works projects. This is a good idea and would be much better if it is designed to include the development of civic responsibility and academic…

Original Source  In a rousing call to action at the Encore Careers Summit, Gara LaMarche (at right) urged older Americans to heed the call to service that was a hallmark of President-elect Barack Obama’s campaign as well as push for policy changes that will help…

By Ian Wilhelm. As Barack Obama prepares to enter the White House, he comes to power during a turbulent period in American history, with the nation facing a financial meltdown, two wars, and an increasing number of people struggling to meet basic needs.Read the full…

Former Guantanamo prisoners released after years of detention without charge went home to find themselves stigmatized and shunned, viewed either as terrorists or as United States spies, according to a report released Wednesday by a human rights group and a legal organization representing detainees.The report…

by Michele McNeil In pivotal state races that will affect education, voters in Tuesday's elections legalized slot machines in Maryland to help fund schools, flipped the Missouri governor's office from Republican to Democrat, and defeated ballot measures in Oregon that would have limited English-language learners'…

by LINDA PERLSTEIN WHATEVER IT TAKES Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America By Paul Tough Illustrated. 296 pp. Houghton Mifflin. $26 When assessing the state of America's children, people speak of the achievement gap between the middle class and the poor. But really…

by Tim Jones In a furious, multistate campaign raging far from television cameras and cable TV chatter, scores of lawyers are arguing over the voting rights of perhaps millions of Americans who plan to cast ballots in the presidential election. This is the courtroom campaign…

by Clay Holtzman, Staff Writer About 16 months ago, Bill Gates and fellow billionaire Eli Broad teamed up to make education reform a top issue in the 2008 presidential election. With a pledge to spend up to $60 million, the two influential philanthropists launched a…