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Some 4 million more children would bring the total to more than 11 million covered In a move toward health coverage for all Americans, the Senate voted Thursday to expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to include some 4.1 million uninsured children. The…

By Scot Lehigh IF STUDENTS are to succeed in today's complex economy, they need to know more than just English, math, science, and history. They also need a range of analytic and workplace skills. So says an important new report on 21st-century skills [PDF download…

by SEAN FLYNN, GORDON DEEGAN and KITTY HOLLAND Over 1,000 teaching posts will be lost and the entire education sector will be "asset-stripped" because of the budget cuts, the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) said yesterday. In a separate development, the Bishop of Killaloe, Dr…

by CYNTHIA HOWELL The Knowledge Is Power Program of charter schools in the Delta has received a $2.6 million grant to help open 10 more schools in four Arkansas towns by 2019. The schools would be patterned after the program's Delta College Preparatory middle and…

Leading Labor Groups, Community Organizations, DC Think Tanks, Online Activists, and Women's Groups Join Together to Announce Major New Campaign 03 Jul 2008 Simultaneous Launch Events in 52 Cities Including 37 State Capitals. Health Care for America Now, an unprecedented coalition of major organizations including…