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Better Schools, Better Economies - 0 views

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Education Improvement Policy US

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The benefits of a better education are most often discussed in terms of personal gain: higher wages, greater economic mobility, and generally, a better life. But not all the benefits are private: Local economies flourish when there are more skilled and productive workers. That's the conclusion of the economists Eric A.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The benefits of a better education are most often discussed in terms of personal gain: higher wages, greater economic mobility, and generally, a better life. But not all the benefits are private: Local economies flourish when there are more skilled and productive workers. That's the conclusion of the economists Eric A.</div>

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'No Child Left Behind' Is No More - 0 views

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Education policy No Child Left Behind Senate US

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The Senate's final approval of the Every Student Succeeds Act launches a new era in education policy and ushers Arne Duncan out of office. Please consider disabling it for our site, or supporting our work in one of these ways Subscribe Now > Arne Duncan can go home now.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The Senate's final approval of the Every Student Succeeds Act launches a new era in education policy and ushers Arne Duncan out of office. Please consider disabling it for our site, or supporting our work in one of these ways Subscribe Now > Arne Duncan can go home now.</div>

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Syrian Refugees Are Canada-Bound - 0 views

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Syria Refugees Canada crisis policy

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Please consider disabling it for our site, or supporting our work in one of these ways Subscribe Now > A group of 164 Syrian refugees are on their way to Canada, part of the new government's commitment to accept 25,000 refugees by February from the Arab country that has been engulfed in a nearly five-year-long civil war.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Please consider disabling it for our site, or supporting our work in one of these ways Subscribe Now > A group of 164 Syrian refugees are on their way to Canada, part of the new government's commitment to accept 25,000 refugees by February from the Arab country that has been engulfed in a nearly five-year-long civil war.</div>

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Testing U.S. Education Policies in Brazil - 0 views

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The country has implemented a series of strategies including pay-for-performance and charter schools, modeled after the American system. Please consider disabling it for our site, or supporting our work in one of these ways Subscribe Now > As in the United States, the debate over this subject is affected strongly by ideology in Brazil.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The country has implemented a series of strategies including pay-for-performance and charter schools, modeled after the American system. Please consider disabling it for our site, or supporting our work in one of these ways Subscribe Now > As in the United States, the debate over this subject is affected strongly by ideology in Brazil.</div>

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The Ethics of Barring Donald Trump From Your Country - 0 views

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Should Britain ban a man for planning a ban? Please consider disabling it for our site, or supporting our work in one of these ways Subscribe Now > As of this writing, more than 450,000 people in the United Kingdom have responded in kind to Donald Trump's call for banning Muslims from entering the U.S.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Should Britain ban a man for planning a ban? Please consider disabling it for our site, or supporting our work in one of these ways Subscribe Now > As of this writing, more than 450,000 people in the United Kingdom have responded in kind to Donald Trump's call for banning Muslims from entering the U.S.</div>

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The Paris Climate Deal Is Here. Can We Be Hopeful? - 0 views

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Climate policy global Obama

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Negotiators have reached the first international climate pact in history. Please consider disabling it for our site, or supporting our work in one of these ways Subscribe Now > It's spectacle, but an odd kind: canonical, world-historical spectacle. And, true to spectacle, it is a performance for someone.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Negotiators have reached the first international climate pact in history. Please consider disabling it for our site, or supporting our work in one of these ways Subscribe Now > It's spectacle, but an odd kind: canonical, world-historical spectacle. And, true to spectacle, it is a performance for someone.</div>

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Meet the Voters Who Love Donald Trump - 0 views

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Fans of the Republican frontrunner are keenly aware of his faults, but when others point them out, it only deepens their loyalty. Please consider disabling it for our site, or supporting our work in one of these ways Subscribe Now > It's not easy loving Donald Trump.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Fans of the Republican frontrunner are keenly aware of his faults, but when others point them out, it only deepens their loyalty. Please consider disabling it for our site, or supporting our work in one of these ways Subscribe Now > It's not easy loving Donald Trump.</div>

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How Many Republicans Really Want to Ban Muslims? - 0 views

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Don't read too much (or too little) into new polls about Donald Trump's proposed immigration ban. Please consider disabling it for our site, or supporting our work in one of these ways Subscribe Now > Here's the good news: In a poll released Thursday evening, NBC News found that 60 percent of Americans oppose Donald Trump's patently unconstitutional proposal to ban Muslim immigration.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Don't read too much (or too little) into new polls about Donald Trump's proposed immigration ban. Please consider disabling it for our site, or supporting our work in one of these ways Subscribe Now > Here's the good news: In a poll released Thursday evening, NBC News found that 60 percent of Americans oppose Donald Trump's patently unconstitutional proposal to ban Muslim immigration.</div>

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A Senate Vote on Donald Trump's Religious Test - 0 views

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Ted Cruz and three other Republicans oppose an amendment resolving that the country "must not bar individuals from entering into the United States based on their religion."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Ted Cruz and three other Republicans oppose an amendment resolving that the country "must not bar individuals from entering into the United States based on their religion."</div>

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What ISIS Really Wants - 0 views

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The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here's what that means for its strategy-and for how to stop it.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here's what that means for its strategy-and for how to stop it.</div>

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When the Government Tells Poor People How to Live - 0 views

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Residents in some public housing units in Worcester, Massachusetts, must now get a job or go back to school. If they don't, they'll be evicted. Please consider disabling it for our site, or supporting our work in one of these ways Subscribe Now > WORCESTER, Mass.-The letters began arriving in the mailboxes of the sprawling public housing complex last spring.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Residents in some public housing units in Worcester, Massachusetts, must now get a job or go back to school. If they don't, they'll be evicted. Please consider disabling it for our site, or supporting our work in one of these ways Subscribe Now > WORCESTER, Mass.-The letters began arriving in the mailboxes of the sprawling public housing complex last spring.</div>

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Obama Makes His International Mark - 0 views

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Many of the president's supporters fear that he hasn't really known what he is doing. Many of his critics worry that he is all-too-skillful at attaining his ends. There's increasing evidence that the critics may be right.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Many of the president's supporters fear that he hasn't really known what he is doing. Many of his critics worry that he is all-too-skillful at attaining his ends. There's increasing evidence that the critics may be right.</div>

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What Life Is Really Like for Refugees in the United States - 0 views

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, is home to roughly 30,000 people of Somali origin. Many of them are refugees, having fled famine and decades of war-a situation not dissimilar to that of today's Syrian refugees. For the past year, photographer Arthur Nazaryan documented this enclave of new Americans to show that Somalis, and migrants in general, could be more than "perpetrators or victims of conflict."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Minneapolis, Minnesota, is home to roughly 30,000 people of Somali origin. Many of them are refugees, having fled famine and decades of war-a situation not dissimilar to that of today's Syrian refugees. For the past year, photographer Arthur Nazaryan documented this enclave of new Americans to show that Somalis, and migrants in general, could be more than "perpetrators or victims of conflict."</div>

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Middle class no longer dominates in the U.S. - 0 views

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Middle class Americans now compriseless than half, or 49.9%,of the nation's population, down from 61% in 1971, according to a new Pew Research Center report. For Pew, middle class Americans live in households earning between two-thirds to two times the nation's median income. In 2014, that ranged from $41,900 to $125,600 for a three-person household.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Middle class Americans now compriseless than half, or 49.9%,of the nation's population, down from 61% in 1971, according to a new Pew Research Center report. For Pew, middle class Americans live in households earning between two-thirds to two times the nation's median income. In 2014, that ranged from $41,900 to $125,600 for a three-person household.</div>

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Nancy Pelosi, Paul Ryan face off as shutdown nears - CNNPolitics.com - 0 views

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is a veteran of high stakes negotiations over complicated and time-sensitive bills, and she's feeling her way around her new sparring partner across the negotiating table -- House Speaker Paul Ryan -- as they try to come to terms with a $1.1 trillion government funding bill and separate tax package.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is a veteran of high stakes negotiations over complicated and time-sensitive bills, and she's feeling her way around her new sparring partner across the negotiating table -- House Speaker Paul Ryan -- as they try to come to terms with a $1.1 trillion government funding bill and separate tax package.</div>

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Putin vows 'extremely tough' action on Syria threats - BBC News - 1 views

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President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to take "extremely tough" action against any threat to its forces in Syria. Any targets threatening its forces must be "immediately destroyed", he said. Mr Putin did not elaborate but Turkey and Russia are currently locked in a spat over the downing of a Russian jet by Ankara.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to take "extremely tough" action against any threat to its forces in Syria. Any targets threatening its forces must be "immediately destroyed", he said. Mr Putin did not elaborate but Turkey and Russia are currently locked in a spat over the downing of a Russian jet by Ankara.</div>

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