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Government to unveil benefits shake-up plans
A HUGE benefits shake-up will "make work pay", the Government claimed yesterday.
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Genetic testing gets political, finally
In a CNNMoney.com (7/28, Duncan) commentary, David Ewing Duncan writes, "Last week, the nascent genetic testing industry received a thrashing that was only partly deserved" when GAO "investigators released the results of a secret investigation into ...
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States setting pace on school change; Obama agenda stalled in Congress
While states are moving fast to overhaul public schools, President Obama's education agenda is hitting a wall in Congress. Barack Obama - United States - President - George W Bush - Democratic Party
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'The Dumbest Thing' in Education Thinking
by Valerie Strauss It's a little hard to make sense of what happened this week in the world of education, but, let's give it a fast try:* President Obama gave a speech to the Urban League convention in which he joked about the Jersey Shore's Snooki ...
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Teacher Accountability: White House Education Push Draws Fire From Unions
President Obama defends his support for teacher evaluations based on student achievement while controversy continues to surround the Race To The Top and the competition's call for new teacher evlauation systems. Teacher - Grade ...
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Duncan Smith warning over benefits
The work and pensions secretary claims 'dramatic amounts' of money wasted in overpayments and could collapse The benefits system is on the verge of collapse, the work and pensions secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, said today. Launching a consultation on ...
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Welfare reform options outlined
Ministers are to set out options for reforming the benefits system and moving people from welfare into work.
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The End of the American Family
Like the traditional family, Americas school calendar is old-fashioned, says Education Secretary Arne Duncan. In all seriousness, I think schools should be open 12, 13, 14 hours a day, seven days a week, 11-12 months of the year.Go ahead re-r
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Obama Defends Education Policies Amid Mass Education Layoffs
After criticism increased over the President's education policies, he took to the National Urban League to defend them today. However, he ignored the elephant in the room: that holding back education funding from the stimulus to pursue an untested ...
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IBM Survey: Wall Street Beefs Up IT (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Businesses tend to resist government regulations, but new rules bring new opportunities. Such is the case with the recently passed financial reform bill.
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California clears hurdle for federal funding
The state, which lost out on its first try for Race to the Top grants, is a finalist in its second effort. Winners will share $3.4 billion in federal educational funding. ...
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Obama to defend education plan (Politico)
Politico - President Barack Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan will deliver major speeches this week on their $4.35 billion Race to the Top school reform program, pushing back against complaints that it promotes unproven methods and ignores ...
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Ontario Liberals push wage freeze scheme
Ontarios Liberal finance minister summoned provincial public service union leaders to a meeting this week to demand that the labour bureaucrats accept an across-the-board wage freeze for some 710,000 unionized workers.
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Duncan: Let Voters Decide Mayor's Role With Detroit Schools
The Education Secretary is encouraging Detroit and other big cities to consider mayoral control of schools, saying that, with broad support, it can work.
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18 States, D.C., Named Race to Top Round 2 Finalists
Applicants head to Washington next month to make their case for a share of the $3.4 billion in competitive-grant money under the ARRA.
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Arne Duncan Names Race to the Top Second Round Finalists
In a speech at the National Press Club this afternoon, Arne Duncan revealed the 19 finalists for the second round of funding in the Obama administration's Race to the Top contest.The states competing for a slice of the remaining $3.4 billion ...
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Can Washington win Race to Top without charter schools?
WASHINGTON- Washington state on Tuesday failed to advance in the competition for$ 3.4 billion in education grants under Race to the Top, a performance that could not been helped by voters' rejection of charter schools that are a key- albeit not ...
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Civil Rights Groups Blast President Obama's Education Reforms
The NAACP and the National Urban League are among those blasting President Obama's education reform plan. Seven education and civil rights groups released a six-point plan for equitable and sustainable national education reform in this country in ...
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Reviewer Caught Posting Marketing Material As A Review... Uses DMCA To Takedown Site Of Guy Who Exposed Him
Duncan writes in to alert us to what must the mother of all stories of a guy caught doing something questionable online, who then goes to amazingly great lengths -- including publishing private info, blocking users, changing content surreptitiously and ...
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Commissioner Dan Beebe hailed as 'savior' of Big 12
A few days after the Big 12 was preserved, commissioner Dan Beebe brought together the athletic directors of the 10 remaining schools.
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The Audacity of Arne Duncan
by Jim Horn Arne Duncan stood before the NAACP convention last week to repeat his claim that education is the civil rights issue of our generation. He also declared the only way to equality in society is to achieve equality in the ...
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Michael Lohan Sold Nude Photos of Kate Major (Allegedly)
Because theres no better way to say Sorry for kicking you in the face, Michael Lohan has allegedly been shopping around nude photos of his ex-fiancee Kate Major (above) which she tells Popeater were taken without her knowledge. More importantly, I
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Duncan Wants NCAA to Stress Academics with Athletics
As basketball fans hail the arrival of the March Madness tournament season, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said he wants the NCAA to exclude teams from post-season play unless 40 percent of their players finish degrees. Judy Woodruff reports.
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Ontario Liberals push wage freeze scheme
Ontario Liberal Finance Minister Dwight Duncan summoned provincial public service union leaders to a meeting this week to demand that the labour bureaucrats acquiesce to an across-the-board wage freeze for some 710,000 unionized workers.
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Update: Researcher on For-Profit Schools Says She Disclosed Tie to Investment Firm
by Sharona Coutts Last week, we reported that an unnamed investment firm had paid a researcher to draft a letter to U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan alleging that for-profit colleges and universities were ...
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Punting on Financial Reform -- By: Duncan Currie
S en. Ted Kaufman (D., Del.) supported the Dodd-Frank financial-reform legislation, but he also expressed significant reservations just before casting his vote. This was a time for Congress to draw hard lines that get directly at the structural ..
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Administration proposal aims to tighten oversight of for-profit colleges
Education Secretary Arne Duncan proposed Thursday that for-profit colleges be required to show through certain new measures that their graduates are not saddled with too much debt, an initiative he said was meant to protect students from "a few bad ...
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Duncan James on finding talent
Duncan James on why he likes being a talent show judge on Don't Stop Believing and what career he might have ended up doing.
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Feds to create an Online Learning Registry
In a move to help rural schools keep pace with more developed districts, the U.S. Department of Education said it will create an Online Learning Registry that will provide access to historical, artistic, and scientific primary-source materials.U.S. ...
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Needle exchange vital step in containing spread of HIV
Medics are calling for addicts to be viewed not as criminals but as patients, writes DON DUNCANin Vienna
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