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Don’t Drop Out of School Innovation
By Paul Tough. Last month, the Senate subcommittee that allocates federal education money weighed in on one such promising innovation, slicing, by more than 90 percent, the $210 million that President Obama requested for next year for his Promise Neighborhoods initiative. Mr. Obama first proposed…
Author: The New York Times
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Drug shortages heap more woes on ailing healthcare system
Public health is in disarray as many hospitals and clinics countrywide experience medical supply shortages. The stock shortfall is so grave that some patients have had to leave the health facilities empty-handed, writes S’THEMBISO HLONGWANE. FOR four hours, Prudence Mnyandu shifted from one wooden bench to…
Author: City Press (South Africa)
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Growing Up Fast
Will Houston’s charter school expansion revolutionize urban education? Original Source by Jay Mathews It all began with the waiting lists. At Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, long waiting lists are seen as evidence of high standards and prestige. But long waiting lists were the cause of…
Author: Philanthropy Magazine
