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Poverty Gap Widens as Racial Gap Closes
article by Jillian Blacksmith-Reed | February 15, 2012
New research out of Stanford University shows that while efforts to close the achievement gap between white students and minority students has been slowly working, the achievement gap between wealthier and poorer students is widening. According ...
The President's Budget: Continuing the Slow Climb Upward
Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director, Coalition on Human NeedsPosted: 02/14/2012 2:32 pm
The president's budget proposal for FY 2013 recognizes some basic truths: we cannot speed up economic recovery without investments that create jobs and increase workers' readiness to do those jobs. And ...
By BEN FELLER, KIMBERLY HEFLING
updated 2/9/2012 7:02:09 AM ET
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday will free 10 states from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No ...
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