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‘Model Minority’ Myth for Asian-Americans
For African-Americans in the 20th century, few civil rights challenges took on greater importance than the issue of desegregation. For Asian-Americans in the 21st century, one of the… Read more
Factory Closure as Whirlpool Moves 1,000 Jobs to Mexico
Fort Smith’s Southwest Times Record blows it on a huge loss to the community Whirpool is laying off more than a thousand employees in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and shipping the… Read more
Changes in How Teacher Performance is Evaluated Cut Interest in Teaching Careers
FORT WAYNE Ind. — Colleges across Indiana are reporting drops in the number of education majors this fall as a bleak job situation and changes in how teacher… Read more
Who Killed Horatio Alger?
by Luigi Zingales – The decline of the meritocratic ideal The title character of Horatio Alger’s 1867 novel Ragged Dick is an illiterate New York bootblack who, bolstered… Read more
2011 Illinois school report cards: Top schools have longer days
The 10 highest-ranking suburban neighborhood elementary schools all have longer days for kids than the typical Chicago public school — but shorter ones than those advocated by Mayor Rahm Emanuel… Read more
Graduation rates slump across Illinois high schools
New federal formula provides more honest look at education performance, officials say Despite its academic struggles, North Chicago Community High School could count on at least one piece… Read more
Coptic Christian Student Murdered By Classmates for Wearing a Cross
In mid-October Egyptian media published news of an altercation between Muslim and Christian students over a classroom seat at a school in Mallawi, Minya province. The altercation lead… Read more
Trick and treat: Schools closed in snowy Northeast
SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. (AP) – Thousands of schoolchildren around the Northeast had one of the earliest snow days in memory Monday after a storm dumped as much as 30 inches… Read more
New graduates find legal jobs not so plentiful anymore
The District seems like the promised land for wannabe lawyers. With an unparalleled slate of jobs in the city, a law degree used to be a golden ticket… Read more
Should Occupy Wall Street become Occupy Higher Education?
By Christopher Guizlo – Today’s guest blogger is Christopher Guizlo, a master’s student in public communication at American University. Like many others who graduated in the past few years, I… Read more
