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REFILE-COLUMN-Poor little rich kids-Chrystia Freeland
Reuters(Refiling to fix formatting) By Chrystia Freeland NEW YORK, May 9 (Reuters) - If you doubt that we live in a winner-take-all economy and that education is the trump card, consider the vast amounts the affluent spend to teach their offspring. We see it...Tags: Thomson Corporation, The Washington Post, Book, Colleges and Universities, Newspaper and Magazine
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Columbia football player charged with hate crime
ReutersThe Sports Xchange Columbia football player charged with hate crime Columbia University football player Chad Washington has been charged with a hate crime after another student claimed Washington threatened him and also used Asian slurs, according to...Tags: Hate Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution
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Caren Besner: Some professors trying to force views on students
FAU Professor James Tracy offered his opinion on the recent events that occurred in Boston in the Sun Sentinel on April 24. The professor previously opined on the earlier happenings at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. His comments cast...Tags: Boynton Beach, Students, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Colleges and Universities, Teachers
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'Joe Turner's' actors share August Wilson's gift of gab
Among the pleasures of seeing an August Wilson play, it's often said, is just listening to the people talk. As Los Angeles Times theater critic Charles McNulty has noted, Wilson stocks his scripts with "natural raconteurs" and lets them soar in...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Ruby Dee, New York City, The Wire (tv program), Jack Johnson
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Authors A-C
826CHI 826CHI is a nonprofit writing and tutoring center dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students. 826chi.org Tom Acitelli Tom Acitelli is author...Tags: Arts and Culture, The New York Times, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, United Nations, Students
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Authors M-Q
Anthony Madrid Anthony Madrid lives in Chicago. His poems have appeared in Boston Review, Gulf Coast, The Iowa Review, Poetry and Web Conjunctions. His first book is “I Am Your Slave Now Do What I Say.” Rebecca Makkai Rebecca Makkai is...Tags: Arts and Culture, Manhattan (New York City), Students, Newspaper and Magazine, Crime, Law and Justice
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Study says many online students prefer face-to-face classes
As colleges are rushing -- or being pushed -- to embrace online education, they might want to take pause: Most students prefer connecting with teachers and fellow students and don’t want to take all of their classes online, a new study suggests....
Tags: Students, Colleges and Universities, Jerry Brown, Online Advertising, Teaching and Learning
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Lyme disease, autism link cast into doubt
Since 2008, when a group of physicians drew a hypothetical link between Lyme disease and autism, a growing number of patient activists have embraced the belief that the hallmark neuropsychiatric symptoms of autism may spring from the body's immune...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Autism, Diseases and Illnesses, Religion and Belief, Symptoms
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Thirty years later, nation remains at educational risk
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. students are falling behind their international rivals. Young people aren't adept at new technology. America's economy will suffer if schools don't step up their game. "A Nation at Risk," the report issued 30 years ago by...
Tags: New York City, Science and Technology, Xavier University of Louisiana, Washington, DC, Brookings Institution
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Dr. Paul Lietman
Dr. Paul S. Lietman, a retired Johns Hopkins professor of medicine, pharmacology, molecular sciences and pediatrics, died of congestive heart failure April 20 at his Ruxton home. He was 79. "He was a gifted educator and was beloved by generations of...
Tags: Orthopedic Surgery, Science and Technology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Viral Diseases and Infections, Trinidad and Tobago
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Bombings Bring Back Bad Memories
The Hartford CourantThe deafening blast 50 feet behind Boston Marathon runner Tami Hughes jolted her right back to Sept. 11, 2001. "In the three seconds that it took me to turn around [last Monday], at first I'm like, 'Oh God, did a plane crash into a building?'" said...Tags: Road Running, Running, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Health and Medical Professionals
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Is it jazz, classical, Western, Eastern? Simon Shaheen defies labels
For more than three decades, the Palestinian oud virtuoso Simon Shaheen has relentlessly championed his soft-spoken instrument across America and beyond. He has penned solo works, pieces for oud with wind quintet and string quartet and compositions...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Manhattan (New York City), Theater, Colleges and Universities, Music Industry
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