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- Is Ralph Nader Right About Apple's Texas Campus?
- Teens Make Flavor Strips for Tastier Astronaut Food
- No Child Left Behind Increases Gap in Arts Education
| Is Ralph Nader Right About Apple's Texas Campus? Posted: Activist Ralph Nader has written an open letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook urging the company to refuse the nearly $30 million in Texan taxpayer money already pledged to lure the company to build a $304 million campus in Austin.The money is nothing compared to Apple's enormous profits, Nader says, but would mean a lot to Texas public schools. Nader writes: |
| Teens Make Flavor Strips for Tastier Astronaut Food Posted: Astronauts who go heavy on the hot sauce may welcome a less-messy space food idea from four high school students. The students are developing "Stellar Strips" — melt-in-your-mouth strips containing condiment flavors strong enough to jolt any sense of taste that has been dulled by life aboard a space station or spacecraft. |
| No Child Left Behind Increases Gap in Arts Education Posted: COMMENTARY | A recent report by the National Center for Education Statistics comparing changes in arts education in public schools from 1999-2000 to 2009-2010 shows that since the start of No Child Left Behind, our public schools have seen a reduction in the arts education offered to students. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, commented on the results, stating it is imperative that "we continue to elevate, enrich, and expand arts education in our nation's schools", according to the U.S. Department of Education. |
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