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• Op-Ed: If Teachers Don’t Believe in Kids With Learning Disabilities, Who Will?
• 3 terrible realities facing today's college students
• Ky. school district goes smoke free on campus
• Colleges Work to Retain Women in STEM Majors
• Judge to rule on whether yoga tied to religion
• Obama urges Africa to follow spirit of Nelson Mandela

Op-Ed: If Teachers Don’t Believe in Kids With Learning Disabilities, Who Will? Posted: 01 Jul 2013 01:37 PM PDT My first experience teaching a special education class was not as positive as I had hoped.

3 terrible realities facing today's college students Posted: 01 Jul 2013 09:30 AM PDT Congress fails to prevent student loan rates from doubling, putting even more pressure on struggling college students

Ky. school district goes smoke free on campus Posted: 01 Jul 2013 08:55 AM PDT Kentucky's largest public school district has gone smoke free on all campuses. Jefferson County Public Schools enacted the regulation Monday, barring parents, visitors and employees from lighting up on ...

Colleges Work to Retain Women in STEM Majors Posted: 01 Jul 2013 08:08 AM PDT STEM fields suffer from an image problem. Often seen as a boys club or a path for geeks, colleges struggle to attract and retain women in science, technology, engineering and math majors.

Judge to rule on whether yoga tied to religion Posted: 01 Jul 2013 06:46 AM PDT A judge is expected to issue a ruling Monday on whether yoga is a religious practice that shouldn't be allowed to be taught in public schools. An attorney representing a family bent out of shape over the ...

Obama urges Africa to follow spirit of Nelson Mandela Posted: 30 Jun 2013 11:40 PM PDT By Jeff Mason and Mark Felsenthal (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Sunday the United States would help propel Africa along a path of prosperity and peace, and urged the continent to follow the example of Nelson Mandela. In South Africa on the second leg of a three-nation Africa trip, the U.S. leader and his family visited the bleak former prison of Robben Island to pay tribute to ex-inmate and former president Mandela, now critically ill in hospital. ...

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