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• Army War College revokes Sen. John Walsh's degree
• Senator Walsh of Montana stripped of degree for plagiarism
• America’s Teachers Still Don’t Think Black and Latino Kids Are Smart

Army War College revokes Sen. John Walsh's degree Posted: 10 Oct 2014 04:14 PM PDT HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Army War College revoked Democratic Sen. John Walsh's master's degree after an investigation completed Friday concluded that he plagiarized a research paper required to graduate.

Senator Walsh of Montana stripped of degree for plagiarism Posted: 10 Oct 2014 01:49 PM PDT (Reuters) - The U.S. Army War College has revoked the master's degree of U.S. Senator John Walsh of Montana, the result of a plagiarism scandal that prompted him in August to abandon his election bid, both Walsh and the college said on Friday. "The board found that then-Colonel John Walsh did commit the offense of plagiarism and thus his master's degree and status as a graduate of the U.S. Army War College should be revoked," said Carol Kerr, a spokeswoman for the college, located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. ...

America’s Teachers Still Don’t Think Black and Latino Kids Are Smart Posted: 10 Oct 2014 11:50 AM PDT Students of color are up against difficult odds. They are more likely to be trapped in failing, underfunded schools; more likely to be suspended for minor infractions; less likely to have "expert teachers." While policy makers, educators, parents, and politicians seem to be scrambling to figure out how to close the achievement gap by demanding more rigorous nationwide standards, a new report by the Center for American Progress found that the very folks tasked with making sure kids of color succeed might be the ones holding them back.

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