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• Aristocracy or Meritocracy? Just 3 Percent of Kids at Top Colleges Are Low-Income
• Lawmaker: School shootings have made teachers 1st responders
• Who really benefits from lottery proceeds?

Aristocracy or Meritocracy? Just 3 Percent of Kids at Top Colleges Are Low-Income Posted: 13 Jan 2016 04:14 PM PST Ask any political leader or education policy expert, and they'll likely agree: a bachelor's degree from a quality school increases the odds that a student from an impoverished family will reach the middle class. The report from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation also showed that, although higher-ed progressives are fighting to preserve race-based admissions for the sake of campus diversity, they continue to quietly usher affluent kids, star athletes, and children of alumni to the front of the admissions line. The best way to ensure a diverse mix of students, according to the report: design admissions programs so that they give preferential treatment to high-achieving students who have the academic potential, but not the money, to be accepted at a top school.

Lawmaker: School shootings have made teachers 1st responders Posted: 13 Jan 2016 02:17 PM PST CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — School shootings have turned teachers into first responders, and they deserve the same death benefits given to police officers and firefighters, a state lawmaker said Wednesday.

Who really benefits from lottery proceeds? Posted: 13 Jan 2016 11:47 AM PST On Wednesday, theres a good chance that at least one person will become a multimillionaire in what is currently the world's biggest lottery jackpot, now worth $1.5 billion. When state lotteries first became popular in the US in the 1960s, starting with the New Hampshire sweepstakes, after a half-century hiatus following a series of scandals in the 1800s, they were sold to the public as easy fundraising tools that would funnel millions to public schools and other social programs. Lotteries have been used since the ancient days – from ancient China to ancient Rome to Colonial Virginia – to fund expensive public projects.

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