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03.06.2009 9:03 pm

Full-court press is schools’ best chance

Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Beverly Hall speaking at Webster Univ. on Mar. 5 (Eddie Roth/Post-Dispatch)

Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Beverly Hall speaking at Webster Univ. on Mar. 5 (Eddie Roth/Post-Dispatch)

Three in four students enrolled in the school district are from low-income households and are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.

The Board of Education just appointed its…

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07.06.2008 11:54 am

The real issue: apartheid education

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Law professor and novelist Stephen Carter wrote a terrific column on the decades long political tug of war over so-called affirmative action.

Turns out the struggle is make believe, a palliative that provides an excuse for not dealing with what’s really at issue. The…

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06.25.2008 3:45 pm

Battle between ACLU and public prayer rages on

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Washington Post is reporting that the American Civil Liberties Union is threatening to sue the U.S. Naval Academy unless it abolishes its tradition of daily lunchtime prayer, arguing that such a practice is unconstitutional:

In a letter to the academy on behalf…

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