Education Week: STEAM: Experts Make Case for Adding Arts to STEM

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To Be Equal #48
November 30, 2011
Occupy the Hood ... Now!

Marc H. Morial
President and CEO
National Urban League

“I just want to help somebody’s child go to college”

- Oseola McCarty, recipient of 1995 Presidential Citizens Medal

CNN: Whatever happened to...Nancy Guarneros, undocumented student, DREAM Act hopeful?

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USA Today: $5.3B goes to students who government says don't need it

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One look at the local numbers, and the achievement gap issue is an easy one to spot.

Several area high schools are not preparing black and Hispanic students at a college-ready level, at the same rate as their white counterparts. It is an issue in Aurora and all over the Fox Valley. On Saturday morning, several Project Ready students at the Quad County Urban League hosted a community forum to address this issue.

Education Week: Higher Education Is Goal of GED Overhaul

New York Times: National Study Finds Widespread Sexual Harassment of Students in Grades 7 to 12

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Washington Post: Board vote makes Idaho first state to require high school students to take 2 online credits

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Time: The Problem With Paying Teachers Less Money

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