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	<title><![CDATA[Keep Education a Priority!]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marc-lampkin/keep-education-a-priority_b_143704.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Nicholas Kristof writes an <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/opinion/13kristof.html?emc=eta1&amp;pagewanted=print ">alarming piece </a>in today's <em>New York Times</em>, claiming that President-elect Barack Obama may be putting education on the "backburner."</p>

<p>That would be a mistake.</p>

<p>The need for improving our education system has never been greater. The rest of the world is catching up with us competitively, threatening our economic and national security. This problem may be exacerbated in the future, because, as Kristof tells us, "the United States is the only country in the industrialized world...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-12-15T05:12:00-05:00</date_published>
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