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Thirteen Years After Hillary Told Us "It Takes A Village," Melinda Gates Reminds Us That She Was Right

Keli Goff | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, U.S. Schools, Melinda Gates, Get Schooled, Dropout Rates, Politics News
Keli Goff

I had a chance to speak with Melinda Gates about why the issue of a burgeoning school dropout epidemic is so dear to her heart.

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Bloomberg & Thompson's Dropout Duel

Jarrett Murphy | Posted 08.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Graduation Rate, Bloomberg, Campaign 2009, Schools, Mayoral Race, Thompson, Dropout-Rates, New York News
Jarrett Murphy

The Bloomberg camp can't blame anyone but itself for politicizing the dropout rate, since graduation statistics have figured prominently in all the Bloomberg ads and mailers to which voters have been subjected so far this year.

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Is God Stupid?

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 04.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Abortion, Single Mothers, Unemployment, God, Imprisonment, Unemployment Rate, The Envirinment, Dropout-Rates, Prayer, Black, Faith, High School Dropouts, Aids, HIV/AIDS Africa, Pope Benedict, Karl Marx, Islam, Jews, Episcopalians, Jesus Christ, Christianity, Green News
Michael Henry Adams

Wouldn't benevolent God be more likely to be like your mother or grandmother, than like most of our fathers? It's not that I am an avowed atheist, no...

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1 In 10 US Schools Are "Dropout Factories"

AP | NANCY ZUCKERBROD | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Schools, Education, Dropout Rates, Politics News

It's a nickname no principal could be proud of: "Dropout Factory," a high school where no more than 60 percent of the students who start as freshmen m...

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