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Limited Test Finds Dispersant Not Adding Toxicity To Oil, But Questions Remain

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Testing, Bp, Sea Turtles, Research, Toxic, Epa, Fda, Gulf Oil Spill, Coast Guard, Chemicals, Crab Larvae, Oil Spill, Shrimp, Noaa, Oil Dispersants, British Petroleum, Toxicity, Usda, Corexit, Tests, Gulf of Mexico, Wildlife, Green News

The combination of oil and dispersants is no more toxic to sea life than oil alone, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday after conduct...

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Why an STD Test Could Save Your Life

Joan Malin | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Testing, Stds, Sexual Health, Chlamydia, Sex, Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Planned Parenthood, Gonorrhea, Health Care, New York City, New York News
Joan Malin

Before you convince yourself that you're not at risk, consider the facts. The most recent national estimates suggest that there are approximately 19 million new cases of STIs each year.

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9 In 10 Docs Blame Lawsuit Fears For Overtesting

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Medical Test, Testing, Overtesting, Health, Medical Testing, Medical Tests, Over Tested, 9 in 10 Doctors, Healthy Living News

CHICAGO — Ninety percent of physicians surveyed said doctors overtest and overtreat to protect themselves from malpractice lawsuits. That senti...

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Standardized Testing: How to Stop the Testing Trend

Jenifer Fox | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Standardized Testing, Testing, Test Scores, Stop Standardized Testing, Testing in the United States, Testing in Schools, US Test Scores, No Child Left Behind and Testing, Impact News
Jenifer Fox

Now you can do something to help end the culture of testing.

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Reading Scores Lagging Compared With Math, Students Made Almost No Progress In Reading Skills

The New York Times | SAM DILLON | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Kids Reading, School, Reading Scores, Math Skills, Reading, Students, Books, Testing, Reading Skills, Books News

The nation's school children made little or no progress in reading proficiency in recent years, according to results released Wednesday from the large...

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Cheating SAT-style (Part II)

Cari Shane | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Sat, Cheating, Educational Testing Service., March, Testing, Standardized Aptitude Test, Healthy Living News
Cari Shane

With security measures put in place by the Educational Testing Service, there's very little cheating on the SAT -- 99-percent of the students who take the test follow the rules.

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Race to the Top?: Part II

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Testing, No Child Left Behind, Federal Funding, Arne Duncan, Education Reform, Teachers, Students, Race to the Top, Politics News
Dr. Jim Taylor

Obama's education reform, Race To The Top, impacts those students and schools who are just trying to survive in the turbulent sea of American public education.

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The Genesis of "Why School?: Reclaiming Education for All of Us"

Mike Rose | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Kids, School, Why School, American Schools, Education, Literacy, New Books, Education Policy, Books, Learning, Testing, Classroom, Books News
Mike Rose

We hear so much about education these days -- test scores, reform battles -- but little that we hear gets to the heart of why education matters. That's why I wrote "Why School?".

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"$2.5 Billion Spent, No Alternative Cures Found"

Cassandra Vieten | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Scientific Research, Alternative Medicine, Complementary Medicine, Mind Body Medicine, Testing, Memorial-Sloan-Kettering-Cancer-Center, Media News
Cassandra Vieten

Those of us who study mind-body approaches need to step up our own creativity and discipline so that we meet acceptable standards of scientific conduct, while also developing innovative ways to study treatments.

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Testing for Education, Not Politics!

Robert Rose | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Testing, Student Computer Portfolios, Standardized Testing, Education, K-12-Education, Politics News
Robert Rose

When students have real personal control over their education, they have less need to act in antisocial ways towards others, the educational process -- or teachers.

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Obama and Duncan Champion Test Abuse

Gerald Bracey | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Testing, Test Abuse, Obama, Duncan, Politics News
Gerald Bracey

The President and his Secretary of Education want to use existing tests, willy-nilly, to evaluate teachers. They should both be ashamed.

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Wake Forest Makes the SAT Optional: Good Move, Wake

Gerald Bracey | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Sat, Testing, Wake Forest, School Achievement, College Admissions, Sat Scores, Healthy Living News
Gerald Bracey

Wake Forest University and Smith College will make the SAT optional for those applying for admission. Move called "cynical;" it's not.

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AP | By KASIE HUNT | Posted 12.20.2011 | Business
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is endorsing Mitt Romney for president. Haley said Friday on Fox News she is throwing all of he...

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