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Chicago Tribune
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Anti-war and free-speech advocates joined angry parents and students in their battle with Berwyn school district officials who may expel a group of students who took part in an Iraq war protest at a school last week.
The lunchtime protest Nov. 1 in the..
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Alter Net
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Presidential Scholars, a group of gifted high school students, told Bush what they thought of his policies on torture.
President Bush got a lesson from a group of recent high school graduates. They were Presidential Scholars, a program designed "to rec..
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Los Angeles Times
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In his continued effort to bring pressures to bear on the Los Angeles public school system, billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad has committed more than $6 million to a high-performing charter school group to help it dramatically expand.
The $6.5-milli..
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CNN
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Students will learn about and address environmental problems that may exist in their community.
In class discussion, have students consider the meaning of the following quote by Japanese mountaineer Ken Noguchi:
"An alpinist goes into dangerous cond..
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CNN
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Ten prisoners who were being held at a British-run detention facility in Iraq escaped after they swapped clothes and changed places with a group of men posing as visitors, the British military said on Friday.
"This is a very regrettable situation and w..
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