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March 19, 2012

Revising Teacher Education: Meaningful Change or Window Dressing?

Richard Vedder

Will the newly formed accrediting agency for education schools enact some real reforms to improve K-12 education?

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March 19, 2012

The Complexities of Hate Crimes

Glenn Ricketts

Jackson Toby reflects on the practical difficulties when juries in criminal trials seek to determine what "bias" might consist of in criminal prosecutions, while CEI attorney Hans Bader sees big pro......

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March 16, 2012

Med School in Vienna to Give Preference to Female Applicants

Ashley Thorne

A medical school in Austria will grade its applicants by gender with the results weighed toward women, reports the Associated Press.

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March 16, 2012

Politics and Presidential Primaries: Students Weigh In

Glenn Ricketts

Student newspaper editors and analysts cover the GOP presidential primaries,  the 2012 election, and how to engage civilly in political controversy.

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March 15, 2012

Full Moon

Peter Wood

Peter Wood reflects on delusion, discovery, and deception in light of the dangerous knowledge of the scientist Ron Fouchier and the deceit of the prominent climate researcher Peter Gleick.

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