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A “weld-a-thon,” an e-sports club and a campus mural contest are just some of the initiatives Rogue Community College officials believe can help spur enrollment. Those ideas are among eight proposals...

Pakistan’s smartphone users continue to rely on imported technology. Since the Pakistani rupee continues to slide against the dollar, it makes sense that the government has decided to...

(Archived document, may contain errors)   Strategies for Welfare Reform By Robert Rector INTRODUCTION

In July 2022, Arizona lawmakers converted the nation’s oldest K–12 education savings account (ESA) policy into the country’s most inclusive learning option: Every child in Arizona can now apply for a private account that empowers families to customize a student’s learning experience according to his or her unique needs.

Congress has the opportunity, over the next year, to give tens ofthousands of America's most disadvantaged children a much brighterfuture.

Vouchers and Test Scores: What the Numbers Show

If ever a motto expressed pride in state autonomy, it's Iowa's: "Our liberties we prize, and our rights we will maintain." That dedication to local control undergirds the growing opposition to Common Core — the latest effort to centralize education through national standards and tests that will define what is taught in every public school classroom in the Hawkeye State.

Getting rid of the STAAR test has been a campaign promise. Here's how that could look.

Two Iowa teenagers allegedly killed their teacher after anger over a bad grade, according to court documents filed Tuesday.

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