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For the greater part of the 235-year history of the U.S., education has been handled at the state level. That’s about to change, as the new Common Core Learning Standards will nationalize curriculum for the first time.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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12/8/11
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On Friday, Aug. 5, just days after Congress passed and the president signed a deal to raise the nation’s debt ceiling, Standard & Poor’s announced that it was downgrading our debt …
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Al D'Amato
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8/18/11
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We should have seen the Standard & Poor’s downgrade of the U.S. credit rating coming –– last year. On July 13, 2010, Dagong International, a Chinese credit rating agency, lowered the U.S.’s rating from AAA to AA. Few in the West noticed. Some laughed. Clearly, though, Dagong’s calculators saw what we could not.
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Scott Brinton
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8/12/11
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My father served as a union president — a teachers union president — in Suffolk County nearly four decades ago, in the days when educators like him were given little respect, and even lower wages.
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Scott Brinton
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6/3/10
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When it comes to the concept of family, Lakeview Mercedes-Benz embraces it three-fold. Perhaps the country's oldest family-owned Mercedes-Benz dealership, Lakeview is now manned by its third generation.
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Teri Ann Loeser
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5/14/10
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I was a teacher for years, so I know firsthand the challenges of the classroom, and I continue to be in awe of those who inspire the children they teach and honor the profession they have chosen.
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Randi Kreiss
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4/30/10
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