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Cradle-to-grave federal scrutiny.(United States. Department of Education)(Brief article)
In mid-July, the secretary of education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education released a draft of a report calling for "a mandatory registry of all American students throughout their collegiate careers--every course, every step, every misstep," observed Katherine Haley Will, president of Gettsyburg College, in a July 23 Washington Post op-ed essay. "Once established, it could easily be linked to existing K-12 and workforce databases to create unprecedented cradle-to-grave tracking of American citizens. All under the watchful eye of the federal government."
Whether designated the "national unit database" or the more euphemistic "consumer-friendly informational database," the proposal envisions "an ...
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- Magazine article from: New York State Conservationist Kip, Dennis February 1, 1997 700+ words
...be seen even through the bright skies of Metropolitan areas. Laurence A. Marschall, astronomy professor at Gettsyburg College in Pennsylvania, said the best so far was the comet that preceded the 1910 return of Halley's Comet. Observable...
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...not police the world and subsidize rich allies." Born in Pittsburgh in 1935, Ron Paul received his BA from Gettsyburg College and and his MD from Duke University and was a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force. Paul and his wife Carol...
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...The Missouri Western State University education department awarded the following scholarships...Scholarship - Kelly Gach, senior elementary education major, of St. Joseph. The George M...majoring in elementary or middle school education. The recipient must have a GPA of 3...
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- Education standards key for engineering students.
- Magazine article from: Mechanical Engineering-CIME Becker, Pamela June 1, 1995 700+ words
...Engineers leaders have ranked precollege education as one of the most important policy issues...is dependent on the math and science education they received before entering college...under way. One area of reform is in education standards and assessments. But because...
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...Virginia has been at the forefront of education reform efforts to implement new standards...have been fully included in the Virginia education reform efforts. Participation by students...standards. A survey of Virginia special education administrators revealed general support...
- Education's Short Shrift
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Carl T. Rowan January 20, 1987 700+ words
...bigger Reagan blunder may be the refusal to give education a proper budget priority. Education Secretary William J. Bennett ran into a firestorm...proposal to cut $5.5 billion off the current education budget of $19.5 billion in fiscal 1988...
Source: HighBeam Research, Cradle-to-grave federal scrutiny.(United States. Department of...