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• Online colleges earning respect — to a degree
Thanks to the growth of online course offerings by well-established schools, and a slow but growing acceptance on the part of hiring managers to be more open to these virtual degrees, some job applicants are finding an online education is taken a bit ...
• Why McCain needs Michigan
McCAIN: "Create jobs, fix our economy, keep taxes low, provide training for displaced workers and education, go to the community colleges, let them do it.
• Mo. teachers groups raise concern over bonus idea
Lobbyists for two of the state's leading teachers' groups — the Missouri National Education Association and Missouri State Teachers Association — both said Thursday that there could be dissension within schools if teachers of certain subjects ...
• U.N.: Nations not doing enough on poverty
... ahead of a Sept. 25 meeting of world leaders at U.N. headquarters to boost efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals adopted at a 2000 summit. The goals include cutting extreme poverty by half, ensuring universal primary school education ...
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Obama restated his call for a second stimulus package this year, which would involve a tax rebate for individuals and aid to states for education, health care and other costs.