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November 16, 2009

FIRE Publishes Speech Policies Guide

Ashley Thorne

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has published a guide to help administrators craft school policies in such a way as to protect First Amendment rights on campus. "Correcting......

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November 16, 2009

A National Curriculum

David Clemens

A common fear about the accountability movement is that edu-babble such as “alignment,” “assessment,” and “best practices” will erect an authoritarian, standardiz......

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November 16, 2009

NTNU Board Rejects Boycott of Israel

Candace de Russy

The trustees of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), reports the Jerusalem Post, have unanimously voted against severing ties with Israeli universities, and no one rose to argu......

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November 16, 2009

SustainaReligion

Ashley Thorne

Climate change faith has been ruled a protected “philosophical belief” in the UK.

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November 13, 2009

NAS.org Articles for 11/13/09 Week

Ashley Thorne

Don't miss this week's articles on NAS.org: Should Everyone Go? Ashley Thorne, Nov. 9 President Obama's goal - that by 2020 America would have the highest proportion of college graduates......

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