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• The $30 Million Education Race That Went Completely Under The Nation's Radar

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  Money ruled these midterms, as pundit Jon Stewart of 'The Daily Show' pointed out. And in a big way. A $4 Billion big way. Yes, that's how much cash was inserted into the combined races for all the candidates in all the races this midterm season. And as Stewart also pointed out, it seems that 'ideas' were not on the ballot this year.
• Americans Really Have No Idea How Our Government Functions

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  A recent survey conducted by the Public Policy Center of Pennsylvania asked over 1,400 American adults to do a simple task that every elementary school child should know, which is to name the three branches of our federal government. The results leave me more than a little frustrated and despaired. Over one third of respondents could not name the three branches of government.

• Betsy DeVos' Holy War on EducationBetsy DeVos' Holy War on Education
  	Wed Mar 08, 2017 | rollingstone.com A few weeks after September 11th, 2001, with the nation reeling from the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., about 400 or so of the country's leading...

• President Obama Signs Education Law, Leaving 'No Child' BehindPresident Obama Signs Education Law, Leaving 'No Child' Behind
  	Thu Dec 10, 2015 | npr.org President Obama called it "a Christmas miracle. A bipartisan bill signing right here." The "right here" was the South Court Auditorium, part of the White House complex....

• Obama: $80 billion spent on incarceration could eliminate tuition at publi...Obama: $80 billion spent on incarceration could eliminate tuition at publi...
  	Wed Jul 15, 2015 | vox.com In a tweetstorm following his speech at the NAACP's 2015 national convention, President Barack Obama provided a different way to look at that cost by explaining what that...

• Bernie Sanders’s plan to have Wall Street pay for your college tuition, ex...Bernie Sanders’s plan to have Wall Street pay for your college tuition, ex...
  	Tue May 19, 2015 | vox.com The big banks got bailed out, and presidential contender Bernie Sanders says they should pay it forward. The independent senator from Vermont introduced his plan on...

• Breaking the Law—and Blaming the Supreme CourtBreaking the Law—and Blaming the Supreme Court
  	Wed May 13, 2015 | theatlantic.com Executive overreach, now as always, is in the eye of the beholder. George Will, for example, has railed against “institutional vandalism of Barack Obama’s executive...

• Stephen Colbert just bought South Carolina teachers everything they wantedStephen Colbert just bought South Carolina teachers everything they wanted
  	Thu May 07, 2015 | vox.com Stephen Colbert just announced an $800,000 gift to South Carolina teachers — enough to fund every project in the state on DonorsChoose, the teacher crowdfunding website....

• Who Should Decide How Students Learn About America’s Past?Who Should Decide How Students Learn About America’s Past?
  	Tue Feb 24, 2015 | theatlantic.com My 5-year-old son won’t learn the same history in high school that I did when I was a teenager. Certain events that I was tested on will probably be entirely omitted from...

• Stray Decimal Points Put Thousands of Students' Financial Aid in JeopardyStray Decimal Points Put Thousands of Students' Financial Aid in Jeopardy
  	Wed Jul 23, 2014 | thewire.com The Department of Education reported a mistake in Pell Grant application forms that could result in tens of thousands of students losing their financial aid status.

• Here's Your Grant Money, College Students. Don't Spend It All in One Place.Here's Your Grant Money, College Students. Don't Spend It All in One Place.
  	Mon Jul 14, 2014 | nationaljournal.com House Republicans propose giving eligible students the flexibility to access all of their Pell Grant money at once. Would that reform raise graduation rates?

• President Obama’s plan for rating colleges is promising, because college p...President Obama’s plan for rating colleges is promising, because college p...
  	Wed May 28, 2014 | slate.com Barack Obama’s plan for a universal rating system for America’s colleges and universities, announced last year and the subject of a New York Times front-pager this week, is...

• Obama Proposes New System for Rating CollegesObama Proposes New System for Rating Colleges
  	Thu Aug 22, 2013 Calling higher education an "economic imperative," President Barack Obama is pushing for a new rating...

• Faces of Change: Dakota's Pell GrantFaces of Change: Dakota's Pell Grant
  	Tue Apr 03, 2012 Pell Grants have completely changed Dakota Remy's life. Under President Obama, 3 million more students...

• Pell Grants = Welfare (According To Republican...Pell Grants = Welfare (According To Republican...
  	Mon Apr 04, 2011 A Republican Congressman describes Pell Grants as welfare for college students. Ana Kasparian and Cenk...