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Common Core: Setting the Record Straight
This country was not built by people with low expectations. It was built by great leaders in communities and states who stepped up, sometimes individually and sometimes together, to achieve great things.
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Did Regulation Cause Drop in California Energy Consumption?
Electricity consumption per capita in California stopped increasing in the 1970s, around the same time policymakers had also enacted stricter energy-efficiency policies, such as mandates on buildings and appliances.
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The Continuum of Collaboration, Explained
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Johnathon Carrington graduated Friday as the valedictorian of his neighborhood school, Dunbar High, and is headed to Georgetown University.
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Listen to Bill Clinton's speeches this spring and you would have heard him talk at a father-of-the-year event about the satisfactions of parenting - "the greatest thing that ever happened to me."
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Two Distinct Forms Of Gulf War Illness Identified
Main Category: Veterans / Ex-Servicemen Also Included In: Pain / Anesthetics ; Neurology / Neuroscience Article Date: 18 Jun 2013 - 0:00 PDT Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center say their new work suggests that Gulf War illness may have two distinct forms depending on which brain regions have atrophied.
Specializations Offered at Top Washington, D.C. MBA Programs
We looked at the specializations offered at five top Washington, D.C. MBA Programs including George Mason University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, American University, Each of these top Washington, D.C. MBA Programs offers a variety of electives and areas of concentrations to their students.
Georgetown BID Seeks Community Input for 15-Year Plan
About 40 members of the Georgetown neighborhood community gathered Thursday evening under the auspices of the Georgetown Business Improvement District to discuss proposals to better the commercial functionality of the area over the next 15 years.
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Schools Waste Funds on Phantom Students
Many state education leaders are taking a fresh look at school finance in hopes of containing costs.
High Court Strikes Ariz. Voting Law Requiring Proof Of Citizenship
Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund Director of Litigation Nina Perales, left, MALDEF lawyer Luis Figaroa, Georgetown University law professor Jon Greenbaum and San Carlos Apache Tribal Chairman Terry Rambler talk with reporters outside the U.S. Supreme Court after attending oral arguements in Arizona v.
From salad shop to music festival, Sweetgreen branches out
Back in 2009, when the founders of Sweetgreen opened their second store in Dupont Circle, they found themselves in over their heads.
KKK, pesky crickets steered Patrick Ewing away from Chapel Hill
NBA and Georgetown University legend Patrick Ewing , who recently accepted a position as associate head coach of the Charlotte Bobcats , says he almost played collegiate hoops at his new boss's alma mater.
Graduates from low-performing D.C. schools face tough college road
Johnathon Carrington, valedictorian at Dunbar High School, laughs with family and friends after his school's graduation ceremony on June 14. He plans to attend Georgetown University.
Abortion bill sponsor said what?
Rep. Trent Franks wanted a bill that bans abortions after 20 weeks to make no exceptions for rape, incest or the mother's health.
Judge: College was right to reject ex-ND official
A federal judge says the Georgetown University law school did not discriminate against a former North Dakota attorney general based on his age when he was passed over for a faculty position.
The U.S. Supreme Court says women in America can terminate a pregnancy and that every citizen has an individual right to own a firearm, but those rulings have done little to settle political arguments over abortion and guns.
GED graduates celebrate reaching a life milestone
Thirty students anxiously waited at Thursday's Marion Technical College ABLE GED graduation to get their General Educational Development diplomas.
Will JOBS Act Harm Naive Investors?
While small and midsize businesses, as well as securities firms, wait for the Securities and Exchange Commission to forge the final rules around the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, objections to the removal of regulatory barriers to promote capital access continue to arise.
Dropping out of college isn't worst-case scenario
Experts agree there is no substitute for finishing school and scoring a degree, but a new study says that even a failed college education is better than none at all.
Researchers cite new findings on Gulf War Illness
WASHINGTON a?? Researchers have discovered two areas of brain atrophy in Gulf War veterans who responded differently to a heart-rate test, leading scientists to believe that even those with the same Gulf War Illness symptoms may need different kinds of treatments.