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Pro-Con: Should Public Universities Accept Corporate Funding? Yes
Submitted on 7.4.2007
Major universities draw research funding from a variety of sources, including government, private foundations and major corporations. Some argue that corporate funding is a corrupting influence, but the truth is that corporate funds can be positive for universities, the economy and the country.
Seeking to Expand Ranks and Increase Salaries, Not Improve Education
Submitted by Ivan Osorio, James Dellinger on 7.3.2007
With Democratic majorities in the U.S. House and Senate, the nation’s teachers unions are certain to make major demands on their Capitol Hill allies in exchange for supporting reauthorization of the 2002 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the Bush Administration’s signature education legislation.
Supreme Court Cites PRI Study “They Have Overcome” in Landmark Case on Race-Based School Assignments
Submitted on 7.2.2007
In the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling that programs considering race in assigning students to schools are unconstitutional, cited the Pacific Research Institute’s study They Have Overcome: High Poverty, High Performing Schools in California authored by PRI director of Education Studies Lance T. Izumi.
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