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Educational ooze

Educational ooze

Cover Story | From tightening budgets to growing charter schools, slow moving trends are changing American public education

In this issue: "Back to School," Aug. 27, 2011

Features

Money for nothing
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Money for nothing

Back to School |  Big increases in educational spending by the government have not yielded a better educational product

'Their lives have value'
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'Their lives have value'

Back to School |  A former basketball player takes on the tall task of teaching at-risk kids in Union City, N.J.

Soft sell
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Soft sell

Back to School |  Tax-funded charter schools founded by Turkish Muslims are trying to practice but not preach

Higher idols
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Higher idols

Back to School |  Crazy U shows how we value college far too much and far too little

Career crisis
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Career crisis

Back to School |  The job market has not been friendly to the college graduates of 2009, 2010, and 2011

Math - tears = Khan academy
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Math - tears = Khan academy

Back to School |  An increasingly popular online program is teaching children across the country to love a subject they once dreaded

No safe havens
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No safe havens

Back to School |  Economics and finance have not escaped the onslaught of anti-Christian thought

Dispatches

Moment of decision
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Moment of decision

Will liberal evangelicals accept HHS scheme mandating that insurance plans cover abortion drugs?

Looking Ahead
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Looking Ahead

NASA animal eulogy Shuttle program operations may have ended on July 21, but NASA officials will finally lock the doors on Aug. 21 after an unusual posthumous…

London fights back
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London fights back

and other news briefs

Numbers cruncher
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Numbers cruncher

David Barrett helped make church statistics count

After the downgrade
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After the downgrade

With U.S. credit and credibility falling, a congressional 'super committee' has its work cut out for it

CAIR's cops
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CAIR's cops

The FBI won't work with a controversial Islamic group, but the LAPD is fostering close ties

Crossing divides
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Crossing divides

Christian, Republican, anti-nuclear activist Mark Hatfield was not a typical senator

Remembering the fallen
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Remembering the fallen

Dads. vets among SEALs killed in Afghanistan

Money, meet mouth
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Money, meet mouth

Campaign 2012 |  Mitt Romney gives a lot, Rick Perry gives a little, and the other GOP candidates give no information about their church and charitable giving

Human Race
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Human Race

Guilty A Texas jury found polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, 55, guilty of sexually assaulting two young girls that he forced into "spiritual marriages," and on…

Quotables
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Quotables

"I'm all for party loyalty, but God gave me a brain and I use it." Harold Metts, Democratic state senator from Rhode Island and co-sponsor of a voter ID law…

Quick Takes
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Quick Takes

Family crisis Bonni Marcus and Jack Zinzi spent Aug. 1 papering their Park Slope neighborhood in Manhattan with fliers offering a substantial reward for the…

Reviews

Caesar's legions
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Caesar's legions

Movies |  Rise of the Planet of the Apes makes for good summer fun

<em>Whistleblower</em>
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Whistleblower

Movies |  The film is based on the true story of a UN peacekeeper who uncovered sex trafficking in Bosnia

<em>The Change-Up</em>
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The Change-Up

Movies |  Unfortunately, the lessons learned by the characters are practically lost in the R-rated filth

<em>The Jerusalem Countdown</em>
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The Jerusalem Countdown

Movies |  As a thriller, the film works surprisingly well, as an evangelism tool, decidedly less so

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Box Office Top 10

Movies |  For the weekend of August 5-7, according to Box Office Mojo

A well-stocked backpack
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A well-stocked backpack

Books |  Books for navigating classrooms and filling in the gaps

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Notable Books

Notable Books |  Books for educating and disciplining children reviewed by Susan Olasky

Not dead yet
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Not dead yet

Q&A |  Students taught about the death of culture and Christianity should hear the other side from sociologist Bradley Wright

Actors' albums
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Actors' albums

Music |  Hugh Laurie does well enough with a new CD, but Jeff Bridges does better

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Notable CDs

Notable CDs |  Five new pop-rock releases reviewed by Arsenio Orteza

Notebook

August tradition
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August tradition

Lifestyle |  The school year is beginning sooner and the school day is lasting longer throughout the country

Organic thinking
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Organic thinking

Technology |  Utah compost company aims to make the most out of America's vast supply of leftovers

Scrubbing mission
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Scrubbing mission

Science |  The space shuttle program may be over, but a massive cleanup effort will have to go on

Grace Gospel Church
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Grace Gospel Church

Houses of God |  Pinellas Park, Fla.

Sharpe words
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Sharpe words

Sports |  A silver-tongued Hall-of-Famer delivers a grand speech on his sad life

A killer Christian?
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A killer Christian?

Religion |  Norwegian murderer Anders Behring Breivik reveres Christendom, not Christ

Voices

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Mailbag

Letters from our readers

The good teacher
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The good teacher

All I really need to know I learned on a kindergarten field trip

Thousands left behind
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Thousands left behind

Be thankful, son, that you go to an American school-maybe

Downgrade nation
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Downgrade nation

Are U.S. economic doldrums tied to a spiritual downturn?

Already closed
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Already closed

Allan Bloom's famous critique of higher education still speaks despite weak assumptions

Not just kids' stuff
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Not just kids' stuff

Longer life expectancies give new perspective on the Fifth Commandment

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