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Issue 8.15 - April 6, 2008
Viewpoint by Denis P. Doyle Denis P. Doyle

213 - Obama's speech
Barack Obama's recent speech on race - particularly his apt formulation of America's "original sin" -- brought back memories of an earlier time and place, the city of my birth, Chicago in the late 50's. I was working my way through college and had been lucky enough to land a high-paying job ($3.00/hour) as a hod-carrier (construction laborer) on what was then a fairly new technique: architectural concrete. The work was hard and repetitive but honorable and lucrative.
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The Edu-Blogosphere is a Tempest, Here Are...

This week's sizzling posts that cover the range of federal, state and local education topics. We deliver them to you daily, so check back often.
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Week in Review

Technology Today

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NCLB Presents Middle School Complications


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Schools May Restrict Anti-Gay Speech, Judge Rules

Grading growth

Social Network for Gamers, UGAME, Enters Private Beta


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Lenovo X300 vs. Apple MacBook Air... Fight!

Stretching with Wikis - Steve Dembo, TechLearning

Medicaid's Critical Time in Congress

The count down to June 30th continues.  That is the day when the moratorium on the rules issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) expires.  Congress passed the moratorium last December as a part of the S. 2499 (now Public Law No: 110-173), the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007, and it prevents CMS from implementing regulations that would restrict payment under title XIX of the Social Security Act for rehabilitation services or school-based administration and school-based transportation.  It reads:
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