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...Homework is done in radically different environments and is biased against poorer kids," says Etta Kralovec, director of educational studies at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine. In the early '90s she surveyed Maine high school dropouts, who all cited their inability to keep up with homework as a major factor in the decision to leave school. Kralovec's solution to the inequities: "Homework should be done in school by all students--poor, middle and upper class--so that they all have the same access to computers and teachers." Boston's Dorchester High School has taken...
...Paul Templet, a professor of environmental studies at Louisiana State University, has measured business subsidies across the country. His sobering conclusion: "The states that offer the least subsidies are doing the best from per capita income, [low] poverty, you name it...as the subsidies rise, the states essentially get poorer." What's more, Templet found, "as these subsidies rise, the income disparity... between the rich and the poor rises...
Such diversity works for the 8th. The district is one of the state's most diverse. Its fabric includes poorer sections of Boston and Cantabrigian mansions. Capuano's primary win reflects his success in transforming his city into a haven for young professionals...
When it comes to the ebb and flow of federal spending, some Americans--and indeed whole states--are taking a bath. Residents of wealthy states in the Northeast and Midwest (such as Connecticut, New Jersey and Illinois) shell out far more in taxes than they receive in benefits, while poorer ones (such as New Mexico and North Dakota) get more than their share in return, according to a new report from the Taubman Center for State and Local Government...
...contract containing a salary cap that limits how much a team can spend on players. That's going over like a lead jump shot with the players union, which wants to let teams spend more on players if they pay a "luxury tax" for the privilege to the poorer teams in the league; that, presumably, would allow underperforming teams to go out and spend more on players...