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...example, he cited the genetic makeup of rice, which is owned by one company and could have a large impact, especially on the poorer countries of the world...
...school administrators and teachers. And, perhaps most notably, the plan contains no mention of vouchers (or whatever word is used to describe them). According to Senator Lieberman, who appeared on ABC's "Good Morning America" to discuss education reform, the plan calls for government to "pour more money into poorer schools, give the teachers and principals more flexibility on how they are going to use that money. If they are not working, close the schools down and radically restructure them, give parents an opportunity to send their kids to a higher-performing public school," Lieberman said...
...fact, Harvard tuition acts more like a regressive tax, penalizing those who are poorer, up until the point that you qualify for financial aid, at which point you, at least theoretically, have all your need...
...Education, only 9 percent of American high-schoolers attend private secondary schools. Assuming that students from private schools have higher family incomes than those at public schools (even though many suburban public schools have very wealthy student bodies and many urban private schools--parochial schools in particular--have poorer students), this is much greater wealth inequality than that existing in our nation...
University officials hope that the new facility, which is built in one of Boston's poorer neighborhoods, will help revitalize the surrounding area...