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...budget allotted for children through grade 12 is $6 billion short of the amount outlined in the No Child Left Behind Act for 2004. It cuts $1.5 billion in programs covering rural education, dropout prevention and physical education, among others. Ross Wiener, an education policy analyst at the Education Trust, a non-profit organization, commented that “if money indicates priorities, the president believes No Child Left Behind is one sixty-seventh as important as cutting taxes...
Fisk told the audience about a time when he was nearly beaten to death by locals when his car broke down in rural Afghanistan...
Moreover, making open class distinctions among Harvard students is no longer done. Fifty years ago it would have seemed strange to see bright poor kids from bad high schools in the rural South invited to Master’s teas, sipping chai on Persian rugs and eating sandwiches off silver platters. Back then, social class coincided more closely with economic class. In today’s Harvard, chai is the great social equalizer no matter how much your father earns...
Samuel N. Penney, chair of the Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee, said the memorandum will be especially helpful with coordination of law enforcement and public safety, as the residents of rural north central Idaho expect an influx of visitors over the next few years to celebrate the bicentennial of Lewis and Clark’s expedition...
...want the decision to be made carefully. So when people are asked about a 24-hour waiting period, they think, well, sure, a woman should have to wait to make sure she's making the right decision. But the problem is those waiting periods are instituted primarily in rural areas, by abortion opponents, So for a woman who's traveled for the procedure, that's another day of traveling and related expenses. These little nuances can have a major impact on reproductive rights, but the public doesn't see them as major obstacles unless they consider them in context...