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France’s rigorous national curriculum offers important lessons as the U.S. sets out to introduce a Common Core program.
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Anthony T. Caso
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The U.S. Supreme Court took the easy step when it ruled yesterday that the state of Arizona must “accept and use” the form prepared by the federal Election Assistance Commission to register voters.
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Richard Vedder
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Universities are being challenged to justify their ballooning athletic fees.
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The result is a welcome surprise and an opportunity that should be cautiously explored.
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Martha C. Nussbaum & Charles Wolf
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Under the most difficult political circumstances, Iran’s electorate broke with eight years of Ahmadinejad’s intemperate rule and cast scorn on Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s apparatchiks.
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On June 19, at the end of a two-day policy meeting, Bernanke will address a world preoccupied with the Fed’s reaction function.
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