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Are States Willing to Require School Attendance Until Age 18?
Posted By: Dylan Scott | January 25, 2012
Last year, a handful of states considered changing their school attendance laws without Obama's prodding.
Categories: View , Education
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States Lead Effort to Utilize Data in Education
Posted By: Dylan Scott | January 20, 2012
Education Secretary Arne Duncan said that the federal government’s role in the sustained push toward more data-driven decision-making in education was to provide funding and resources to states pursuing those initiatives.
Categories: View , Education

Courtroom Violence on the Rise
Posted By: Caroline Cournoyer | January 19, 2012
A Minn. courthouse shooting and a judge's decision to refuse cases in unsafe buildings sheds light on the increasingly unsafe conditions of many courtrooms around the country.
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States Turn to Technology to Improve Medicaid and CHIP Programs
Posted By: Dylan Scott | January 19, 2012
Improvements in technology are allowing states to better serve Medicaid and CHIP populations, according to a recent survey.
Categories: View , Health and Human Services
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Can States and School Districts Cut Costs Through Digital Learning?
Posted By: Dylan Scott | January 17, 2012
A new study finds digital learning could be cheaper than traditional education. But education experts say that cost shouldn't be the primary reason to pursuing this mode.
Categories: View , Education
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Taking Stock of the Sackett v. EPA Case
Posted By: | January 12, 2012
U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Sackett v. EPA, a case that could end up significantly hampering the EPA’s power to protect the environment.
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Boston's City Halls, As Time Goes On
Posted By: David Kidd | January 11, 2012
Governing Design Director David Kidd went on assignment to photograph Boston Mayor Thomas Menino. He came back with an architecture review of Boston's old and current city hall.
Categories: Politics , Public Officials
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Ten Years, Two Administrations Under No Child Left Behind
Posted By: Dylan Scott | January 6, 2012
Sunday marks the 10th anniversary of No Child Left Behind, enacted on Jan. 8, 2002. Experts say that the focus on data has changed education reform for years to come.
Categories: Education
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How Will the Iowa Caucuses Affect the GOP Nominination Race?
Posted By: Dylan Scott | January 4, 2012
Mitt Romney's razor-thin victory at the Iowa Caucuses Tuesday provided pundits and the general public with a first taste of the 2012 election.
Categories: Politics , Election Results

Meet Occupy Wall Street's Favorite Banker
Posted By: Ryan Holeywell | January 4, 2012
Activists hope to recreate the Bank of North Dakota's model for lending.
Categories: View , Economic Development , Finance
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