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Race to the Top: Teachers left behind?
The Swampby Mark Silva In "the race to the top,'' no child will be left behind, we're assured, but a lot of low-performing teachers - as measured by the poor performance of their students - may be The government has set......Tags: Ethics, Colleges and Universities, Justice System, Education, American Federation of Teachers
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Will bogus bio unmake self-made leader of Abbott spinoff?
Richard Gonzalez, it turns out, is more of a self-made man than a lot of us knew. The Abbott Laboratories veteran of more than 30 years, who is pegged to serve as chief executive of the pharmaceutical company spinoff that the North Chicago-based medical...
Tags: New Year's Day, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Media Industry, Ethics, Steve Jobs
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Two words can equal profound results for success
"Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them — every day begin the task anew." — St. Francis de Sales Ask me...Tags: Donald Trump, Microsoft Corporation, Sean John Combs, Music Industry, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Rosenthal: What's the deal with Groupon?
"When a manager with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it's the reputation of the business that remains intact," Warren Buffett likes to say when asked if a good chief executive can salvage a bad business....
Tags: IBM, Financing and Stock Offerings, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Credit Ratings
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Gates Foundation to award $100,000 for college apps
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is launching a competition today that will award up to 30 grants of $50,000 to $100,000 to winners who come up with apps, websites or other online tools that help high schoolers -- especially low-income students --...
Tags: Personal Income, Colleges and Universities, Microsoft Corporation, Social Media, Education
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Four Hoosiers make Forbes list of wealthiest Americans
The rich got quite a bit richer this past year, according to this year's rankings of the 400 wealthiest Americans. Forbes magazine released its annual list on Wednesday, and the combined net worth jumped 13 percent to $1.7 trillion in 2012, up from $1....
Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Simon Property Group, Inc., Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Herbert Simon
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Women finally fitted for green jackets at Augusta
What you need to understand about Augusta National Golf Course's decision to admit women for the first time is this: It was never about golf. For those who supported the 80-year-old home of the Masters, it was about the right of a private club to...
Tags: International Olympic Committee, IBM, Mitt Romney, Microsoft Corporation, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Seeing behind the dollar signs
A rash of student athletes leaving college early to join the ranks of professional athletes is prompting increasing discussions about the decisions of those students. It's a particularly problematic issue for college basketball. The NFL has a rule that...Tags: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Microsoft Corporation, Students, Basketball, Teaching and Learning
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Michael Kinsley: The Washington lobbying dance
My first day of work at Microsoft, 15 years ago, I wore a DOJ baseball cap that a friend had given me when she heard I was going to work in Redmond. DOJ stood for Department of Justice, which is where my friend worked. I wore the cap into the office on my...Tags: Media Industry, Facebook, Lawyers, Justice System, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Stay with the fight
“Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them — every day begin the task anew.” — Saint Francis de Sales...Tags: Health, Donald Trump, Microsoft Corporation, Music Industry, Real Estate
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Rodriguez: A cultural civics lesson
Politics is making Americans dumb and mean. It's turning a generous, forward-thinking people into glib, defensive, narrow-minded bores.
Pundits tell us that the answer to all this nastiness — from the disgusting comments on message boards to the...Tags: England, White House, Arts and Culture, Politics, Charity
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