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Obama, here's how to help the poor: Educate both parents and their children

In his State of the Union address, President Obama touted ways to improve education and the economy. One solution – with a proven record of success – didn't make it into the speech: a two-generation strategy to educate families and bring them out of poverty.
Change Agent
Are nonprofit groups dead?

No. But they need to get off the 'philanthropic dole' and make other changes, a panel of experts suggest.
Change Agent
John Danner shoots for the stars with Rocketship charter schools

Rocketship schools employ computers and coaches to help teach low-income kids, and see student performance rise dramatically.
Independence Day blues? Americans sense a decline and look inward.

A poll on the eve of Independence Day confirms: More Americans see the nation as less powerful and more vulnerable. They want leaders to focus less on the world and more on challenges at home.
Obama pushes job training initiatives to boost US manufacturing

There's a gap between skills US manufacturers want and skills workers have, Obama said during a visit to a hybrid-car repair lab Wednesday. Can job training at community colleges help close it?
Tax VOX
Could an election fix the deficit?

Washington will no doubt wait until the results of the 2012 election are in to reach a budget agreement. Perhaps there will be valuable discussions about tax expenditures leading up to the election, but don't count on it.
Community colleges: White House wants business to help place future workforce

Community colleges are the focus of a White House summit Tuesday in Washington. The Obama administration is looking to several national businesses to assist future employees coming out of community colleges find jobs.
Agent Orange: $300 million price tag to cope with Agent Orange in Vietnam

Agent Orange: Washington has been slow to address the issue, quibbling for years with Vietnam.
How an immigration raid changed a town

Tiny Postville, Iowa, struggles to regain its footing one year after the largest immigration sweep in US history.
Schools: Obama stresses more investment, McCain parental choice

A growing chorus of business and education-reform advocates are hoping the next president will create a ‘Sputnik moment’ for education.
Sending the U.S. to war is not the president's call

That power is Congress's alone; don't hand it over.
Obama speech opens up race dialogue

Will it stand alongside the great speeches in US history?
Maine program brightens college prospects – at birth

Foundation offers $500 grants to all newborns – provided their parents open a college-savings account.