[New teacher attrition] Among teachers who were new in 2007-8, 17 percent were not teaching five years later – a far lower level of attrition than previously estimated. By Emma Brown Article Submission New teachers
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Read moreKKK And Black Panthers Clash In Rival Rallies
The Klan protest over the Confederate flag’s removal in South Carolina, as black activists highlight racial inequality. By Sky News US Team Article Reprint Hundreds of Ku Klux Klan members and black activists taunted each
Read moreRussell Simmons: NYC’s horse carriages like Holocaust
By the Associated Press Article Reprint NEW YORK (AP) — Hip-hop mogul and animal-rights advocate Russell Simmons is comparing New York’s horse-drawn carriages to slavery and the Holocaust.
Read moreBill Clinton says he made mass incarceration issue worse
By Dan Merica Article Reprint (CNN) Bill Clinton said Wednesday that the crime bill he signed into law as President in 1994 worsened the nation’s criminal justice system by increasing prison sentences.
Read moreObama to announce project for more broadband in public housing
by Roberta Rampton Article Reprint U.S. President Barack Obama is set to announce on Wednesday a pilot project to expand broadband access for people who live in public housing, in his administration’s latest push to
Read moreObama makes attempt to reform the criminal justice system and commutes 46 drug offender cases
BTN STAFF President Obama posted a video on Facebook Monday that announced he will commute the sentences of 46 drug offender cases. “These men and women were not hardened criminals, but the overwhelming majority had
Read moreDEA had intel on at least 2 escape plots by drug lord ‘El Chapo,’ documents show
By Tribune wire reports Article Reprint U.S. drug authorities knew Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and his associates had developed several escape plans starting almost immediately after his arrest last year, according to
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