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"It's not just homeless people, drug addicts or alcoholics...These are people out trying to do the best they can, and it's just

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Posted on June 23, 2008 - 8:17am at Stone Soup Station
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More proof that people experiencing homelessness should not be stigmatized, ostracized, marginalized, silenced and forgotten....
Pantries not just for homeless anymore 'Working poor' seek assistance

BY JOHN A. TORRES • FLORIDA TODAY • June 22, 2008

Accreditation rules threaten adult high school

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Posted on June 11, 2008 - 10:03am at Rena A. Capley
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Until now, Bedford County adults without a high school diploma had two options: Prepare for and take the GED (general educational development) test, or sign up for Adult High School. The Adult High...

Full Circle

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Posted on May 24, 2008 - 9:01am at The Homeless Guy
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Just a little over 18 years ago, I watched my son come into the world. Born at Baptist Hospital, I was there to witness the event.

Yesterday, I watched him take that ceremonial step into adulthood as he accepted his high school diploma.

I got to shake his hand. He gave me a hug. I got to tell him that I was proud of him. He gave me a smile, and told me he was glad I could be there.

He was

TN State Education Board Fails Research Test …

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Posted on May 22, 2008 - 7:22am at Blue Collar Muse
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[Editors Update and RePost: Thanks to Rob Shearer at Red Hat Rob and Warner Todd Huston, this story has received national attention.

Cue full panic mode

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Posted on May 20, 2008 - 10:20am at Kay Brooks
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You'll find this at Bill Hobbs blog regarding the illegal "Tennessee Plan" of selecting Supreme Court judges:

TN State Education Board Fails Research Test …

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Posted on May 19, 2008 - 7:22am at Blue Collar Muse
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Recently, the Tennessee State Board of Education ruled diplomas issued to home-schooled students from religious based schools were invalid as proof of the successful completion of High School should it be presented for employment purposes for a job for which state law requires a diploma. You read that right.

Homeschool vs. public school diplomas

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Posted on May 17, 2008 - 12:02am at The Tennessee ConserVOLiance
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The Tennessee Department of Education has recently defended its decision not to recognize homeschool diplomas with the assertion that because they were prohibited from having anything to do with the selection of a curriculum, teachers, or textbooks in the church-related schools which “umbrella” homeschoolers they had no way to tell what a homeschool diploma represented.

It’s About Self-Preservation

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Posted on May 9, 2008 - 12:19pm at Post Politics
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Bill Hobbs on the Board of Education refusing to recognize high school diplomas from church related schools:

All professions which are regulated by the state and which require a high school diploma are at risk of this kind of intrusion by the state.

TN Department of Education declares church-related schools’ diplomas to be “worthless”

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Posted on May 5, 2008 - 11:32am at The Tennessee ConserVOLiance
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Kay Brooks has a great post summarizing the story so far: Good enough for UT, Vandy, Harvard...

Is Hillary Gaining Favor With Latte-Sipping Post Docs?

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Posted on April 23, 2008 - 5:50pm at Post Politics
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It seems, contrary to the trend nationally, those with the highest amount of education in Pennsylvania voted for Hillary Clinton:

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