Clinton Raps Teacher Merit Pay

Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:50 PM EST

Performance-based merit pay for teachers is a bad idea, Hillary Rodham Clinton told Iowa teachers on Monday. School uniforms for kids, however, is worth looking at.

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Personalized Bobbleheads Getting a Nod

Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:52 AM EST

Ralph Trumbo is neither an athlete nor a celebrity. Nevertheless, he has a bobblehead likeness of himself sitting on his mantle.

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Iowa Professor Tackles Uncivil Students

Wed Nov 22, 2006 3:35 AM EST

During lectures, they answer their cell phones, text message their friends and play games on their laptop computers. Are college students really that rude? Yes, says Delaney Kirk, a professor of management at Drake University in Des Moines. But, she adds, it's not their fault.

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