The child sex abuse scandal that has rocked Penn State is, say college and university officials far from State College, Pa., not only a cautionary tale, but also a very big teachable moment.
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The huge asteroid 2005 YU55 was small and dim in the sky during its close Earth approach yesterday (Nov. 8), but a handful of high-school students helped it blaze bright on computer screens around the world.
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WASHINGTON — Every week, sometimes every day, new polls or data or articles come out that one may dare think are devised to make us feel worse about ourselves.This week’s depressing figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau, which duly reports that 49.1 million Americans are living in poverty, an exorbitant number. (In Chicago alone, 85 percent of the children in public schools now live below the poverty level.)Also this week the Congressional Budget Office reported that income gains made during times of economic growth were heavily concentrated in the top 1 percent of the distribution scale. …
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(Reuters) – The Department of Education said on Wednesday it would launch an investigation into Penn State’s conduct in connection with a sexual abuse scandal involving a former assistant football coach.
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