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Monday, April 21, 2014
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014
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| Kim Jong-un Photo: AP / Ahn Young-Joon |
SEOUL, South Korea (AP)
-- North and South Korea fired hundreds of artillery shells into each other's
waters Monday in a flare-up of animosity that forced residents of five
front-line South Korean islands to evacuate to shelters for several hours,
South Korean officials said.
The exchange of fire into the Yellow Sea followed Pyongyang's sudden announcement that it would conduct live-fire drills in seven areas north of the Koreas' disputed maritime boundary. North Korea routinely test-fires artillery and missiles into the ocean but rarely discloses those plans in advance. The announcement was seen as an expression of Pyongyang's frustration at making little progress in its recent push to win outside aid.
The exchange of fire into the Yellow Sea followed Pyongyang's sudden announcement that it would conduct live-fire drills in seven areas north of the Koreas' disputed maritime boundary. North Korea routinely test-fires artillery and missiles into the ocean but rarely discloses those plans in advance. The announcement was seen as an expression of Pyongyang's frustration at making little progress in its recent push to win outside aid.
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Friday, March 21, 2014
By
Spencer Irvine, Jan. 6, 2014
When government agencies consider the need for education reform,
they usually come up with the same solution for the woes of public schools:
more money. Nevertheless, buried in their reports are nuggets of information
that contradict that thesis.
For example, Julie Clark, program research director at the
National Science Foundation, compiled a series of studies examining the
achievement gap in the U.S. and in other countries. The study, titled “Closing
the Achievement Gap from an International Perspective: Transforming STEM for
Effective Education”, studied countries like Mexico, Singapore, South Korea,
South Africa and Australia.
Clark’s own submission addressed American shortcomings in
education, where only 24% of minorities make up the American workforce and 7%
work in science and engineering fields. Considering that minorities are
projected to make up 68% of the future American workforce by 2015, Clark pushed
for educating minorities better and more effective measures to close the
achievement gap.
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