Iowans Link Economic Future to Education and Salaries
A Cedar Rapids Sweeney interview finds 80 percent of Iowans link the state's economic future to education. Respondents show support rising for teacher pay after more information, with 60 percent backing higher salaries and strong backing for merit pay and competency testing. Local tax funding debated. most favor local votes over board or state decisions.
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Sacks on disease, survival, and the mystery of minds
The neurologist talks about readers' revulsion and awe at deformity and disease while reframing his work as exploring survival and identity. He praises human richness found in destruction and outlines cases like "The Lost Mariner" who cannot remember after 1945 and lives in the present moment.
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