Desegregation's legacy and the push for integrated schools
A broad survey links Brown v. Board to ongoing debates on desegregation. Experts say progress since the 1960s faded, with resegregation and unequal tracking persisting. Public support for mixed schools remains high, yet housing and policy hurdles linger. Education Secretary Rod Paige frames the No Child Left Behind goal as quality and choice beyond race.
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Wright
High Court
Brown v. Board of Education
Supreme Court
Topeka
Kan
Clarendon County
S.C
Gary Orfield
Harvard University
Theodore Shaw
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
Brown
John Logan
Logan
Lewis Mumford
University At Albany
New York
United States
Charles Clotfelter
Duke University
Associated Press
Ipsos Public Affairs
Joyce Haws
National Association For Neighborhood Schools
Washington
Rod*Paige
Iraqi conflict reports deaths and leadership shifts in Iraq
A news conference cited by officials discusses Iraqi deputy leaders and possible commanders amid ongoing violence. Casualties include five Seabees in Ramadi, plus soldiers and Iraqi forces in roadside blasts and combat near Amarah Kirkuk and Fallujah. Overall U.S. troop deaths reach 753 since March 2003.
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Latif Mahal Hamoud Sabawi
Ramadi
Iraq
Florida
Iraqi Civil Defense Corps
Muqtada al-Sadr
U.S
Amarah
Baghdad
Kirkuk
Breast-feeding lowers overall infant death study finds
Rogan and colleagues report that breast-feeding reduces not only SIDS risk but overall mortality among U.S. children. The team notes immune benefits and possible proximity effects. findings released at the 2004 Academic Pediatric Societies meeting and in Pediatrics.
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U.S
Rogan
Pediatrics
San Francisco
Cold air funnels and slushy hail sighted across Iowa counties
Weather officials describe cold air funnel formations near Martelle and Mechanicsville with reports of 1 to 3 inches of hail in Cedar Linn and Jones counties. Fire department spotters noted funnels on farms while no damage was reported despite cold air aloft and unusually cool noon temperatures.
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Ervin
Trent Tapken
Martello
Tapken
Weather Service
Tom Philip
Jill Randolph
Cedar
Linn County
Northern
Illinois
Hamill Free After Abduction in Iraq Raid
U.S. troops arrested two Iraqis and confiscated an AK-47 after rescuing Thomas Hamill a KBR driver wounded in his left arm. Hamill, filmed during abduction, received medical care in Baghdad and was urged to return home amid ongoing hostage crises in Iraq.
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Thomas Hamill
KBR
Halliburton
Kellogg, Brown & Root
Baghdad
Neal O’brien
U.S
Tikrit
Hamill
Tommy
Pfc
Keith Maupin
Maupin
Batavia
Ohio
Abu Ghraib
Elmer Krause
Greensboro
N.C
Iraq
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Civil Rights Project
Conway
Saleh
Richard Myers
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Fallujah
Republican Guard
Saddam
Rick.smith
Gazettecommunications.com
Kellie Hamill
Macon
Germany
Al-Jazeera
The
Susan G- Komen
Breast Cancer Foundation
Netallation
7Th Ave
Marion
Peter Uel
P&g
Susan G. Komen
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