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The Democrats' 'doc fix' for Medicare payments would shock Madoff.

We hate to say it, but don't be misled by headlines. The biggest headline in education circles last week was that the Ford Foundation is making a whopping $100 million grant "to transform secondary education in the nation's most disadvantaged schools."

The announcement a week ago of 10.2% unemployment is a significant political event for President Barack Obama. It could well usher in a particularly serious crisis for his political standing, influence and ability to advance his agenda.

By Naomi Schaefer Riley - A heated competition shows that some faculty members still care about teaching.

The liberal pressure group helped Congress write the affordable housing rules that got us into trouble.

This thing has economic booby traps everywhere, such as favors for the tort bar (see below) and the largest capital gains tax increase in at least a half-century.

This week, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights announced that it will investigate whether colleges discriminate against women by admitting less qualified men.

Broadband has been a rare bright spot in the economy. Why discourage new investment?

By RICHARD WHITMIRE AND ANDREW J. ROTHERHAM - Quick: Which newspaper in recent editorials called teachers unions "indefensible" and a barrier to reform? You'd be excused for guessing one of the conservative outlets, but it was that bastion of liberalism, the New York Times.

A Department of Education evaluation has since revealed that the mostly minority students are making measurable academic gains and narrowing the black-white learning gap