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Rally planned after Parents’ Union forum on ‘High Quality Education’

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By Claire Bessette, The Day A statewide education advocacy group will host a public forum and rally at the state Capitol Wednesday to discuss issues ranging from early childhood education to college graduation systems, parental involvement and teacher evaluations. The Connecticut Parents’ Union has organized the “Day of Action for High Quality Education.” The program will […]

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War On Women

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About 430 contraceptive-related bills have surfaced in the last two months- but Democrats think they’re on the right side of this issue. MSNBC’s Richard Lui, Alex Wagner Michelle Bernard and Traci McMillan talk about the fight to protect women’s rights.

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2012 ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition to Open with Carville & Rove Debate, Dan Pink is Closing General Session Speaker

From Fox Carolina Information contained on this page is provided by companies via press release distributed through PR Newswire, an independent third-party content provider. PR Newswire, WorldNow and this Station make no warranties or representations in connection therewith. SOURCE American Society of Association Executives Jean Chatzky, Peter Diamandis, Hattie Hill, Fritzi Woods will lead Game Changer sessions WASHINGTON, March 7, […]

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Super Tuesday Reflections

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Published in The Hill, March 7, 2012 The voters spoke in 10 states, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is likely to be the Republican nominee. However, he will not wrap up the race anytime soon. And he’s going to have a very difficult time winning over the skeptical voters he needs for victory in […]

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2012 ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition to Open with Carville & Rove Debate, Dan Pink is Closing General Session Speaker

PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Jean Chatzky, Peter Diamandis, Hattie Hill, Fritzi Woods will lead Game Changer sessions More than 5,000 nonprofit and association professionals are expected to attend the 2012 ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition in Dallas, August 11-14. With the 2012 election in November, ASAE wanted to provide members with political insight into the […]

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Business, Politics, and the Economy

By Dean Alison Davis-Blake, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan As we enter the final stretch leading into the 2012 presidential election, the debate rages on over who has the best strategy to fix the U.S. economy. Depending on who’s speaking, a candidate’s business expertise can be presented as an obvious strength or key […]

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TV host Chris Matthews visits with Osher Institute members

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On Monday, Feb. 20, TV personality Chris Matthews, the host of MSNBC’s Hardball With Chris Matthews, visited the university’s Montgomery County Campus for a Q&A with Michelle Bernard, president of the Bernard Center for Women

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Michelle Bernard on Up With Chris Hayes

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This morning we covered last night’s Huckabee forum and Rick Santorum’s defense of his statement calling President Obama a snob for wanting everyone in America to go to college. We also analyzed the complicated Republican delegate count process, the missing middle from the political spectrum, and racially motivated voter suppression and redistricting.

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Where GOP Women Stand On The Political Race

From NPR As the candidates battle it out, there’s a key fact worth remembering: Fifty-three percent of those who cast votes in the last presidential election were women. Host Scott Simon talks with political analyst Michelle Bernard for her take on what right-leaning women are looking for in a presidential candidate.

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Mom in School Residency Case Speaks About Choice

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By FOX 8 Cleveland CLEVELAND — Kelley Williams-Bolar says the state’s education system should be revamped financially so that no mother finds herself in the position she did. “What I’m trying to do is explain that there should be open enrollment in all school districts–period,” she said. Williams-Bolar spent nine days in jail last year […]

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