The Answer Sheet: gulf oil spill


Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 09/21/2010

The danger of blaming schools for economic woes
By Valerie Strauss
Principal George Wood writes: "It’s funny how the start of school also marks the unofficial start of the fall campaign season. What isn’t funny is how so many politicians running for office blame kids for our faltering economy."

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Categories:  George Wood, George Wood, George Wood | Tags:  a nation at risk, blaming schools, blaming teachers, george wood, gulf oil spill, public schools, schools and economy

Posted at 03:53 PM ET, 06/24/2010

Gulf oil spill spawns new college course
By Valerie Strauss
It didn’t take long for the diastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to become the focus of academics: The University of Minnesota has created a new course called “Oil and Water: The Gulf Oil Spill of 2010” that will be offered this fall.

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Categories:  Higher Education | Tags:  Oil and Water: The Gulf Oil Spill, college course on ol spill, consequences of oil spill, deepwater horizon oil spill, effects of oil spill, environment and oil spill, gulf oil spill, researching oil spill, studying the oil spill, university of minnesota, university of minnesota and new course

Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 06/02/2010

The most common mispellings, er, misspellings
By Valerie Strauss
The National Spelling Bee is being held this week in Washington D.C. to promote perfect spelling. But what about those words that constantly trip us up?

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Categories:  Reading | Tags:  Goldman Sachs, Gulf oil spill, Jake Gyllenhaal, Justin Bieber, Lost series finale, National Spelling Bee, Parvati Shallow, Scripps National Spelling Bee, Vanya Shivashankar, commonly misspelled words, lost series finally, spelling bee, words most commonly misspelled