Democracy Now! May 25, 2012

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Preliminary results from Egypt's first competitive presidential election indicate there may be a runoff between Mohamed Morsy, the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate, and Ahmed Shafik, Mubarak's ex-prime minister. A three-month review by New Jersey's attorney general has concluded the New York City Police Department did not violate state laws when it conducted extensive surveillance of Muslim groups with help from the CIA. In Montreal, nearly 1,000 were arrested as mass Quebec student strike passed its 100th day. And we examine controversial plans to close or privatize public schools in several Pennsylvanian cities. Plus headlines, and more.

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Education in the United States

تأمین اصلی تعلیم و آموزش در ایالات متحدهٔ آمریکا توسط دولت این کشور صورت می‌گیرد. در حقیقت، اعمال کنترلها، و نیز تقبل هزینه‌های مربوطه، از سطوح سه‌گانهٔ فدرال، ایالات، و محلی می‌آید. آموزش در ایالات متحده آمریکا زیر نظر وزارت آموزش ایالات متحده آمریکا نظارت و اداره می‌گردد. Explore this topic

State school

국공립학교는 국가와 지방자치단체가 설립하여 경영하는 학교이다 Explore this topic

Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the second largest city on the East Coast of the United States, and the fifth-most-populous city in the United States. It is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers... Explore this topic

Pittsburgh

Питсбург је други по величини град у америчкој савезној држави Пенсилванија. Број становника по попису из 2006. године је 312.819. По попису становништва из 2010. у њему је живело 305.704 становника. Explore this topic

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a US state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, and the Great Lakes region. The state borders Delaware to the southeast, Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the sout... Explore this topic

No Child Left Behind Act

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is a United States Act of Congress that is a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which included Title I, the government's flagship aid program for disadvantaged students. NCLB supports standards-based education re... Explore this topic

Mitt Romney

Willard Mitt Romney is an American businessman who served as the 70th Governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007. He was the Republican Party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 election. Raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, by his parents Lenore and Geo... Explore this topic

Charter school

In the United States, charter schools are primary or secondary schools that receive public money. They are subject to some of the rules, regulations, and statutes that apply to other public schools, but generally have more flexibility than traditional public schools. Charter s... Explore this topic

US presidential election, 2012

The United States presidential election of 2012 was the 57th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. The Democratic nominee, incumbent President Barack Obama, and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, were elected to a second term. Th... Explore this topic

Anti-austerity protests

Anti-austerity protests, chiefly taking the form of massive street protests by those affected by them and some of them also involving a greater or lesser degree of militancy, have happened regularly across various countries, especially on the European continent, since the onse... Explore this topic

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