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What’s Holding Back America’s Education System?

Aug 12, 2013
A new book argues the problem with schools in the U.S. has to do with our cultural outlook on intellect; Jeff Bezos, the new owner of The Washington Post, may be able to teach newspapers a thing or two about the big picture; meanwhile, fast food workers continue to strike, and they're not budging until their wages do. These discoveries and more after the jump.