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Ad. Use PAYONEER to start online business A professor of economics and education at the University of Virginia, Sarah Turner, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss how canceled college admission tests and test-optional policies in the wake of Covid-19 are affecting equity in college admissions. “Combination of LimitedContinue Reading
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Ad. Use PAYONEER to start online business The 1939 law was created in the wake of a scandal involving FDR and federal employees of the Works Progress Administration. The Hatch Act was signed into law in 1939 to keep federal employees from engaging in political activities while they’re on theContinue Reading
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