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UCLA Program Hopes To Recruit More Latin American Doctors

A quarter of doctors in the U.S. are foreign-born. Most of them are from places like India and the Middle East. But few are from Latin American countries, despite their close proximity to the border. Jenny Gold has this story about a program at UCLA trying to change that.
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Maryland Senate To Approve School Plan For Prince George's County

A Maryland senate delegation from Prince George's County has given the go-ahead for a controversial plan by the county's executive.

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A Letter On Finding A Husband Before Graduation Spurs Debate

A Princeton University alumna advised young women studying at her alma mater to find husbands now and not wait. Susan Patton's letter set off a heated discussion, but she stands by her words.
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'Anger' In Atlanta As Cheating Scandal Investigated

A local newspaper investigation in Atlanta uncovered widespread cheating in standardized testing, which school officials were indicted for last week. Host Michel Martin gets the latest from NPR Correspondent Kathy Lohr.
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Lessons From A School Cheating Scandal, Two Decades Later

A local newspaper investigation in Atlanta uncovered widespread cheating in standardized testing, which school officials were indicted for last week. But almost 25 years ago, a doctor in West Virginia coal country uncovered a similar scandal after noticing that standardized test scores in his community were suspiciously high. Host Michel Martin speaks to Dr. John Cannell about his report back then, and other incidents he has been following since.
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NRA Task Force Issues Plan For School Safety

Right after the school shootings in Newtown, Ct., last December, lots of people wondered: What more can we do as a nation to safeguard our children at school? To answer that question, the National Rifle Association appointed a task force. The result? A 225 page proposal that's likely to add fuel to the debate over guns and school safety.

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