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...schools (whether or not through AmeriCorps) is the wrong approach for improving American education. Money and energy should be pumped directly into the neediest public schools. Or, at the very least, they should be spent researching new ways to improve public education. Every dime spent outside of the public sector through AmeriCorps is a dime that could be solving real problems instead of avoiding them. As for Americorps, rather than reallocating funds, it should simply reallocate instructors. That way, the government will be absolved of any religious entanglement, and public schools will benefit from the increased presence of volunteers...
...population is in the villages; you have to have a budget that addresses them." Empowering the poor, many businessmen say, will eventually widen the foundations of the boom. "The emphasis on health, education and fighting poverty will mean increased economic opportunities and spending power. The tech sector in this country would be an indirect beneficiary," says Kiran Karnik, head of NASSCOM, India's information-technology trade association. Yet for many Indians, the big question remains: Will increased spending really do anything to reduce poverty...
...event featured over 60 presenters and drew a crowd of nearly 850 participants who came to HBS to learn how utilize for-profit business strategies in the non-profit sector...
...employment pie got larger, as did the unemployment slice. Many of the new jobs went to people not traditionally in the job-seeking pool. The trend was toward more part-time work and fewer permanent, full-time jobs, and most of the new jobs were in the service sector. Those service sector gains more than offset the job losses in manufacturing, farming and construction. Faced with the threat of job losses, unions have also recently agreed to contracts with lower unit labor costs for employers. "The rising jobs figures suggest that firms will hire staff if labor costs fall," says...
...course, the need for such a challenge goes well beyond any one sector of the population. Polls have shown a widespread feeling of disillusionment in both major parties, with the impression that both are beholden to special interests and that there is little to distinguish one from the other. That is, except for the perceived character of the candidates, which is the only way many voters these days judge who to vote for. The two-party system can only continue to weaken participation in the electoral process...