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    The Race Factor Redux

    While the outcome of the North Carolina primary fit into a racial pattern observed in earlier primaries this year, Clinton’s showing in Indiana was less strong than would have been expected.

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    Parental Attitudes toward Writing and Technology

    Introduction As with many educational issues, parental investment and attitudes are important influences on their children. Parent support of writing programs and parental beliefs about both the quality of writing and the importance of writing for future success can influence parent-child interactions around school work and personal writing. Today’s parents believe that writing is an […]

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    Teens and Their Writing Habits

    Introduction A deeper understanding of teens’ writing habits—both inside and outside of the school environment—is crucial for developing successful programs to improve writing skills and achievement. Today’s teens engage in significant amounts of writing, particularly in scholastic settings. All teens say they write for school (half doing so just about every day), and most do […]

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    Tracking China’s Earthquake on TV and the Internet

    While the internet proved to be a faster and more varied source of news about the disaster, Chinese television reports have shown an unprecedented absence of censorship: “The faces in these productions tell everything. The soldiers are young; the grief is raw; the eyes are desperate.”

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    Public Continues to Oppose Banning Handgun Sales

    Summary of Findings As the Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of Washington, D.C.’s ban on handguns, a majority of Americans (59%) say they would oppose a law that banned the sale of handguns. Opposition to a prohibition of handgun sales is up slightly, from 55% a year ago shortly after the Virginia Tech shootings, but […]

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    Obama’s Catholic Voter Problem?

    Hillary Clinton won the Catholic vote in Pennsylvania’s Democratic primary by more than a two-to-one margin, repeating a pattern among religious voters similar to those seen in other states. Does this have implications for the May 6 contests in Indiana and North Carolina?

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    IV. Changes in the Labor Force, 2006 and 2007

    Hispanics are still the principal source of change in the U.S. working-age population and labor force. Immigration continues to drive much of the growth for Latinos, but its role in the past two years appears diminished in comparison with 2005 and earlier years. The U.S. working-age population (ages 16 and older) increased nearly 3 million […]

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    Writing, Technology and Teens

    Teens write a lot, but they do not think of their emails, instant and text messages as writing. But teens also believe good writing is essential for success and that more school writing instruction would help them.

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    Section 1: Impressions and Images of the Candidates

    The continuing and increasingly bitter primary battle in the Democratic Party is taking a small but noticeable toll on the personal images of both Clinton and Obama. Though both remain popular among Democratic voters, favorable ratings for Clinton and Obama are lower now than they were two months ago. And on a range of personal […]