Education
The annual education budget in 2007 in the U.S. was $54.4 billion, compared with a defense budget of $439.3 billion
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Support Career and Technical Education Programs - Sign the Perkins Act
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Govt Takes Sex Education Back to Birds and Bees
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Comprehensive Sex Education at the CNN/YouTube Debates
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CBS Evening News-Many States Have Refused Sex Ed Funds
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The Kite Runner Companion Curriculum
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Fund Culinary Careers
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Operation Lyhou: Help Build a School in Cambodia
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Sex Ed and The State
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Protect Our Kids from Preschool
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Pittsburgh Schools' Sex Ed Won't Stop at Birds, Bees
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