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1 [lbo-talk] How Much Do College Students Learn, and Study? -- rank: 333

Yeah, that's pretty close to the way I've been thinking of a lot of it. And it starts early, eh? On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 8:51 PM, <123hop at comcast.net> wrote: > I have no hard data, but my impression is that the population of students > who ...

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Author:	Jeffrey Fisher
Date:	Sat Jan 29 19:18:55 PST 2011

2 [lbo-talk] How Much Do College Students Learn, and Study? -- rank: 333

I have no hard data, but my impression is that the population of students who would be likely to read are the exact same population that are college bound and therefore mired in lots of A.P. classes, extracurricular activities, and lots of homework, which seriously cuts down on leisure time ...

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Author:	123hop at comcast.net
Date:	Sat Jan 29 18:51:29 PST 2011

3 [lbo-talk] How Much Do College Students Learn, and Study? -- rank: 333

A very interesting-looking dissertation: http://www.yalsa.ala.org/jrlya/2010/11/teens-today-dont-read-books-anymore-a-study-of-differences-in-interest-and-comprehension-based-on-reading-modalities-part-1-introduction-and-methodology/ But it's always the NEA putting out the death of reading reports (a la ...

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Author:	Jeffrey Fisher
Date:	Sat Jan 29 18:41:04 PST 2011

4 [lbo-talk] How Much Do College Students Learn, and Study? -- rank: 333

... reading-for-fun.html She notes several items, including the KFF study I linked above, but she also points to a ...

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Author:	Jeffrey Fisher
Date:	Sat Jan 29 18:25:11 PST 2011

5 [lbo-talk] How Much Do College Students Learn, and Study? -- rank: 333

... a year ago, from the Kaiser Family Foundation, <http://www.kff.org/entmedia/ent

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Author:	Jeffrey Fisher
Date:	Sat Jan 29 18:10:38 PST 2011

6 [lbo-talk] Good point from National Review -- rank: 526

* http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=OWQ4MDI5ZDU0YjAxNmM5MzEzYzc1NjM0ZDkyNDRlYWE =* ** *Yes We Can Lose Our Health Insurance *Kiss your current coverage goodbye. By Deroy Murdock * **N*o matter how we reform health<http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=OWQ4MDI5ZDU0YjAxNmM5MzEzYzc1NjM0ZDkyNDRlYWE=#>care, we will keep this promise, President Obama told <http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wirestory?id ...

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Author:	Left-Wing Wacko
Date:	Mon Jan 11 08:00:20 PST 2010

7 [lbo-talk] Short-Term Tactics at Odds with Medium-Term Needs -- rank: 333

Nathan wrote: > -Going after Wal-Mart can be part of a generalized movement to expand > -health care coverage, if proponents of Wal-Mart fair-share-for- > health- > -care bills and the like didn't disparage socialization of health care > -through the government, but unfortunately they do -- vigorously: one > -of the WakeUpWalMart ...

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Date:	Thu Feb 9 16:49:55 PST 2006

8 [lbo-talk] Languages -- rank: 333

... Kaiser foundation did a fascinating study on this: > > http://www.kff.org/entmedia/entmedia030905pkg.cfm > what , and European kids don't ...

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Date:	Wed Jul 13 20:31:19 PDT 2005

9 [lbo-talk] Languages -- rank: 333

... Kaiser foundation did a fascinating study on this: http://www.kff.org/entmedia/entmedia030905pkg.cfm -- DRR

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Author:	Dennis Redmond
Date:	Wed Jul 13 17:09:33 PDT 2005

10 [lbo-talk] Kaiser HealthPoll Report on public attitudes -- rank: 666

... what a great source! > > Joanna > > snit snat wrote: > >> http://www.kff.org/healthpollreport/currentedition/index.cfm?CFID=10824953&CFTOKEN=95370467 Um, http://search.lbo-talk.org/search/swish.cgi?query=kff&submit=Search%21&metaname=swishdefault&sort=unixdate http://mailman.lbo ... This is the html version of the file http://www.kff.org/content/archive/1026/elecca.pdf. California Election Night Survey ...

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Author:	Michael Pugliese
Date:	Mon Sep 20 09:43:29 PDT 2004

11 [lbo-talk] Kaiser HealthPoll Report on public attitudes -- rank: 333

... what a great source! Joanna snit snat wrote: > http://www.kff.org/healthpollreport/currentedition/index.cfm?CFID=10824953&CFTOKEN=95370467 > > > > > > "We ...

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Author:	joanna bujes
Date:	Mon Sep 20 09:21:29 PDT 2004

12 [lbo-talk] Kaiser HealthPoll Report on public attitudes -- rank: 333

http://www.kff.org/healthpollreport/currentedition/index.cfm?CFID=10824953&CFTOKEN=95370467 "We ...

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Author:	snit snat
Date:	Mon Sep 20 08:33:45 PDT 2004

13 [lbo-talk] Poll: 67% Favor Single Payer -- rank: 526

... the reasons why Californians voted against Prop 186. http://www.kff.org/statepolicy/upload/14408_1.pdf see also: http://www.kff.org/statepolicy/upload/14407_1.pdf In short, two main ...

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Author:	Wojtek Sokolowski
Date:	Mon Sep 20 06:29:08 PDT 2004

14 [lbo-talk] Poll: 67% Favor Single Payer -- rank: 666

From: joanna bujes <jbujes at covad.net> It will be interesting to see how this plays out. The majority of Americans have wanted a "Canadian" style plan for a long time. http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2003/2003-August/019689.html Single payer initiative results in Oregon and Ca. Measure 23 ...

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Author:	Michael Pugliese
Date:	Sat Sep 18 00:52:52 PDT 2004

15 [lbo-talk] Single payer initiative results in Oregon and Ca. -- rank: 666

Measure 23 in Oregon in 2002, 204,082 21% Yes 786,768 79% No http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/CA/polls/CA94OH.html 1994 CALIFORNIA EXIT POLL RESULTS OTHER STATEWIDE RACES HORIZONTAL RESULTS ONLY NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS = 1749 TOTAL YES NO PROPOSITION 186: SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH SYSTEM FINAL STATEWIDE ...

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Author:	Michael Pugliese
Date:	Mon Aug 11 18:20:30 PDT 2003