Experiments with truth: 9/9/09

    •  In a dramatic act of civil disobedience today, six national education leaders blocked the main entrance of the U.S. Department of Education in an effort to protect the endangered Washington, D.C. school voucher program.
    • Protests are being planned for Thursday’s dedication of the new Cheney International Center on the University of Wyoming’s Laramie campus.

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