{"id":50533,"date":"2015-05-07T13:37:14","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T19:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/07\/and-sometimes-theres-good-news-in-the-realm-of-public-education.html"},"modified":"2015-05-07T16:20:14","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T22:20:14","slug":"and-sometimes-theres-good-news-in-the-realm-of-public-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/07\/and-sometimes-theres-good-news-in-the-realm-of-public-education.html","title":{"rendered":"And sometimes there&#039;s GOOD news in the realm of public education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And a class move (so to speak) by Mr Colbert.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.greenvilleonline.com\/story\/news\/local\/2015\/05\/07\/stephen-colbert-funding-grant-requests-south-carolina-public-school-teachers-donorschoose-crowdfunding-site\/70938100'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/zqLSATFyCqYgJvMX0_twEJeCMCPc0iVvv5ILvoxEixdjPqZVh9Z485lKEvsY3ZRo_dmGToN1jRs0Z9RcI2oYDO9w3PEvDM_UuFOheFtxhWSdga4edTPjy1b0QhCRcuPGau8MRb82aYFORtWFToutjf9a23tL9sa1uVKoosC8d99i-bw5TtPON6mlU1pMJJdyvR6SUf6JjK9smY0p0kARdUV-MJm6y6mPVsaYVehtT1mRIj3_3o1BTM4-xh1NY0uudtX6a1FKTipZ295ifRWAcFyzd400=w506-h303' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.greenvilleonline.com\/story\/news\/local\/2015\/05\/07\/stephen-colbert-funding-grant-requests-south-carolina-public-school-teachers-donorschoose-crowdfunding-site\/70938100'>Stephen Colbert announces major gift for SC teachers<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nComedian Stephen Colbert funds thousands in South Carolina teacher grant requests made on the crowdfunding site DonorsChoose.org\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/N4949owdRs8'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And a class move (so to speak) by Mr Colbert. 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