Reforming The No Child Left Behind Act: Pass Or Fail?port1080.Posted to Politics on Mon Mar 15, 2010 at 08:15:09 PM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.All the coverage of healthcare reform has buried another White House initiative that has recently been picking up steam - an overhaul of the No-Child Left Behind Act. The new plan would drop the NCLB moniker and the emphasis on meeting grade-level proficiency test scores, replacing them with skills-based assessments that would focus on preparing students for careers and college. (1 comment, 1057 words in story) Full Story |
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CONSPIRACY! (or, That Throwaway Feeling From Disposable Fun)Politics, Mon Mar 15.pO157.Resigned Congressman Eric Massa (D-NY) now blames a conspiracy involving "the son of devil spawn," a naked Rahm Emmanuel and full frontal spa nudity for his downfall. Then it gets weird. (11 comments, 268 words in story) Full Story |
I Hope You Know This Will Go Down On Your Permanent RecordPolitics, Sat Mar 13.gerrymander.Constitutional Scholar Barack Obama wants a permanent federal database made up of the DNA from every person arrested. "It's the right thing to do," says the president. (17 comments, 261 words in story) Full Story |
The Nest Is For Nothing When The Bird Is FlownPolitics, Thu Mar 11.gerrymander.Care to guess what qualifies as a critical health issue to to be solved by the Obamacare bill? If you said "the ability of non-governmental agencies to provide student loans", congratulations! You have the makings of a Democratic legislator! (23 comments, 205 words in story) Full Story |
Featured Diary: No Beauty Queens In This Locality
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Posted to Media on Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 12:21:26 AM EST (promoted from Diaries by port1080). RSS.
Howard Stern thinks Gabourey Sidibe is fat. Some people have a problem with this.
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The Houses That Buffalo Built
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Posted to Politics on Tue Mar 09, 2010 at 08:46:59 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
"I doubt I'll get that kind of deal again," said Tameka Jenkins (then 19 and pregnant with her fourth child) about a Buffalo, NY program that allowed her to put $500 down on a $89,900 brand new home in 2000 and receive a subsidy for $25,000 towards the mortgage principal. She agreed to mortgage payments of $556/month but stopped paying them after developing relationship problems. After the bank refused her demand to take her husband's name off the mortgage & title she abandoned the home and moved into a nearby, smaller, and more expensive rental unit.
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Featured Diary: Put Pinky To Lips, and Use Dr. Evil's Voice
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Posted to Politics on Mon Mar 08, 2010 at 09:13:27 AM EST (promoted from Diaries by port1080). RSS.
9.8 trillion dollars.
That's how much the CBO projects Obama's latest budget is going the put United States into the red over the next ten years.
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I came here to talk about the draft.
pO157.
Posted to Sport on Sat Mar 06, 2010 at 08:15:17 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Well, Sports Fans, it is only a few weeks to the NFL Draft. With some teams planning on making major moves during the draft it's important to remember that the draft can be a mixed bag, with possibility of signing the next Ryan Leaf always looming large over every GM's head.
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Your dog wants his abuser on a registry
pO157.
Posted to Legal on Fri Mar 05, 2010 at 03:37:52 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Many of the criminal world's greatest monsters started out with one thing in common: they abused animals. Because of this, legislators in California are pressing for the creation of a new type of registry: An Animal Abuser List.
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Breaking News: Shooting at Pentagon Metro
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Posted to Etcetera on Thu Mar 04, 2010 at 08:58:25 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
The gunman is dead and two Pentagon police officers are injured after a shooting at the Pentagon metro station around 6:40 PM yesterday. The assailant, John Patrick Bedell of Hollister, California, died of his wounds shortly after the incident.
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OK to put babies behind bars?
pO157.
Posted to Business on Thu Mar 04, 2010 at 08:57:12 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
A tree is not the only thing growing in Brooklyn. So is a new social phenomenon that its boosters say is the best thing since the resealable sippy cup: Parents bringing their infants & toddlers along with them to the bar.
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Scandal Deepens, Gov. Personally Linked to Cover-Up
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Posted to Politics on Wed Mar 03, 2010 at 07:30:09 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
A week after a new domestic violence and witness intimidation scandal forced widely unpopular and unelected NY Governor David Paterson (D) from an election year race, new information has surfaced that indicates the Governor may have been personally involved in having his protective detail contact a domestic violence victim that was allegedly brutalized by a friend and member of his staff. The New York Times reports that it has confirmed the Governor himself called the alleged domestic abuse victim to speak to her while her case was pending against his aide and friend.
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