Honduran President Zelaya earns high marks for governance (tags)
"MCC's eligibility criteria include a commitment to "just and democratic governance." The pattern of actions taken by Honduras beginning on June 28, 2009, is inconsistent with this commitment and MCC's eligibility criteria. For the record, under the Zelaya administration, according to the MCC fiscal year 2010 scorecard, Honduras turned in grades well above passing with respect to “political rights,” “civil liberties” and “voice and accountability” — the latter, described by MCC, as “the ability of institutions to protect civil liberties; the extent to which citizens of a country are able to participate in the selection of governments; and the independence of the media.”
Dr. Arthur Becker-Weidman and the "Homework Problem" (tags)
Dr. Arthur Becker-Weidman, founder of the Center for Family Development, shares some insights on a common problem: homework!
Idaho; Areva Corp. Plans For Centrifuge Uranium Enrichment Facility (tags)
Plans are underway by Areva Corporation to build a centrifuge uranium enrichment facility near Idaho Falls, ID. The state government of Idaho has given Areva, a French corporation, significant tax breaks to help them overcome any obstacles that may delay the permits for construction of this plant. Public comment is needed to prevent this nuclear bomb making facility from being built.
'Authors, librarians defend kids' book (tags)
First it was My Name is Rachel Corrie, now its Three Wishes. Jewish groups in Canada attempt block a book from being read by children.
The Enron of School Systems: (tags)
... or We Didn't Leave the Child Behind. We Just Lost the Paper Work.
Could You Have Passed the 8th Grade in 1895? Probably Not...Take a Look (tags)
Questions: What percentage of this year's seniors and last year's high school graduates could pass the following 8th grade test required in 1895, even if the few outdated questions were modernized? How many college students could pass it? For that matter, what percentage of high school teachers could pass it?
RESIST THE STANDARDIZED TESTS (tags)
------------------------------------------------------------------------ WHAT OUR CHILDREN ARE LEARNING Resist the standard tests David Rapaport Tuesday, May 13, 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ As California continues to operate in fiscal peril, we must seek to be innovators. But there seems to be no will to look at testing as a place to cut expenditures. So why not save hundreds of millions of dollars statewide and millions locally by permanently invalidating the highly disruptive state testing process?
NETSCAPE POLL: GRADE BUSH, give what he deserves! (tags)
home.netscape.com Grade the brat
Bush Daddy's Anthrax Flu (tags)
Bush Daddy TRibe has apparently been broadcasting Anthrax in reaction to "Report on Bush Daddy Tribe" Id=151866.