March 2010
S M T W T F S
« Feb   Apr »
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031  

Archives

Obama’s Passover shadowed by criticism from Israel group

The Obama administration’s celebration of Passover is taking place amid criticism of its Israel policies.

The Israel Project, an organization that backs Israel through direct engagement with the media, said the administration has not done enough to engage in rapprochement with Israel to ease tensions between the two nations.

Continue Reading article from The Hill.

Posted on March 29th, 2010 | Category: Foreign Policy | Leave a comment

WHY FREER SCHOOLS ARE BETTER SCHOOLS

President Obama’s proposed overhaul of No Child Left Behind is long overdue.  Over the past decade the regime’s rigid metrics and penalties transformed schools into testing factories.  Unfortunately, the White House proposal — which replaces NCLB’s legal sticks with new legal carrots — won’t come close to fixing America’s schools, says Philip K. Howard, chair of legal reform organization Common Good.

According to Howard:

  • A 2004 study of the rules in one New York City school by Common Good found that the daily decisions made by teachers and principals are dictated by thousands of regulations.
  • Over 60 steps and legal considerations are required to suspend a disruptive student.
  • Manuals of 200 pages describe the “rights” of students.

Continue Reading article from NCPA.

Posted on March 29th, 2010 | Category: Education | Leave a comment