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States Test Education Law

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

States Test Education Law
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has been at odds with state schools chief Tony Evers over budget cuts, vouchers and teachers’ collective-bargaining rights. But they have found common ground in their aggravation with No Child Left Behind.Ball Gown Wedding Dresses

Messrs. Walker and Evers formed a joint committee this month that will write a new state policy to replace the federal law requiring schools to ensure all students are passing state math and reading exams by 2014. No Child Left Behind is “broken,” they have said.

“We are not trying to get around accountability,” Mr. Walker, a Republican, said in a phone interview. “But instead of using the blanket approach that defines a lot of schools as failures, we will use a more strategic approach so we can replicate success and address failure.”Cosplay Costumes

Wisconsin and other states say No Child Left Behind unfairly penalizes schools that don’t meet rigid requirements. Tired of waiting for Congress to overhaul the law, some states have taken matters into their own hands.

South Dakota, Montana and Idaho recently told federal officials they would disregard key aspects of the law. Wisconsin officials plan to ask the U.S. Department of Education if they can substitute a state-developed accountability policy in place of the law, and Tennessee is considering a similar move.
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U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said last month that if Congress didn’t overhaul No Child Left Behind soon he would waive certain requirements in exchange for states adopting changes he supports, such as linking teacher evaluations to student achievement and expanding charter schools. He hasn’t provided any details of the waiver package.

Justin Hamilton, a spokesman for the department, said states must either follow the law or apply for a waiver. “There is no Plan C,” he said, adding that the department can withdraw federal funding from states that don’t comply.
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No Child Left Behind, which President George W. Bush proposed and later signed into law, has been widely criticized for labeling too many schools as failures, narrowing school curricula and prodding states to water down standardized tests. The law has been up for renewal since 2007, with Congress extending it a year at a time.

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NRA to President Obama The Problem Isn’t Guns, it’s Law Enforcement, Media and the Mental Health System

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

NRA to President Obama The Problem Isn’t Guns, it’s Law Enforcement, Media and the Mental Health System

The heads of the National Rifle Association wrote to President Obama Monday, taking issue with his op-ed in the Sunday Arizona Daily Star, in which he said that since the tragic shooting in Tucson perhaps another 2,000 Americans have been lost to gun violence.
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The president pushed for states to provide better data to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and suggested “an instant, accurate, comprehensive and consistent system for background checks to sellers.”

The heads of the NRA responded to the president’s op-ed on gun issues, saying, “to focus a national dialogue on guns – and not criminals or mental health issues – misses the point entirely.”

The problem is not gun laws, they say, bur rather lax law enforcement, a sensationalist media and deficiencies in the mental health system.

After suggesting that the president’s claim to support the Second Amendment is “lip service,” NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre and chief lobbyist  Chris Cox urged the president to:

?       “contact every U.S. Attorney and ask them to bring at least 10 cases per month against drug dealers, gang members and other violent felons caught illegally possessing firearms.  By prosecuting these criminals in federal court – rather than state court – strong sentencing guidelines would apply and charges would not be plea-bargained or dismissed, nor would criminals be released after serving only a fraction of their sentences. This simple directive would result in roughly 12,000 violent criminals being taken off the streets every year”;Denver Broncos Jerseys

?       immediately end the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and  Explosives‘ “Fast and Furious” operation, “in which an unknown number of illegal firearm transactions were detected – and then encouraged to fruition by your BATFE, which allegedly decided to let thousands of firearms ‘walk’ across the border and into the hands of murderous drug cartels.” (Read more on the Fast and Furious program HERE.);

?       call on the  media “to refrain from giving deranged criminals minute-by-minute coverage of their heinous acts, which only serves to encourage copycat behavior.  If media outlets won’t show a fan running onto the field during a baseball game because they don’t want to encourage that behavior by others – surely they can listen to law enforcement experts and refuse to air the photographs, video messages or Facebook postings of madmen and murderers”; and

?       “to encourage people to report red flags when they see them.  In the case of Tucson, a man clearly bent on violence was not reported to the proper authorities by those who had good reason to believe he had serious mental problems.  That’s not a deficiency in our gun laws, it’s a deficiency in our mental health system – and should be treated as such.”Dolphins Jerseys

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China chess team eyes golds in Asian Games

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

China chess team eyes golds in Asian Games

Chinese national chess team has set the goal for the Guangzhou Asian Games in November, winning two gold medals at least while striving for a sweep of all four.

According to Ye Jiangchuan, head coach of the Chinese team, the just-concluded Sino-Russia Chess Match on Saturday has provided a valuable chance of warming-up for the players.

In the match, the Chinese players have kept a good state of mind and achieved victory. The experience has laid important foundation for the national team to attain the goal in the coming Asian Games in November.

Chess was first officially included as a medal sport in the 15th Asian Games in 2006 when three gold medals were at stake for a rapid chess individual competition for both men and women, and for the mixed team championship in the standard time control.Radio Control Model

This year,Wholesale ED HARDY according to the latest schedule of the 16th Asiad announced by Guangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee, four gold medals will be produced in the sport, namely both the men’s and women’s individual and team titles.

Up till now, the Chinese line-up for the Asian Games has been singled out, with the men’s team consisting of Wang Yue, Wang Hao, Ni hua, Bu Xiangzhi and Zhou Jian, and the women’s field including Ju Wenjun, Hou Yifan, Huang Qian, Zhao Xue and Wang Yu.

According to Ye, the traditional chess powers are western countries and China has no outstanding advantages in the sport in the history.

In addition, the overall quality of chess players in many other Asian countries has also improved rapidly in recent years.

All of those have set obstacles for the Chinese team to capture the gold medals in the Asian Games.

“Our main opponents are the players from India,wholesale edhardy Iran and Vietnam,” said Ye, adding that the goal of Chinese team in the Guangzhou Asian Games is to win two gold medals.

However, the thorough analysis reveals that “2 medals” is just a modest goal.

The Chinese women’s team has achieved the world titles many times in recent years and their men peers also finished runners-up twice in international competitions.

Furthermore, the men’s individual competition also promises hope for China with the absence of Vishwanathan Anand, the Indian top-level grandmaster in the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games.

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Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

Best Buy Coupon for Instant Discount on Home Electronics!

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