Education Reform's Moon Shot Moonshine | Cato @ Liberty
In today’s Washington Post, education secretary Arne Duncan describes the administration’s $4.5 billion Race to the Top fund as education reform’s moon.
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House Chairman Signals 'Breakthrough' on Health Care Talks – The …
House leaders announce a potentially crucial agreement on reducing geographical disparities in the rates that Medicare pays health -care providers around the country.
Sex Education for the mentally handicapped – Boing Boing
My friend Skip, who runs the AV Geeks sections at Archive.org, has collected a ton of vintage educational films. The ABC of Sex Education for Trainables is a thoughtful, fascinating look at how social workers in the 1970s taught the …
small dead animals: Some Rights Are More Equal Than Others
I’m not very conversant with law, but this strikes me as a very unusual case in which it is illegal to do nothing.
News Update: Steven Gerrard Cleared Of Affray Charges | EPL Talk
Steven Gerrard was cleared of affray today when the jury at the Liverpool Crown Court delivered a verdict of not guilty. Gerrard insisted he had been acting.
Consumerist – Should PetSmart Provide In-Home Services? – Petsmart
RetailWire says the pet store chain is considering offering in- home services such as “dog walking, backyard clean-up and aquarium set-up,” to help differentiate it from retailers like Walmart (who offer steeply discounted fish). …
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The latest news , notes and opinions on the Dallas Cowboys football team. Follow players like Tony Romo, Terrell Owens and others throughout the day on our Dallas Cowboys blog.
Cafe Hayek: Will Pres. Obama's Health-Care 'Reform' Controls Costs …
I’m surprised that Paul Krugman, writing in today’s New York Times, points to Massachusetts’s three-year-old program for creating universal health -insurance coverage in that state as a model for America. Krugman himself – in a column …
Give education vision 2020 in 90 days, Sibal tells states, Delhi …
New Delhi: Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday asked all the states to prepare a vision document within the next three months on the targets to be achieved in the higher education sector by 2020. …
Morning Xtra: Spacey's Facebook Film, Apple Leads Premium Sales
Actor Kevin Spacey talks to MTV News about ‘The Social Network,’ a new film he’s producing based on the creation of Facebook. He wouldn’t mention who might be cast as college-aged founder Mark Zuckerberg, but if it’s Shia Lebeouf, …