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...admire your stance against abortion. That said, I would like to know what you're doing to raise awareness about gun control considering what happened at Virginia Tech? -Isaac Muchengwa, London, U.K.My district includes Columbine High School, and I think, knowing way too much about school shootings, that all of our efforts should go into trying to identify people who should not be able to possess firearms. I'm talking about felons, people who are a danger to ourselves and others. But gun control beyond that is not effective or judicious...
...Adding to their confidence is the fact that the bosses in Lincoln exercise quality control over the testing protocols. Each year the state hires a panel of out-of-state experts to grade each district's assessment plan to insure that it matches the state curriculum standards, reliably measures proficiency and meets other technical criteria. Additionally, teams of in-state teachers and principals interview district officials as part of a peer review of their test-making methods. "What we've got that no one else has is a cadre of teachers in the state who are as assessment literate...
...NCLB'S biggest achievement and the best reason for Congress to reauthorize the law. "At the end of the day, who can argue with holding schools accountable for all children?" asks Paul Vallas, outgoing chief executive of Philadelphia's schools and incoming head of the New Orleans school district. "Who can argue with not tolerating failing schools or with giving poor kids the kinds of choices that wealthier kids have? It's a civil rights issue...
...Even before his Law & Order depiction of district attorney Arthur Branch, Thompson nearly always played variations on the same character - a straight-talking, tough-minded, wise Southerner - basically a version of what his supporters say is his true political self. And he is often cast as a person in power - a military official, the White House chief of staff, the head of the CIA, a Senator or even the President of the U.S. It could be called the Cary Grant approach to politics. As the legendary actor once explained his own style and success, "I pretended to be somebody...
...militias that forced Azhour Ali Mohammed from her home in Baghdad's al-Dolai district last month shot her husband Amer dead before her eyes and torched all her worldly possessions. And the fear that the killers may come back for her and her two little children prevented her from mourning her husband. "I could not hold a proper wake for him," says the young widow. "He deserved at least that...