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Members of Congress are talking up bills to levy a 90% or 100% tax on current bonuses at AIG and other financial-industry wards of the state. But if such selective tax increases are constitutional - and it appears that they can be - another approach would make far more sense (I am brazenly stealing it from financial blogger Steve Randy Waldman): impose a less punitive (50%?) but retroactive tax on the past four years of bonuses above a certain amount ($1 million?) paid out by any financial institution that receives a bailout. That is, spread the net wider to catch...
...Jordan's approach seems to be working. During her first three years, teen birthrates in the district stayed steady, with 19 births to girls ages 10 to 19 in 2006. But in 2007 that number dropped to four and then last year dropped again, to two. School officials have been so pleased that they've talked about adding a sex-education requirement in 11th grade (most students take health during their freshman year). Other school districts in Anderson County that initially balked at the comprehensive approach now want Impact to go into their schools and replicate the program. The only...
Parents and schools are increasingly putting their support behind the comprehensive approach. In a 2004 Kaiser Family Foundation survey, 95% of parents of middle-school students said contraceptive methods were "appropriate topics" for school health classes. The Pittsburgh, Pa., school board voted 8 to 1 in February to replace the district's abstinence-only curriculum with a comprehensive program after parents raised concerns about rising teen-pregnancy rates...
...being done in these areas—very exciting work, I might add,” said committee member Deborah D. Foster about the four focus areas featured in the proposed moniker. Unlike the outdated name currently used, the new title would take an interdisciplinary and global approach that more accurately reflects the fluxes in population, increased globalization, and cultural changes undergone by certain ethnic groups, according to committee member Michele Lamont, professor of sociology, European studies, and African and African American studies. The comprehensiveness of the new name would allow the committee to develop a “more...
...complete nutritional breakdown, ingredients, and serving size suggestions. The cards also contain interesting facts about some of the dishes, such as country of origin, as part of a general culture of food education. HUDS has clearly put a great deal of thought and time into a more holistic approach toward promoting healthful eating...