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...there has been a steady stream of patrons eager to try out the new restaurant and bar (Well, half-bar...no liquor license means beer and wine only). One employee noted that the place was even packed on a Monday night, unusual in the restaurant business. It must be the pretentious sounding entrees like "confit duck salad" and "croque monsieur" that are drawing patrons into the sparsely decorated hotspot. The European ambiance continues with the sliding storefront doors that open up onto a patio area...
...Behind Act pushed by President George W. Bush unintentionally exacerbated the problem. It required each state to ensure that its students achieve "universal proficiency" in reading and math - but allowed each to define what that meant. The result was that many states made their job easier by setting their bar lower. This race to the bottom resulted in a Lake Wobegon world where every state declared that its kids were better than average. Take the amazing case of Mississippi. According to the standards it set for itself, 89% of its fourth-graders were proficient or better in reading, making them...
...usually that option wasn't a good one. The more options available, the more we give parents a chance to figure out what the best learning environment is for their child. To me it's not about letting a thousand flowers bloom. You need to have a really high bar about whom you let open the charter school. [You need] a really rigorous front-end competitive process. If not, you just get mediocrity. Once you let them in, you need to have two things. You need to give those charter operators great autonomy - to really free them from the education...
...think parents look at tenured teachers and say, I don't have tenure in my job - why should teachers have tenure? What you need is a really clear bar as to what it takes to achieve [tenure]. And what it should be is not automatic. It shouldn't be one year, two years and you get tenure. What have you done to demonstrate that you've done a great job in increasing student achievement...
...that God takes on different forms for different people, the NSS has been approached by non-believers are far away as Australia, Romania and Saudi Arabia requesting certificates tailored to their former faith. "We've had Jewish people write in asking, 'Can I have a certificate to undo my bar mitzvah?'" says Sanderson. And while the group is considering those requests, there's at least one recurring query they're certain they can't undo, symbolically or otherwise: "How can I get myself uncircumcised...