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...School officials counter that the new policy is necessary under a statewide smoking ban passed by Pennsylvania's legislature in June. That law forbids smoking in most workplaces and public spaces, including educational facilities. PASSHE chancellor John Cavanaugh has said that he interprets the prohibition to extend beyond just school buildings to all campus grounds, such as athletic fields, pathways or courtyards. "Many of our classes meet outdoors when the weather is nice," says PASSHE spokesman Kenn Marshall. "So it'd be very difficult to pick and choose when to forbid smoking. We chose a comprehensive ban instead...
...that the debate participants will include Barack Obama, the nation's first black presidential nominee of a major party, would only add to the symbolism. The high-profile event is a chance "to invite the nation and the world to visit us and see Ole Miss today," says university chancellor Robert Khayat. "This is a very different place from 1962. I'm confident that they will see that." (Click here for photos of Barack Obama's family tree...
...National Assessment of Educational Progress. Sadly, this deficiency represents just one among the myriad issues that plague public schools—from overcrowding and lack of resources, to poor achievement and ineffective teaching methods. In one of the most underperforming school systems in the country, New York City schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein has begun to implement novel changes to help improve student achievement as much and as quickly as possible. Most notably, Klein has incorporated a pay-for-performance model that rewards schools for increased student achievement. While this incentive-based plan represents a step in the right direction...
...Meanwhile, Austria's mainstream parties, which have shared power in grand coalitions for most of the post-war period, are running out of steam. The latest partnership lasted less than two years before collapsing in acrimony in July, triggering this month's vote. An un-charismatic Social Democratic chancellor, Alfred Gusenbauer, failed to push through a single major policy initiative in the face of opposition from his ostensible governing partners in the conservative People's Party, which was looking for any excuse to break up the marriage. The final straw appears to have been Gusenbauer's promise, in a letter...
...Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili who ignited the war by attacking South Ossetia in the first place. Saakashvili miscalculated that the U.S. and the rest of Europe would support his action and come to his defense. His subsequent rhetoric was aggravating, which provoked the Russians and produced natural consequences. German Chancellor Angela Merkel played second fiddle to him. Her popularity is at a very low ebb in Germany. Saakashvili should follow President Musharraf and tender his resignation before things get hotter in the region. Henry Assen, BRUSSELS...