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...this system could potentially reflect the city’s diversity more accurately. It would also allow parents and community members to take more ownership of schools and exert political muscle that could bring increased funding and resources to the most needy of the BPS. The recent growth of charter schools shows that parents and community members are willing to take ownership of schools if given the chance...
Following the act, Syria urged the U.N. to condemn the air strike, maintaining that it violated the U.N. charter as well as the 1974 disengagement agreement that followed the 1973 Yom Kippur war. Similarly, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder denounced the attack, as did various leaders from Arab nations. Here in the United States, however, the Bush administration supported Israel’s attack as a fair defense tactic. President Bush argued: “Israel’s got a right to defend herself; that Israel must not feel constrained in terms of defending the homeland.” Likewise...
...Cambridge charter school dedicated its library and media center last night to Climenko Professor of Law Charles J. Ogletree Jr. and his wife Pamela, in recognition of their efforts on behalf of the institution...
Under the constitution, the E.U. would have a stronger parliament, a more visible executive and a Charter of Fundamental Rights with judicial oversight of the entire...
...style. This spells the end for the U.K. government's right to settle unpaid taxes before other creditors are reimbursed; 20% of a troubled firm's distributable assets are now earmarked for suppliers. Yet some question the move toward a "rescue culture." "This is a combination of a rogues' charter and a lawyers' delight," says Nicholas Hood of U.K. insolvency firm Begbies Traynor. "There'll be a high number of unscrupulous debt counselors bouncing firms into administration where it's not necessary." You can almost see the lawyers getting in line. When Payoffs Don't Pay A German court ordered...