Word: charters
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...controls were loosened in advance of last year's Beijing Olympics, and many western journalists saw scant sign of the Golden Shield, as the Internet was kept largely unfettered during the games. Restrictions have tightened again, however, especially since December, when democracy supporters used the Internet to circulate the "Charter 08" petition challenging the government. That crackdown, in part, has fed the grass-mud horse craze and similar online double entendres designed to flout the government's role as Big Brother. As one Chinese blogger told the Times, even with the most modern technology trying to hold them back, people...
...when you think you can’t...[but] it’s also about being willing to accept [your] Katrina,” he said. He spoke about what he had done for the city, the changes he had made to procedures in dealing with hurricanes, the new charter schools, and the new playgrounds. New Orleans faced a dip since Katrina, according to Nagin, “but [New Orleans] has risen every year since. Katrina’s rainbow is in effect,” referring to the idea that with every storm comes a rainbow. Brian...
...just wealthy districts, either. Kaplan has started prep programs in economically troubled cities like Detroit and Stockton, Calif., where the courses are school-funded and free for students. PrepMe is working with the state of Maine as well as inner city charter schools across the Midwest, with full funding from philanthropists or the schools themselves. Aside from partnerships with high schools in the wealthy New York suburbs of Brewster and Harrison, WilsonDailyPrep also recently signed on to offer discounted online programs at Riverside High School in Yonkers, N.Y., a city where a quarter of people under 18 live below...
...business has been booming. On a recent weekday morning, loan officers and account reps zipped between desks and offices, sidestepping exercise equipment (the bank is operating out of a defunct fitness center until it completes its new eco-friendly headquarters). When First Green was applying for a charter, it figured to make $39 million of loans in its first year. The bank already has nearly $60 million worth in the pipeline...
...Teachers’ unions have a vested interest in preserving the status quo. They fear that merit pay and charter schools will make teachers more accountable for their performances and put the unions’ worst members at risk of being dismissed. This perverse incentive has stymied Democratic politicians’ efforts at school reform for decades. But President Obama’s refusal to kowtow to a powerful lobby, even if it forms a strong base of support for his party, demonstrates his independence and desire to put campaign promises into action. This is encouraging for the state...