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...writes, “it’s no longer how much you know that matters; it’s what you can do with what you know.” Indeed, he asserts that our competitive economic edge and even the strength of our democracy depend on it. However, while Wagner’s book thoroughly examines how standardized tests, aided by an inability to teach beyond them, dampen the intellectual curiosity of American children and thus reinforce the global achievement gap, he only gets at a piece of the problem. By downplaying America’s first achievement...
...Well, that will depend on the Election Commission. The law under which elections will be held stipulates certain conditions for anyone to submit a nomination. Anyone who satisfies these conditions is eligible...
...What happens if the cost tops $700 billion? If more money is required, additional legislation would have to be approved. The odds of that happening depend on whether or not the bailout stabilizes the housing market - the better the U.S. economy, the smaller the bailout will cost taxpayers. And it also depends on how the final bill is worded - the initial draft included ambiguous language that some observers have argued gives the Treasury power to spend more than $700 billion, as long as it isn't holding assets worth more than that at any one point in time...
...Zardari to amplify his own opposition to U.S. attacks, which he this week termed a "violation of the U.N. charter." The Pakistani leader urged restraint from the U.S. during his first meeting with President Bush, on Tuesday in New York. According to leading Pakistani analysts, Zardari's prospects depend on him shaking off the growing perception at home that he is merely acting on Washington's orders. The Marriott bombing, they say, is his opportunity to launch a "homegrown" strategy to combat militancy, making it "Pakistan...
...mortgage meltdown continues and as Americans who once dreamed of home ownership see their properties foreclosed. The Housing Act of 1937, imposed in the wake of the Great Depression, and amended a number of times in the 1970s, is reaching a crossroads - and close to five million Americans who depend on subsidized public housing may soon have to figure out where and how they are going to live...