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As a public-school teacher, I have witnessed the downside of teachers' unions and agree with Joe Klein's "Failing Our Schools" in some respects [Feb. 8]. However, using only test scores as a gauge for accountability--as required for the Race to the Top funding that Klein extols--doesn...
The Obama Administration has a plan: take the 5,000 worst schools in the U.S. and give them more than $4 billion over three years to get a lot better - fast. It's the emphasis on speed that makes this endeavor something new. The government has thrown big money at...
Why are so many government officials from your former company, Goldman Sachs? -Mark Wolfinger, Evanston, Ill. When I looked to bring people in to work with me, I was looking for people who had the skills and the experience and were willing to do the job. I was fortunate to...
With government budgets hammered red by the Great Recession, the high cost and human toll of the lock-'em-up strategy has made it hard to sustain. California lawmakers decided last month to cut the number of state prisoners by 6,500 in the coming year. Other states are already...
As chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, Jack measured the strength of our country by its military might but also by the well-being of its people. He made sure the U.S. government supported important scientific research to fight breast cancer, prostate cancer, diabetes and HIV/AIDS.