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...assessment system, New Hampshire is adopting a key recommendation of a blue-ribbon panel called the New Commission on Skills of the American Workforce. In 2006, the group issued a report called Tough Choices or Tough Times , a blueprint for how it believes the U.S. must dramatically overhaul education policies in order to maintain a globally competitive economy. "Forty years ago, the United States had the best educated workforce in the world," says William Brock, one of the commission's chairs and a former U.S. Secretary of Labor. "Now we're No. 10 and falling...
...policy. George W. Bush’s presidency has been marked by a stubborn unwillingness to recognize the importance of human action in mitigating climate change. Our energy and transportation sectors, which are overwhelmingly dependent on nonrenewable fossil fuels like coal and petroleum, are long due for a comprehensive overhaul...
...going to get a change of government," he says. Williams hopes his feeling is right. He respects Clark - he once watched her in a meeting "cut through the bulls... in no time flat" - and voted Labour in 2005. "But not this time," he says. "The place needs an overhaul. They're turning the place into a nanny state. The idea bank is drying...
...improved programming may work in the short-term but will be ineffective in the long-term. Instead, the government must make a more concerted effort to develop special-needs programs within the existing public education infrastructure. The money should be channeled directly into the public schools in order to overhaul current failures in the system and make public schools more appropriate learning environments for all students with special needs.Reconstructing schools’ special education capacities is undoubtedly a long-term goal, so the government should explore a number of concrete measures to immediately improve educational experiences for children with special...
...While he has invested more than the average student would be willing to spend on dorm décor, Shemtov firmly believes that the clichéd Harvard dorm doesn’t have to be a cliché. With under $100, a complete overhaul is possible...