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...meantime, some school-district administrators have come up with creative solutions. Superintendent Jerry Vaughn of the Floydada Independent School District in Texas - which has 900 or so students - says he is working toward a partnership with a local wind-power company that would pay for a laptop for every kid in grades 6 through 12. At the fast-growing Forsyth County Schools District in Cumming, Ga., Bailey Mitchell, chief technology and information officer, recently opted to use free open-source software instead of purchasing expensive software licenses from vendors like Microsoft. Mitchell says the decision will save $1.1 million over...
...Administration, the Sino-U.S. playing field has become more level than ever before. When it comes to climate change, we are both sinners before the Lord. This state of parity, however accidentally it may have been arrived at, presents a new psychological climate where the kind of equal partnership for which the Chinese have long yearned seems possible...
...year that the HSBA has partnered with the Kong for a Chinese New Year parade and celebration—although the Kong has been sponsoring the lion dance, performed by the Wah Lum Kung Fu Association, since 1986. Denise A. Jillson, the executive director of the HSBA, described the partnership with the Kong as a means of “exploring the cultural heritage in Harvard Square.” “We bring in people from communities all around who are not necessarily Chinese or Asian but love the idea of exploring these cultures,” Jillson...
...Senator Collins had a similar meeting on Wednesday as well with the President.) On the table was not just passing a bill with the prerequisite 60 Senate votes to overcome the threat of a filibuster but establishing a mutual preoccupation with a durable centrist coalition. Obama "is interested in partnership here," Nelson said. "And for us to truly have a partnership, we're going to have to have people on both sides of the aisle on this issue and on the next issue and the issue thereafter. He recognizes that getting input from everybody makes a great deal of sense...
...this are, and we’ve emphasized that we think we have a vision that takes us out to 2015 that focuses on providing services to poor communities of Cambridge,” Bailey said. “We’ve forged...a commitment of a partnership and adequate funding going forward—we’ve convinced the state of the necessity of our livelihood...