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...same time, proponents of the law are concerned that the Department of Education is going too far in relaxing the No Child Left Behind standards. Mike Petrilli, who worked in the Education Department in Bush's first term, is concerned that states like Missouri have recently lowered the scores students need in order to pass state tests. He also complains that the Education Department has done little to enforce a provision in the law that requires all teachers to either have a degree or pass a competency test in the subjects they teach. "There's been a lot of concern...
...acting skill that he got away with it. In fact, the presidency was the best role he ever got. He was taking a nap when his administration pulled off the money heist with Iran-Contra. Didn't know a thing about it. Gave us enormous debt to carry. Beverly Petrilli North East...
Afterward, while the cons were on deadlock, Warden John Petrilli began meeting with the gang leaders. "At first everyone came and just glared at each other," said Rudy Moore, chief of the Black P. Stones. The initial meetings were heated and dominated by loud talk and badmouthing. But, said Rudy, "it finally dawned on us that this wasn't too hep." Gradually agreements were reached: recruiting was prohibited; there would be no interference with a guard disciplining an inmate; an organization leader was to be held accountable for the actions of members; disputes were to be negotiated...
...leaders were not eager to relinquish all organizational individuality, and Petrilli was reluctant to press too hard. Members continue to give gang salutes. "The guys still identify as members," admitted Rudy, "but it's more like belonging to a political party...
Despite all the talk about detente, things are not settled at Pontiac. No one has yet been charged in the knifings during the mess-hall scrape, and between 25 and 30 cons believed to have been most involved are still isolated in a special cell unit. Petrilli has long been criticized by guards and others for working with the gangs instead of trying to break them up. But, he argues, "the gangs didn't form here. The men have their own leadership−they came in with it." He is still committed to the delicate task of trying...