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...help the U.S. keep up with global competitors in high-speed Internet access, Federal Communications Commission officials announced a sweeping proposal to extend broadband connections across the country and boost speeds to up to 25 times the current national average. The National Broadband Plan would connect 100 million U.S. households to affordable Internet service over the next decade. With 93 million Americans currently unable to get a high-speed connection at home, the U.S. ranks 12th globally in broadband connectivity...
Senate Banking Committee chairman Chris Dodd unveiled a bill to increase oversight of the financial industry, a move he said would better equip the country to deal with future economic crises. But Wall Street has already balked at his plan, which includes a new consumer-protection bureau, gives shareholders input on CEO pay and improves regulation of credit-rating agencies such as Moody's and Standard and Poor...
TIGER WOODS, on his plan to return to golf at the Masters tournament in Georgia on April 8 after having admitted to extramarital affairs in December...
...March 15, President Obama unveiled his plan for reforming the nation's education system. The bulk of the plan, which looks to overhaul George W. Bush's frequently criticized No Child Left Behind law, advances the bold ideas with which this Administration has already become closely associated. The President wants to link billions of federal dollars to initiatives like ending the achievement gap between white and nonwhite students, evaluating teachers and awarding performance bonuses to principals and teachers who've earned them. On the basis of what we know has worked in New York City with our 1.1 million schoolkids...
...they show a record number of city students receiving diplomas, including black and Hispanic students, who have historically been more likely to drop out. In the past four years, we've cut the dropout rate in half. The President calls for similar accountability measures in his plan, including performance pay and mandated school-improvement strategies. He's also in favor of requiring states to develop systems to evaluate teachers in part on the basis of student performance. This will go a long way toward improving teacher quality...