Word: progressives
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...political will and the corruption and conservatism curb the country's immense potential. I was recently in Australia, where I met an enthusiastic band of young Indians whose nationalism was intense. Yet with all their enthusiasm, you could detect the frustrations of lagging behind because of lack of progress in social reform. Sloganeering and rhetoric are just that. I hope that young Indians find the strength to correct the country's deficiencies and make it truly great. Subhash Suthar, Sittingbourne, England...
...Education Presidents have very little authority over K-12 education in America. So why even talk about it in 2008? Because the public school system has reached a state of near collapse. The latest results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress show that only 35% of 12th-graders are "proficient" in reading, which means an eighth-grade level of competence, down from 40% in 1992. More than a quarter (27%) of high school seniors are functionally illiterate. The results are even worse in math. Simply throwing more money at the problem isn't the answer...
...political will and the corruption and conservatism curb the country's immense potential. I was recently in Australia, where I met an enthusiastic band of young Indians whose nationalism was intense. Yet with all their enthusiasm, you could detect the frustrations of lagging behind because of lack of progress in social reform. Sloganeering and rhetoric are just that. I hope that young Indians find the strength to correct the country's deficiencies and make it truly great. Subhash Suthar, SITTINGBOURNE, ENGLAND...
...Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell hailed the meeting as progress on a thorny issue. "I didn't expect anyone to stand up and holler they had an epiphany," McConnell said. "This bill is about 80 to 85% through on its way to the finish line...
...indicative of how very badly President Bush needs a victory - any victory - that he plans to make a rare trip to Capitol Hill Tuesday afternoon to attend a weekly Republican luncheon. There, he will make a personal appeal to senators on behalf of his bipartisan immigration reform bill, the progress of which came to a sudden and surprising halt late Thursday night after a failed attempt to bring the legislation to a vote. While Bush has previously leaned on Vice President Cheney to make these kinds of congressional entreaties (the President last sat in on a Senate policy lunch...