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Dole said that throughout her career she has always tried to serve the public. She cited her work at the Department of Transportation and the American Red Cross as her proudest achievements in the years since she left Harvard...
...have a precious diamond, do you leave it in the public hands?” the Druze sheikh would always...
...Obama, the nature and structure of American education have elicited unprecedented amounts of discussion, debate, and dialogue. With the president’s policies beginning to take root, fundamental changes—most of which we support—have begun to shape our nation’s public schools and universities. Outside of the White House, however, a series of worrisome events and trends suggests that American education, even at the college and university level, is still subject to a climate of continued anti-intellectualism and a widespread distrust of the student enterprise...
...President Obama’s education initiatives: heavy on spending and tough on teachers. Specifically, we were pleased with his allocation of $4.35 billion to the “Race to the Top” initiative that gives states an immediate monetary incentive to monetary incentive to reform dilapidated public schools. As part of the broader American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Race to the Top—a small fraction of the total $96.8 billion allocated to the Department of Education under the stimulus package—is a wise investment. The program counters the influence of unions...
...counterproductive; It essentially requires teachers to work extra hours without extra pay. Of greater importance, however, we ultimately believe that following union demands to eliminate all the reform measures would fail to improve the quality of teaching in Boston. In the coming months, we urge the Boston public school system to focus instead on implementing Johnson’s suggested pay-for-performance plan that—we hope—will show teachers that their performance is valued on an individual level, encouraging them to focus on improving their own work as best they...