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...don’t have the luxury of committing to just one.” The president claimed that another decade of nation building in Afghanistan would hardly incentivize the Afghan government to take the reins and would distract from imperative domestic issues including health care, education, and economic reform...
Currently, Greeney works at a state environmental office that focuses on the technological aspects of the environmental movement, but says that she aspires to effect change through cultural and educational reform...
...terms of his policies, Khazei has outlined the most articulate and well-thought-out proposals on the situation in Afghanistan and on education. As a recent Newsweek article noted, he is the only candidate who completely supports President Obama’s plan for education reform, promoting more accountable ways of measuring teachers’ effectiveness and supporting the expansion of charter schools to ensure higher graduation rates in some of America’s most underachieving districts. Whereas the remaining three candidates have hedged on supporting comprehensive education reform in the face of pressure from teachers’ unions...
...Congressman Michael E. Capuano (D-Mass.), building a campaign that runs on antagonism more than on state unity, lacks the tools that will be necessary for coalition building and cross-party negotiations in the Senate. In addition, Attorney General Martha M. Coakley’s tentative approach to policy reform tends to overlook valuable opportunities for legislative improvement. Boston Celtics co-owner Stephen G. Pagliuca would bring burnished business credentials to his position as a senator, but his questionable knowledge in debates has called his abilities as a policymaker into question. In contrast, Alan Khazei combines an analytical approach...
Also in response to this year’s election debacle, the UC passed legislation creating an Election Reform Task Force, which will propose reforms to the independent Election Commission by March...