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...students weren't really learning anything. The House, worried about establishing a national curriculum, allows states to opt out of NAEP and use different exams for comparison. But with no national benchmark, it will be much harder for the feds to monitor the quality of state exams-and to sanction states that make their tests too easy...
...What's novel about the Bush education plan is that for the first time the federal government will sanction schools that fail to show progress. But what is progress, and how much is enough? Under the House bill, states would have 12 years to raise all students to proficiency in reading and math. The scores of blacks, latinos and low-income students would be separately tallied and would also have to rise-but states could determine on their own what "adequate yearly progress" is. Yet even with this flexibility many are worried that too many of the nation's schools...
...after the transfer application was filed, the CLC found the Grille in violation again for serving alcohol to a 20-year-old Boston University (B.U.) student on a March 23 sting, but decided not to impose further sanction on the bar until it had heard the petition to transfer the liquor license...
...after the transfer application was filed, the CLC found the Grille in violation again for serving alcohol to a 20-year-old Boston University (B.U.) student on a Mar. 23 sting, but decided not to impose further sanction on the bar until it had heard the petition to transfer the liquor license...
...leak immediately put President Bush on the defensive, and he quickly issued a statement denying that sanctions would be dropped any time soon. "I think it's important for the country to review all sanction policies to make sure they are effective," the President said. "But I have no intention as of this moment [of] taking sanctions off countries like Iran and Libya...