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...union leaders - perhaps still reeling from Obama's recent support for the decision to fire 93 teachers at a struggling school in Central Falls, R.I. - skewered the new White House plan, charging that it shifted an unfair burden onto educators. "We were expecting to see a much broader effort to truly transform public education for kids," Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association, said in a statement. "Instead, we see too much top-down scapegoating of teachers and not enough collaboration." The plan puts "100% of the responsibility on teachers and gives them 0% authority," says Randi Weingarten...
...While House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spent another day wooing votes for a package of still largely unknown changes to the Senate health bill that would bring it more in line with the House bill that passed last year, the GOP line of attack seemed to be gathering momentum. The delayed Congressional Budget Office estimate of how the revamped bill would affect the federal deficit has created a convenient opening for Republicans to shift the narrative from the substance of the Democratic legislation to the process by which it may be passed through Congress. (See the top 10 health care reform...
During the apartheid era, black townships in South Africa were no-go areas for most foreigners. Riot police and journalists were among the few nonblacks who ventured into these sprawling settlements. These days, high crime levels mean that they are still off-limits - for the unescorted. But, in the company of experienced guides, the townships are tourist attractions, and their inhabitants are discovering tourism's benefits. World Cup visitors should certainly consider taking time to explore these impoverished but vibrant communities...
...Still, says Bing, "I think the city and philanthropy organizations will continue working together." Charles Pugh, recently elected president of the Detroit city council, is blunter. "Detroit is the textbook case of a city that needs this kind of assistance," he says, "and we welcome it with open arms. I'm jumping up and down...
...election as the junior partner in the INA. But the Sadrists appear to be among the big winners of the elections ? and stand to win as many as 40 seats out of the 325 in the national assembly, potentially making their support crucial for any would-be prime minister. Still smarting from Maliki's crackdown against their militia in Basra in 2008, the Sadrists have refused to form a government with him. If they maintain that position, Allawi would be an obvious partner, but it remains to be seen whether Allawi's coalition would maintain its Sunni backing...