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...nonwhite students, evaluating teachers and awarding performance bonuses to principals and teachers who've earned them. On the basis of what we know has worked in New York City with our 1.1 million schoolkids, we'd give Obama's plan a solid B - a great start, but it could use a little improvement. Here's what we think works and what could be even stronger. (See pictures of the evolution of the college dorm...
...growing bulge, is mulling drastic changes in the way food products are labeled. The most controversial of the proposals so far is a flashy label backed by health and consumer groups that's based on the colors of a traffic light. Already fixtures in many British supermarkets, the labels use red, yellow and green circles to indicate how healthy products are in four categories: fat, saturated fat, sugar and salt. If a box of cookies is high in sugar, for instance, it'll get a red light. Food and drink companies oppose this approach and prefer to maintain the status...
...also triggered a heated debate when he described the nation's ancestors as "old Slovaks" -an attempt to demonstrate that the country has a deep and respectable history. And last year, parliament passed a language act that, among other things, instituted a fine of $6,800 for failing to use the Slovak language in official and public communications -a move that further estranged the country's 500,000-strong Hungarian minority. "Fico wasted the opportunity to build national self-confidence on positives, on what Slovakia has achieved," says Sona Szomolanyi, a political science professor at Comenius University in Bratislava...
Haiti's parliamentarians now operate out of a trailer on the grounds of the old police academy - and their ranks are as much in disarray as the palace they used to use. Of the 30 Senators (three from each of the country's 10 departments, or regions), two died in the temblor; one seat was already unfilled before the quake; and 10 members finished their terms last November. But the country wasn't prepared to hold a vote even then, and so their tenures were extended to May - after which only about half the chamber will be occupied. (See pictures...
...friend. He then allegedly wired a chunk of it to an account at Washington-based Riggs Bank and later to a Paris bank account jointly held by his daughter and ex-wife. Portillo was indicted in New York City because some of the banks and branches he allegedly used were located there. In a statement, Bharara said his office is committed "to prosecuting those who use American banks and financial institutions to launder ill-gotten gains." Recently, the office has launched criminal cases against the likes of Osama bin Laden and a Somali pirate...