NCLB: $4billion dollars later, kids still can't read

A reading program at the center of President Bush’s signature education law hasn’t added to children’s understanding of what they read, a federal study has found. The federal government has spent about $6 billion on Reading First, which was created as part of the 2002 No Child Left Behind law and brings extra reading instruction, …

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Race and Cultural Compitency; White intentions

  A friend of mine suggested I write a piece on a common excuse White people use when in the midst of a racial or racist mistake; intentions. For both Black and White people, some of these might sound familiar. What do you think of this post?Say That Then! (0) Very Interesting (0) Helpful (0) Meh It’s Aight (0) …

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Video of Palin/Gibson interview (Full Pt. 1)

Part 2, night 2 here http://sableverity.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/video-of-palingibson-interview-pt-2/   It must be noted that Palin is full of shyt and Gibson, well, is full of it as well.  The last thing I expect to see in this 3-night interview is hard hitting journalism. I have read the transcipt but not watched the video; the sound of her …

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Did you know? US hospitals deport illegal immigrants

I found this very interesting article in the NY Times via the Seattle Times dot com.  Here is an excerpt:   By DEBORAH SONTAG The New York Times JOLOMCÚ, Guatemala — High in the hills of Guatemala, shut inside a one-room house, Luis Alberto Jimenez has no idea of the legal battle that swirls around …

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