Privatization plan stirs worry among Texas teachers and schools
In Marlin Texas teachers raise concerns as a privatization plan targets bottom ranked campuses under No Child Left Behind. Critics fear profit motives could compromise education while proponents cite potential gains in scores and management options. Public figures cite Edison Schools results and GAO findings.
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Marlin
Texas
Jo Ann Garrison
Marlin Elementary School
Garrison
Austin
Texas House
Senate
Texas Education Agency
Kathy Miller
Texas Freedom Network
Adam Tucker
Edison Schools
Kent Grusendorf
Arlington
Grusendorf
Dallas
Edison
Government Accountability Office
San Francisco
Denver
Texas and federal officials listed for Del Rio area
A compact listing provides contact details for state and federal representatives serving Del Rio Texas including Governor Rick Perry U S Senator John Cornyn Kay Bailey Hutchison U S House Henry Bonilla and local mayor Dora Alcala with Austin and Del Rio addresses and phone numbers.
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del Rio
Dora G. Alcala
E. Broadway St
Texas
Nil Clarity Form Letters Will Not Be Published
The fragment notes that form letters will not be published and comments on unclear wording or policy. It reads as a brief editorial aside or notice about publication practices without detailing any events or names.
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Nil
Clarty
Public backs some social security sacrifice
An AP Ipsos poll of 1000 adults finds about 70 percent believe Social Security is running out of money, yet most oppose giving up promised benefits. Younger respondents and those earning over 75,000 support sacrificing benefits to aid the poor, while 60 percent disapprove of the Bush approach.
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Washington
Bush
Ap-Ipsos
Cindy Smith
Las Vegas
Associated Press
Ipsos Public Affairs
Margaret Normandin
Laconia
N.H
Rich Culbert
Rochester
Charles Franklin
University of Wisconsin- Madison
Celinda Lake
House
Tom DeLay
Texas
Whit Ayres
John Rose
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Government to trace livestock from birth to table
The Agriculture Department proposed a nationwide voluntary tracing system for cattle hogs and poultry that would become mandatory by January 2009. It would identify animals with tags or other devices and track movements within 48 hours of disease discovery while safeguarding confidential business information.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Mike Johanns
Johanns
Washington State
National Farmers Union
Tom Buis
Jay Truitt
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
Keith Collins
Center For Science In
Canada
Cas
Caroline Smith DeWaal
Collins
Colville
Wash
Ted Wishon
NCBA
Truitt
May 6 History Highlights From 1937 to 1981
On May 6 historical notes include the Hindenburg disaster in 1937 that killed 36 people, Arkansas seceding in 1861, the Eiffel Tower’s opening in 1889, King Edward VII’s death in 1910, the WPA starting operations in 1935, the Corregidor surrender in 1942, Roger Bannister’s four minute mile in 1954, and Maya Lin winning the Vietnam Veterans Memorial design in 1981.
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Lakehurst
N.J
Navy
Arkansas
Britain
Edward the VII
Works Progress Administration
Roger Bannister
Oxford
England
Yale
Maya Ying Lin
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Frank Madla
U.S. Senate
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Russell Senate
Washington, D. C
Kay Bailey Hutchison
U.S
Henry Bonilla
Rayburn House
Rick Perry
P.O. Box
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