Reading First program's progress and cutbacks eyed
Kansas district USD 457 credits Reading First with boosting reading gains while planning sustainability if federal funding ends. District details 90 minute daily blocks, small-group work, and ongoing assessments guided by literacy coaches, with gains noted in 2006 2008 projections and a shift to include key practices in regular budgeting.
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Roderick
Education Department
Margaret Spellings
Reading First
Steve Nordby
Garden City
Kansas
Nordby
USC 457
County considers budget for additional attorney space and staff
The commission weighs a budget to remodel part of the basement for two attorney offices and a victim witness area at about 56,320 or remodel the full basement for 265,485. A separate 143,500 is eyed to add staff including two attorneys. Doll urges delaying until 2009. The budget also requests higher legal fees and jury/interpreter funds.
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Wheeler
Doll
Commission
Diana Jones
25Th Judicial District
Iraq demands withdrawal timetable in security deal
Iraq's national security adviser Mouwaffak al-Rubaie said Baghdad will not sign any security pact with the United States without firm dates for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces. He linked timelines to Baghdad resuming security control across all 18 provinces, with forces leaving cities thereafter.
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Baghdad
Iraq
United States
Mouwaffak al-Rubaie
Bush
White House
Nouri al-Maliki
al- Rubaie
Al-Rubaie
Ers
Ayatollah
Ali al-Sistani
Najaf
Ali al-Adeeb
Associated Press
Immunizations Seen as Key Issue Across State
Cooley notes some vaccines exceed $100 per dose plus refrigeration and staff costs. Pezzino cites insurance policy variability and out of pocket expenses limiting access. Providers struggle to break even when immunizing patients.
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Cooley
Pezzino
Kindergartners urged to learn languages with Chinese focus
In Fairfax at Providence Elementary, Principal Joy Hanbury advocates early foreign language study to prepare kids for a global economy. The federal National Security Language Initiative grants 88 programs nationwide totaling about 26 million dollars to expand kindergarten language instruction in critical languages including Chinese, Arabic, and Russian.
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Providence Elementary
Fairfax
Joy Hanbury
Education Department
China
Holly Kuzmich
Marty Abbott
American Council On the Teaching of
Fairfax County
Paula Patrick
Grace Belyea
Suzanna Kirchman
County School Board
Kuzmich
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