June 19, 2013

More local, education Articles

D.C. summer school expanded in passage of $241m supplemental budget

By Alan Blinder | 05/07/13 05:00 PM

The D.C. Council backed a $241 million supplemental budget on Tuesday, opening up thousands of additional seats in summer school and funneling millions of dollars into housing initiatives. Lawmakers gave swift approval to the proposal from Mayor Vincent Gray, who submitted the supplemental...
Virginia mom accused of embezzling from school group

By Scott McCabe | 05/07/13 03:05 PM

A Prince William County woman is accused of stealing money from an elementary school parent-teacher organization. Sabrina Ann Corra-Reynolds, treasurer of the Glenkirk Elementary Parent Teacher Organization, was charged Monday with two counts of embezzlement. According to police,...
Jonetta Rose Barras: Curing the disease, not the symptoms

By Jonetta Rose Barras | 05/06/13 07:50 PM

That rumbling sound coming from the John A. Wilson Building is D.C. Council members tussling over recommended changes to Mayor Vincent Gray's $12 billion 2014 budget. Committees have begun reducing expenditures or searching for additional funds to address select programs or satisfy demands of...

From the Weekly Standard

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Frack to the Future

By: Michael Warren

Williston, N.D.
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Downsize Ike

By: Andrew Ferguson

The beleaguered Eisenhower Memorial Commission holds its next public gathering later this month, and before its members duck-walk into the hearing room, huddled in a hoplite phalanx against a...
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The Lesson of Kermit Gosnell

By: John McCormack

What was the lesson of the Kermit Gosnell trial? Since the Philadelphia doctor was convicted last month of murdering three born-alive infants, two competing viewpoints have emerged.
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