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White House Blueprint for revising the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

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“On March 13, 2010, the Obama Administration released its blueprint for revising the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) to help states raise expectations of students and reward schools for producing dramatic gains in student achievement. The blueprint provides incentives for states to adopt academic standards that prepare students to succeed in college and the workplace and create accountability systems that measure student growth toward meeting the goal that all children graduate and succeed in college.”

  • A Blueprint for Reform – The Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, United States Department of Education, March 2010: President Barack Obama – “Today, more than ever, a world-class education is a prerequisite for success. America was once the best educated nation in the world. A generation ago, we led all nations in college completion, but today, 10 countries have passed us. It is not that their students are smarter than ours. It is that these countries are being smarter about how to educate their students. And the countries that out-educate us today will out-compete us tomorrow. We must do better. Together, we must achieve a new goal, that by 2020, the United States will once again lead the world in college completion. We must raise the expectations for our students, for our schools, and for ourselves – this must be a national priority. We must ensure that every student graduates from high school well prepared for college and a career.”

    • National Security Archive FOIA Audit Finds Ancient Requests Still Pending (up to 18 Years)

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    News release: “Despite President Barack Obama’s and Attorney General Eric Holder’s 2009 memoranda calling for reform in government agencies’ administration of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the latest government-wide FOIA Audit released today by the National Security Archive at George Washington University found: Ancient requests–as old as 18 years–still persist in the FOIA system.… Continue Reading

    Report: U.S. Must Do More to Prevent Loss of Clean Energy Manufacturing Jobs

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    Winning the Race – How America Can Lead the Global Clean Energy Economy, March 2010. “During the last decade, some 5.7 million U.S. manufacturing jobs disappeared, many of them sent overseas. During the current recession alone, which began in December 2007, the U.S. lost more than two million manufacturing jobs. The loss of these jobs… Continue Reading

    Amnesty International – Deadly Delivery: The Maternal Health Care Crisis in the USA

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    News release: “Amnesty International has called on US President Barack Obama to tackle soaring rates of maternal mortality and pregnancy-related complications that particularly affect minorities and those living in poverty. Amnesty International’s report, Deadly Delivery: The Maternal Health Care Crisis in the USA, urges action to tackle a crisis that sees between two and three… Continue Reading

    Immigrants with Disabilities More Frequently Employed Than U.S.-Born Persons with Disabilities

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    News release: “Currently, foreign-born people make up approximately 13 percent of the total U.S. population. As the immigrant population grows, understanding its disability status and employment characteristics becomes increasingly important. People, both native and foreign-born, with disabilities make important contributions to our society, and many individuals continue to work despite a wide range of impairments.… Continue Reading

    Rand: A History of the Vietnam War Era

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    A History of the Vietnam War Era, By: Mai Elliott “This volume chronicles RAND’s involvement in researching insurgency and counterinsurgency in Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand during the Vietnam War era, from the period preceding the dispatch of U.S. troops, to the most intensive combat years, to the Tet Offensive of 1968, to the end of… Continue Reading

    Report examines quality of information provided by all 50 states on American Recovery and Reinvestment Act spending

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    “A report released [January 26, 2010] shows that many states are making dramatic improvements in websites designed to disseminate information about their share of the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), while others have failed to make vital information available. This is the finding of Show Us the Stimulus (Again), a report released… Continue Reading

    Growing Diversity among America’s Children and Youth: Spatial and Temporal Dimensions

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    Growing Diversity Among America’s Children and Youth: Spatial and Temporal Dimensions, Kenneth Johnson, UNH professor of sociology and senior demographer at the UNH Carsey Institute, and Daniel Lichter, Ferris Family Professor in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University. “America’s rapidly changing racial and ethnic composition has been fueled by extraordinary growth… Continue Reading

    New "State of the Birds" Report Shows Climate Change Threatens Hundreds of Species

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    News release: “Climate change threatens to further imperil hundreds of species of migratory birds, already under stress from habitat loss, invasive species and other environmental threats, a new report released today by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar concludes. The State of the Birds: 2010 Report on Climate Change follows a comprehensive report issue released… Continue Reading