Displaying 271 To 300 Of 3,698 Comments Jobs are going to be the issue in November, I have a feeling. Repubs can’t run on health care. It’s going to pass, and people are going to be happy about it — especially if the Dems do a decent job of explaining the benefits. The only chance the GOP has is the economy. » Posted By nellie On March 10, 2010 @ 2:29 pm Senate passes the Jobs Bill. Senate passes $149 bln for jobless aid, tax breaks » Posted By nellie On March 10, 2010 @ 1:47 pm It’s all about the money. (And maybe obedience.) Hope all is well, javaz. » Posted By nellie On March 10, 2010 @ 1:13 pm Progressive victory brings corporate retaliation: After Victory Over Disney, Group Loses Its Lease » Posted By nellie On March 10, 2010 @ 1:05 pm I think home schooling has always been legal. You have to request permission to home school. So your kids are still officially in school if they’re being home schooled. » Posted By nellie On March 9, 2010 @ 3:57 pm Here are the senators who haven’t signed on yet: Sen. Max Baucus MT IMHO best bets: Webb IMHO hopeless: Landrieu » Posted By nellie On March 9, 2010 @ 3:53 pm Very good news. Once you’ve got work, other work will come to you. » Posted By nellie On March 9, 2010 @ 3:44 pm She was one of the first to sign on, I believe. » Posted By nellie On March 9, 2010 @ 3:41 pm More ed news: Secretary Duncan to Outline Education Equity Agenda at Selma Commemoration of Historic March SELMA, Ala. — In a major speech at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today will address the challenges of ensuring equity, equal educational opportunity and access before a group of students, community leaders and elected officials. After the speech, Duncan will join the group in marching across the bridge to commemorate the infamous » Posted By nellie On March 9, 2010 @ 3:39 pm FORTY — thats 4 0 — senator signatories to the public option. See who’s left and send a postcard. » Posted By nellie On March 9, 2010 @ 3:37 pm My dissertation was going to be on the achievement gap — and it never occurred to me to look at health issues. I’ve always been an advocate of schools serving breakfast, but to take this broad outlook is so sensible and so compelling. I hope something comes of it. » Posted By nellie On March 9, 2010 @ 3:36 pm It seems that even education reform is bound up in health care: Health Problems Fuel Achievement Gaps, Study Says » Posted By nellie On March 9, 2010 @ 1:33 pm I thought this would happen in CA first… Nation’s First Net Zero School Coming to Kentucky » Posted By nellie On March 9, 2010 @ 1:04 pm Promises promises …. » Posted By nellie On March 9, 2010 @ 12:06 pm A couple of weeks old, but I just found it this morning. Thought it was promising. » Posted By nellie On March 9, 2010 @ 12:05 pm This is a good summary from Brookings;
Second, the major coverage provisions of the House and Senate bills are inseparable. Those components are: 1. The requirement that each person have health insurance 2. Subsidies to make that requirement affordable 3. The rule that all but small employers either provide coverage for their workers or pay a penalty 4. The prohibition barring insurance companies from cutting off coverage or jacking up premiums for the sick 5. The creation of insurance market exchanges to cut insurance sales costs 6. New taxes or spending cuts to pay for subsidies
» Posted By nellie On March 5, 2010 @ 1:59 pm javaz — do you mean looking for other grassroots organizations and making a list of those sites? » Posted By nellie On March 5, 2010 @ 1:01 pm Now that’s a really good place to profile the Suits piece. » Posted By nellie On March 5, 2010 @ 12:49 pm What was most interesting to me in the article were the details about the process. I’ve been trying to figure out how the Race to the Top program works, and there’s not a lot about how things are being evaluated. This article provided a little insight. » Posted By nellie On March 5, 2010 @ 12:04 pm A good sign. Maybe they’re coming to their senses. » Posted By nellie On March 5, 2010 @ 11:43 am Petition from Free Speech TV to fight corporate personhood: http://www.freespeech.org/our-democracy-under-attack » Posted By nellie On March 5, 2010 @ 11:43 am California disqualified from receiving federal school funds » Posted By nellie On March 5, 2010 @ 11:36 am House Votes to Protect Pupils Against Abusive Discipline » Posted By nellie On March 5, 2010 @ 11:31 am » Posted By nellie On March 3, 2010 @ 4:46 pm Seuss’s birthday was yesterday. That might account for it. Michelle Obama was reading Seuss to an elementary school class yesterday. » Posted By nellie On March 3, 2010 @ 4:31 pm What Gets Measured Gets Done: How a Supplemental Federal Poverty Measure Will Drive Smarter Policy Small but encouraging development re poverty, from the Center for American Progress. » Posted By nellie On March 3, 2010 @ 4:28 pm I hoped that counseling would have improved since my days of applying to college, but it seems the more things change, the more they stay the same. » Posted By nellie On March 3, 2010 @ 4:06 pm U.S. Teachers More Interested in Reform Than Money It will be interesting to see how closely the president’s ideas about education reform sync up with these survey results. » Posted By nellie On March 3, 2010 @ 3:25 pm Liberalism, atheism, male sexual exclusivity linked to IQ » Posted By nellie On March 2, 2010 @ 8:32 am He’s still the leader of the Dem party — and it will always publicly back the incumbent, even if they’re hoping for an upset! » Posted By nellie On March 1, 2010 @ 3:35 pmComments Posted By nellie
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