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The Time Has Come for National Standards
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | April 30, 2009
State education officials have adopted a new mantra: "Fewer, clearer, higher." The term refers to education standards -- what each state feels its ...
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"I'm Calling About My Light Bill"
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | April 29, 2009
The Washington Post ran a long article about Greenwood, South Carolina, looking at how the community is faring thus far in the age of Obama (...
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Now, That's Harsh
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | April 28, 2009
One of today's popular apocalyptic fantasies is to imagine the world without human beings. This premise has been the subject of a bestselling book ...
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Getting in the GovLoop
Posted By: Ellen Perlman | April 28, 2009
People in thousands of government offices perform similar jobs. If only they could find a way to tap the expertise and wisdom of others via ...
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Journalism Implosion Watch
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | April 28, 2009
Only one of last week's Pulitzer winners had already been laid off. Here's this week's early winner for the cheap irony award ...
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You Know Your Carbon Footprint. What About Your Health Fingerprint?
Posted By: | April 24, 2009
We've all heard about carbon footprints and how we--personally and as governments or corporations--should take responsibility for being a Big Foot, for doing the ...
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California, Here It Comes
Posted By: | April 23, 2009
The recession has hit it hard. The foreclosure rate is horrific. Housing prices are in free-fall. But don't count California's golden touch out ...
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Porn Available on Library Computers
Posted By: Ellen Perlman | April 23, 2009
That headline grabs you doesn't it? So did this one, when I read it yesterday morning: "San Jose Council votes down porn filters ...
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A Tree (and Fruits and Veggies) Grow in Detroit
Posted By: Tina Trenkner | April 22, 2009
What exactly is growing in Detroit right now? A little digging finds that urban gardens have and are taking root in the Motor City. The ...
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Finally, Data We Can Use: Per Capita Beer Brewing by State
Posted By: Will Wilson | April 21, 2009
Here's a map, courtesy of SloshSpot, of brewery density per capita in these United States: As a native Montanan, I'm not surprised we'...
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