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Caroline Cournoyer

Senior Web Editor

Caroline Cournoyer -- Senior Web Editor. Caroline covered federal policy and politics for CongressNow, the former legislative wire service for Roll Call, has written for Education Week's Teacher Magazine, and learned the ins and outs of state and local government while working as an assistant editor at WTOP Radio.

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States Crack Down on Third-Graders' Reading Abilities
Thirteen states last year adopted laws that require schools to identify, intervene and, in many cases, retain students who fail a reading proficiency test by the end of third grade. Lawmakers in several other states and the District are debating similar measures.
March 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Judge Sides with State on Law Banning Ethnic Studies
State officials have won a significant legal battle in a long-running saga over a controversial Tucson schools ethnic-studies program, with a federal judge ruling that a law designed to ban it is constitutional.
March 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Governor's Top Pick for Detroit's Emergency Financial Manager Emerges
Kevyn Orr, a partner in the prestigious Jones Day law firm of Washington, D.C., is Gov. Rick Snyder's leading choice to become Detroit's emergency financial manager.
March 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Federal Agency Refuses to Comply with Part of New York's Gun Law
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said it will not comply with the provision of New York's new gun control law requiring mental health providers to report potentially dangerous individuals to state authorities.
March 12, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Former Detroit Mayor Convicted of Racketeering, Extortion
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his longtime contractor friend Bobby Ferguson were convicted of racketeering and extortion, marking an end to a more than decade-long public corruption investigation.
March 11, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Education Reform Leaves Florida Governor Stuck Between a Rock and Republicans
Opposing certain bills will land Gov. Rick Scott in the doghouse with Republicans and put him at odds with former Gov. Jeb Bush, whose nonprofit foundation has driven Florida's education agenda for more than a decade.
March 11, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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California Unions File Lawsuits over Pension Reforms
The overhaul raised the retirement age and lowered the benefits for public employees hired as of Jan. 1 of this year. It also changed the way pensions are calculated, which slices into benefits for workers who were on the job before then.
March 11, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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It’s Not Rocket Science
IT isn’t the solution to all our problems, and it shouldn’t take a rocket scientist to see that NASA should postpone liftoff for its new procurement system.
March 11, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Prescription Drug Abuse Hits New States
The epidemic in painkiller-abuse gripping the Southern and Eastern U.S. is tightening its hold on the Western part of the country, having blindsided law enforcement and public health authorities.
March 11, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Taxpayers' Cost of Branding Chris Christie
Taxpayers pick up the tab for building Brand Christie.
March 11, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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