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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 Weakening Teacher-Tenure Protections
America's public school teachers are seeing their generations-old tenure protections weakened as states seek flexibility to fire teachers who aren't performing. A few states have essentially nullified tenure protections altogether.
January 25, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
The bottom line is this is an anti-union bill, and my father will not allow me to vote for it.
Indiana Sen. Tim Lanane, who said his father was a union man and that the 'right to work' bill is nothing more than an attack on the working class. The state Senate passed the measure late Monday, even though every Democrat voted against it.
January 24, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
141 trillion
The amount of natural gas, in cubic feet, that the U.S. Energy Department estimates is in the Marcellus Shale -- down from 410 trillion cubic feet last year. Gas production in the region doubled in 2011.
January 24, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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State Special Education Rates Vary Widely
States differ widely in how many students they designate for special education. Those differences could have a financial impact in the face of possible cuts to federal aid.
January 24, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
This is not a billion dollars of new money. Even our kindergartners’ math is better than that.
Colleen Wood, founder of the education advocacy group 50th No More, on Florida Gov. Rick Scott's plan to add $1 billion into state education funding. Last year, the education budget was cut by $1.35 billion.
January 23, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Small-Town Kentucky Mayor Shot Dead
The mayor of a small western Kentucky town has been shot and killed in his home, and a suspect turned himself in shortly afterward.
January 23, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
23
The age of John Campbell, the new treasurer for Pennsylvania's virtually bankrupt capital city. Campbell is currently studying for dual bachelor's degrees in business administration and economics.
January 23, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
7 in 10
The portion of Ohioans who oppose fracking in their state until the controversial drilling practice is studied further, according to the first statewide poll on the issue.
January 20, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Most people don't go down there to eat anyway. You don't think of Chinatown as having the best Chinese food.
Shirley Woo, who left Washington, D.C., for Fairfax, Va. D.C.'s Chinatown no longer has the city's largest Chinese population because -- echoing a national trend -- many Asian-Americans have moved to the suburbs.
January 20, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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More Than 1,600 Deportation Cases Set to Close
The Obama administration has recommended canceling deportation proceedings for more than 1,600 illegal immigrants in Denver and Baltimore not considered a national security or public threat.
January 20, 2012
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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