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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.

Who Said That
It’s like the state is saying: ‘We don’t have to have a relationship with you; we’ll just tell you what to do. Here’s your spoonful of oatmeal; take it, and like it.’
Deniqua Matias, an assistant preschool director for Newark, N.J., schools, which have been under the state's control since 1995. Recently, there's been a push to return the schools to local control because of low test scores, crumbling buildings and charges of mismanagement.
December 12, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
65%
The percent of Florida residents who were denied benefits since the state's new unemployment law took effect. Only 21 percent of jobless applicants were denied benefits during the same period last year.
December 12, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
The government has no authority to dictate what is quality religious education. The biblical text -- that’s our authority; that’s our standard.
Christopher Cone, the president of a private, Bible-based institution that won freedom from state regulation over the granting of degrees in a 2007 state Supreme Court decision. State officials are now reviewing whether the ruling conflicts with the Obama administration’s broad new set of rules aimed at strengthening the integrity of higher education programs nationwide.
December 09, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
177
The number of education unions in Wisconsin -- of 206 total -- that voted to retain their official status in the first round. Under the collective-bargaining law passed earlier this year, 51 percent of unions' membership must vote annually for recertification.
December 09, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Workers serving students in a school cafeteria.
Archive
Schools Can Finally Give Leftovers to Food Banks
A recent change in federal law gives schools an alternative to throwing unused food in the trash.
December 08, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
51
The number of homicides per 100,000 people in New Orleans last year, compared to less than 7 per 100,000 in New York. The city’s homicide rate was 10 times the national average.
December 08, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Corporations are at the wheel of America. And they are driving us to destruction.
Los Angeles Councilman Richard Alarcon, who voted in favor of the city's newly adopted resolution that supports state and federal legislation that would regulate how much corporations can spend on political campaigns.
December 08, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
President Obama has again mistaken America's tolerance for different lifestyles with an endorsement of those lifestyles.
Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry, who is also the Texas governor, objecting to Obama's new plan to use U.S. foreign aid to promote rights for gays and lesbians abroad.
December 07, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$1,500
The extra money that high school dropouts get from the government each year compared to what they pay in taxes. They get more from the government than they pay because they're more likely to be in prison or get government benefits, according to a new study.
December 07, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
327,577
The number, which is the lowest since the early 1970s, of illegal migrants arrested for trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal year 2011. This and other government data suggest that the historic flood of Mexican migration north has slowed dramatically.
December 06, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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