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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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What Can Cities Learn from Wasps?
An evolutionary biologist adapts his theories to help local officials plan parks and improve schools.
October 26, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
New Headaches for ‘No Child Left Behind’
New NCLB waivers may impact the classroom more than the old law they’re trying to escape did.
October 26, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
757
The number of Internet items that U.S. government agencies asked Google to take down in the first six months of 2011. Google complied with 63 percent of the requests.
October 26, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
The state should not be using women's bodies as political pawns, as this law clearly seeks to do.
Katy Parker, legal director for the ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation, referring to the state's abortion law that is now in effect. A federal judge did, however, remove the requirement for patients to watch a narrated ultrasound within four hours of the operation.
October 26, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
53%
The rise in the rate of poor people living in suburbs since 2000. Cities only saw a 26 percent jump in their poverty rate during the same period.
October 25, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
We're seeing a lot of elective classes, not just Bible, close because there aren't enough students taking the courses because they're repeating math several times.
Georgia Superintendent John Barge, on the shrinking number of public schools offering Bible classes. Four years ago, 48 districts offered the elective. Last year, only 16 did.
October 25, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
13%
The increase in Camden, N.J.'s violent crime rate from January to June. Nearly half of the police force was laid off in January.
October 24, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
There’s no asterisk on citizenship.
Michael A. Olivas, an immigration and higher education law professor, on Florida's policy of charging out-of-state tuition rates to students who were born in the state to undocumented immigrant parents.
October 24, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
2nd
The place that California dropped to on a list of the most energy-efficient states. The Golden State held the top title for the last four years until Massachusetts took the lead this year.
October 21, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
The census data ... says the bulk of the state’s population increase is minorities, and this map divides that growth up. That’s a good court case.
Maryland Senate Minority Whip E.J. Pipkin, referring to the state's new redistricting lines recently signed into law that Republicans have asked the Justice Department to review.
October 21, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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