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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
Basically, we are their doctors. And for many of them, this is a way to help them get out of poverty.
Patricio Gonzales, a former social worker and current CEO of the Planned Parenthood Association of Hidalgo County, Texas, which is home to one of the country's fastest-growing but poorest populations.
October 18, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Since we’re proposing to save citizens’ money, you’d expect some kind of chorus and music, maybe a presentation with some plaques and flowers. ... But in my experience, that’s not what you get.
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, referring to the Obama administration's rejection of his request for a waiver from the federal health care law to offer a prescription drug benefit to non-Medicaid patients.
October 17, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Sacramento Offers 'Wheels to Work' for All
People can't secure jobs without showing up to interviews. Sacramento County is making sure homeless people can.
October 17, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
1
The number of abortion clinics in Mississippi, where voters will decide whether life begins when a human egg is fertilized. Approval of the ballot measure would make abortion illegal in the state and conflict with the U.S. Constitution.
October 17, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
More than 4,000
The number of third-graders in Arizona that fell "far below" the reading standards this past spring. Starting in 2013-14, all third-graders in the state must prove they can read proficiently or they'll be held back in school.
October 14, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I am thrilled the higher-ups who encouraged or condoned this behavior are getting a stiffer penalty than the ground troops. It’s so unusual.
Walt Haney, a testing expert and a professor of education, referring to Georgia's decision to revoke the teaching certificates of three administrators involved in the Atlanta schools cheating scandal. The teachers, eight of them, only got two-year suspensions.
October 14, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
New Online Tool Tracks Personal Taxes
The City of Houston has created a new tool to show taxpayers how their dollars are spent -- down to the very last cent.
October 13, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Don’t tell me I have to be sympathetic and humane to people who do something so heinous that a judge orders them to be executed.
Florida Rep. Brad Drake, who introduced a bill to make death row inmates choose between the electric chair or a firing squad rather than the controversial lethal injections that are used now.
October 13, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
248
The number of jurisdictions -- down from 296 a decade ago -- that must provide bilingual ballots in the 2012 elections due to the size of their non-English speaking populations.
October 13, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
9 out of 10
The portion of schools nationwide that would no longer be held to federal accountability systems under the first comprehensive bill overhauling the No Child Left Behind law. Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, who leads the education committee, introduced the bill.
October 12, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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