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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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Houston’s Green Revolution
America’s oil capital embraces the sustainability movement.
August 26, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Jobs Aren’t Enough
Economic development’s key measure of success is not the only approach to turning lagging economies into prosperous communities.
August 26, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Severe Budget Cuts Ahead
With stimulus funding gone, a misinformed citizenry is unprepared for the funding cuts on the horizon.
August 26, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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The Nasty, Ineffective World of Politics
Politically-involved high school students could teach legislators a thing or two about compromise.
August 26, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
It's not only unconstitutional, I think you could describe it as crazy.
Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne, who filed the first state lawsuit against the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The measure requires states that didn't meet all of the law's criteria in 1972 to get federal approval for any law or process that could impact voting.
August 26, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
12%
The percentage-point lead that Texas Gov. Rick Perry has over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the GOP presidential race, according to a new Gallup poll.
August 25, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
We will never ask 3-year-olds to take bubble tests. That would be ludicrous.
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, trying to calm concerns that the guidelines for new Race to the Top grants will lead to high-stakes testing in preschools. The guidelines call for states to develop a public rating and improvement system for pre-K.
August 25, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$100
The amount that Camden, N.J., is paying 66 of its high school students to not skip school. The grant money funding the program needs to be used by Sept. 30, so the students will get paid at the beginning of the year and sign a pledge to show up the rest of the year.
August 24, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Today is a game changer. You deal. They die. You’re done.
Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, after federal and local authorities arrested 33 owners, operators and doctors of "pill mills" that illegally sell oxycodone, which has caused 28 percent more deaths since 2009.
August 24, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
More than 7%
The portion of Washington state's public workforce that has disappeared since 2009. With layoffs accounting for about 21 percent of the loss, most of it is from workers who left on their own.
August 23, 2011
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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