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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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As Pennsylvania Enters 5th Budgetless Month, Schools Borrow Money Just to Stay Open
Two weeks ago, the School Reform Commission warned that without a state budget it would be forced to borrow hundreds of millions just to keep schools open through the end of December.
November 03, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Feds Fault Illinois School District for Violating Transgender Student's Rights
Illinois' largest high school district violated federal law by barring a transgender student from using the girls' locker room, authorities declared Monday.
November 03, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Anonymous Hackers Plan to Expose Politicians Allegedly in KKK
A threat by Anonymous to unmask at least 1,000 members of the Ku Klux Klan might have come to fruition Sunday when the names of notable politicians, supposedly affiliated with the hate group, started coming to light.
November 03, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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After Years of Neglecting Parks, New York Pays a Billion Dollars' Worth of Attention to Them
The Genesee River flows through Letchworth State Park, forming a luminous ribbon at the bottom of 600-foot cliffs of shale and sandstone, and earning the park the nickname “Grand Canyon of the East.”
November 03, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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New Arizona Laws Settle Long-Running School Funding Lawsuit
Gov. Doug Ducey signed a trio of bills Friday that would settle a K-12 funding dispute, if the voters agree, and clear the path for other education initiatives.
November 03, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Sacramento Mayor's Race Heats Up
Angelique Ashby said she was ready to take on a Goliath.
November 02, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Corruption Cases, New York Politics on Trial
In separate federal courthouses in Lower Manhattan this month, two of the most powerful men in New York are about to go on trial, an extraordinary spectacle centering on allegations of corruption, bribery and nepotism in the state’s highest chambers of political power.
November 02, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Hundreds of Sex Offenders, One Judge's Order and a Defiant Governor All Clash in Minnesota
Clearly frustrated by the state's inaction to remedy what he deemed an unconstitutional civil commitment program for sex offenders, a federal judge Thursday ordered Minnesota officials to make specific, immediate changes.
November 02, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kasich Signs Charter School Bill Into Law
Long-awaited reforms designed to improve the performance, accountability and transparency of charter schools were signed into law this morning by Ohio Gov. John Kasich.
November 02, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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In Arbitration, a ‘Privatization of the Justice System’
Deborah L. Pierce, an emergency room doctor in Philadelphia, was optimistic when she brought a sex discrimination claim against the medical group that had dismissed her.
November 02, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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