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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.

Archive
Is Earmarking the Best Way to Fund Projects?
It's not black and white, but understanding the pros and cons increases your chances of coming to the right answer for a particular project.
September 26, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Infrastructure Lessons from the Irish Potato Famine
Public works projects should only be built when they have a clear purpose, but the United States hasn't always followed this philosophy.
September 26, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Leaving ‘No Child’ Far Behind
In the decade since the parties put politics aside to pass the No Child Left Behind Act, education policy has gone from pragmatic consensus to ideological division.
September 26, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Can Online News Outlets Help Fill Statehouse Reporting's Void?
Some worry that the drop in the number of reporters covering state capitals and the slow death of print media are making public officials and institutions less accountable.
September 26, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
School Scandals Reveal the Problem with Grading Schools
We measure school performance by test scores because it’s easy. But no simplistic set of A-F grades can ever account for all the intangible ways schools nurture their pupils.
September 26, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Congress can’t even get its own fiscal house in order; they should be taking lessons from us rather than imposing needless suffering on us.
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, who called it “ridiculous” that the District “cannot spend its residents’ own local tax dollars to provide them the services they’ve paid for without Congressional approval.”
September 26, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
23.4 years old
The average age of people moving to Vermont last year, which is the youngest of any state. Overall, though, the state's population is older than much of the rest of the country's.
September 26, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Latest News
Maryland Court Restores Right to Public Defenders at Bail Hearings
Maryland's highest court ruled Wednesday that poor suspects should have access to counsel at all bail hearings, overturning the General Assembly's attempt to spare already-stretched public defenders from attending hundreds of thousands of proceedings each year.
September 26, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Latest News
Colorado Seeking to Secure Utah's Help in Case of Shutdown
Democratic Colorado Sens. Michael Bennet and Mark Udall asked Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on Wednesday to exempt a band of Utah National Guard engineers from furlough in the event of a government shutdown next week so they could get to work immediately helping Colorado rebuild roads.
September 26, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Latest News
California Governor: Pay Jobless Claims Now, Check Eligibility Later
With thousands of Californians still waiting for unemployment checks because of a state computer problem, the Brown administration has ordered the Employment Development Department to begin paying backlogged claims for continued benefits immediately – even before determining whether they are eligible for payment.
September 26, 2013
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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