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The unions are in favor of educational reform," [Andrea Canty] said, "however we must be included in all stages of the process. The School Choice resolution does not includeprovisions and protections for collective bargaining agreements and sacrifices jobs of workers, who are parents of LAUSD children.
Leon Jenkins, President of the Los Angeles NAACP finds the School Choice resolution unacceptable and said, "The possibility that corporate school operators could "cherry-pick" the best students raises the question of what will happen to the students who are excluded from these schools."
Community members should have the opportunity and ample time to analyze and ask questions regarding any resolution that would significantly impact the educational future of their children and communities...
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By Ed Stannard Community Engagement Editor estannard@nhregister.com
Planning to lose 10 pounds next year? Forget it. Too many cookies.
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City Council members on Tuesday approved a resolution authorizing the city to file suit against national lenders who they say created a foreclosure crisis in Memphis and Shelby County that disproportionately affected African-Americans.
The resolution alleges lenders engaged in "deceptive" and "discriminatory" lending practices targeted at the black community and "other select groups" that caused "substantial" and "irreparable" harm to neighborhoods and the governments.
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WASHINGTON, April 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The historic budget agreement reached by Congressional leaders and President Barack Obama this weekend will significantly benefit D.C. schoolchildren and deserves to win passage by Congress this week, leaders of the Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO) and D.C. Parents for School Choice said today.
The proposed Continuing Resolution (CR), championed by Speaker Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and President Obama, would provide $300 million in extra funding for education in the District of Columbia -- money that will not be available for D.C. children if the CR fails to win passage. Money would be made available for public schools, public charter schools, and for the highly-successful and popular D.C. Opportunity Scholarship ...
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Patricia M. Gibeault (argued), Catherine J. Furay, Axley & Brynelson, Madison, Wis., for plaintiff-appellee.
Patrick R. Burns, Machulak & Hutchinson,...
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Recently the Memphis City Council unanimously passed a resolution honoring Hutchison Senior Class President Megan Adams for "Outstanding Community Service" at the Council's public meeting held in the Council Chambers at City Hall. Councilman Jim Strickland, who drafted the resolution, read the resolution aloud and after the vote, it was recorded into minutes.
Strickland noted Megan's athletic accolades, her election to the senior class presidency and volunteerism during the presentation. Commenting "With such an impressive resume, I am glad I didn't run against Megan when I was running for city council.
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This article discusses the community of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) professionals that has evolved as courts have incorporated ADR programs into the justice system. The article describes a number of challenges confronting court ADR programs, as well as efforts generated from within the community to confront those challenges. The article describes development of the Federal Judicial Center's Program for Consultations in Dispute Resolution and how the FJC designed and implemented this program, through which judges, ADR administrators, and researchers provide assistance to their peers in federal court ADR programs. The article also discusses an American Bar Association (ABA) project, Court ADR Program Advisors, modeled after the FJC Program, that provides assistance to state court...
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By Michelle Wagner
Correspondent
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By Michelle Wagner
Correspondent