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JANUARY 2008 Featured Articles
AFGHANISTAN STILL NEEDS SAVING
THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM PROMISES THAT HIS NATION WILL HOLD FAST IN ITS SUPPORT OF A NEW AFGHANISTAN. HOWEVER, BEYOND UNCLE SAM, WHO IS WILLING TO LEND THE BELEAGUERED BRITISH A HAND?
GIVING NCLB AN A-PLUS BOOST
THE ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS LEAD US TO SUCCESS ACT WOULD PROMOTE GREATER LOCAL CONTROL IN EDUCATION WHILE MAINTAINING ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH STATE-LEVEL TESTING AND INFORMATION REPORTING TO PARENTS TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY.
HOW MEMBERS OF CONGRESS PRACTICE PRIVATE SCHOOL CHOICE
". . . IF ALL OF THE MEMBERS [OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE] WHO EXERCISED SCHOOL CHOICE FOR THEIR OWN CHILDREN HAD SUPPORTED SCHOOL CHOICE IN POLICY, EVERY MAJOR LEGISLATIVE EFFORT IN RECENT YEARS TO GIVE PARENTS SCHOOL CHOICE WOULD HAVE PASSED."
RELATING TO IRAN . . . AND THE WORLD
"RATHER THAN ACTING LIKE A NATION RIDDLED WITH THE INSECURITIES OF A SCHOOLYARD BULLY, WE OUGHT TO CARRY OURSELVES WITH THE CONFIDENCE THAT SHOULD COME FROM THE DIGNITY OF OUR HERITAGE, EXPERIENCE OF OUR HISTORY, AND STRENGTH OF OUR HUMANITY. . . ."

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