Duncan pledges ‘No Child’ relief for states
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 12th, 2011 4:34 am by HL
Duncan pledges ‘No Child’ relief for states
If Congress fails to act on President Obama’s call to rewrite the No Child Left Behind law by the start of next school year, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said he will take steps to ease some of its most punitive provisions for states that are making strides in improving schools.
“We are hearing a tremendous amount of frustration across the country,” Duncan said in a conference call Friday with reporters. “We are not going to sit back here and do nothing.” He spoke on the condition that his remarks would not be made public until Sunday.
After staff exodus, Gingrich campaign continues
The Post’s Anqoinette Crosby chats with Chris Cillizza about Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign and what the departure of several staffers means for the 2012 bid.
D.C. is functioning, residents say, but elected officials have been embarrassing
Trash is being picked up. Streets are being swept. Building permits are being issued. Swimming pools opened on time. D.C. is paying its bills.
Despite an unprecedented spate of scandals that has threatened to undermine the credibility of the D.C. mayor’s office and the D.C. Council, the District government is, by and large, meeting the expectations of its residents, according to interviews across the city.
But those residents also agree that they are embarrassed by the behavior of their elected officials and have a nagging fear of going back to the bad old days, when Congress seized control of city agencies after its leaders amassed a $722 million budget deficit and drove its credit rating to junk. Violent crime was rampant, and the city was the butt of a national joke.
Obama: Economic recovery will take time
President Barack Obama is using his weekly media message to ask for patience while the economy recovers. He says the recession didn’t happen overnight and won’t end that way either. (June 11)
Weiner planning leave of absence for treatment
Top leaders in the Democratic Party called on embattled Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) to resign Saturday even as the scandal-tarred congressman announced he would request a leave of absence from the House to seek an unspecified form of treatment.
Weiner spokeswoman Risa Heller said Saturday afternoon that the congressman “departed this morning to seek professional treatment to focus on becoming a better husband and healthier person.” She added that he would request “a short leave of absence from the House,” after which he would make a decision on his political future. Heller did not return an e-mail regarding what sort of treatment Weiner would undergo.
