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By Mara Gay - AOL News
(Oct. 12) -- Atlanta's public schools are under investigation for allegations that educators manipulated standardized tests to inflate students' scores. Statewide in Georgia last year, an alarmingly high 250,000 wrong answers were corrected using an eraser on an exam that determines whether children are meeting the requirements mandated by the federal No Child Left Behind Act, according to NPR. Atlanta had the largest share of those suspicious exams, prompting Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue to launch an investigation to determine whether educators in the district illegally tampered with the ...
South Carolina's Mark Sanford Accepts Stimulus Money, After All
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyEarly last year, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford turned up his nose at federal stimulus funds for his state, saying it would only add to the national debt. That was then. On Tuesday, the Labor Department said the state had gone through the approval process and would begin receiving $97.5 million to help out its strapped unemployment compensation fund. It seems the once stubborn Sanford, staggered by an extramarital affair that threw him off message and effectively ruined his political career, quietly signed a bill two months ago that expanded eligibility for jobless benefits in South ...
'Race to the Top' Winners, Losers Weigh In on Finalist Announcement
By David Knowles - AOL News(July 27) -- U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan's office today announced the finalists in the Department of Education's Race to the Top contest to fund state school programs. In the first round of funding awards that took place in March, Delaware won $100 million and Tennessee won $500 million. Still at stake is $3.4 billion in funds that could help states reeling from the recession help close substantial budget gaps. In all, 35 states and Washington, D.C., applied in the second round; 18 states and Washington still remain in the running. The Winners While the final recipients of the ...
Georgia Poll Points to an Oxendine-Barnes Race for Governor
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyGeorgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine is the clear front-runner so far in a crowded field of Republicans seeking to succeed Gov. Sonny Perdue while former Gov. Roy Barnes, who lost to Perdue in 2002, is the favorite among Democrats for that party's nomination, according to a Strategic Vision poll conducted Sept. 18-20. ...
God Smites Georgia
By David Knowles - Politics DailyJust outside the Georgia capitol building, Governor Sonny Perdue led his state in an official prayer for rain this week. As most people know by now, Georgia is suffering from a potentially catastrophic drought, and Perdue decided to seek divine intervention. Appealing to a higher power for rain is an age-old human tradition, one perhaps best illustrated in the form of the Native American rain dance. So, the Republican Governor led a gathering of lawmakers, ministers and ordinary citizens in a direct and specific request to God. "Oh father, we acknowledge our wastefulness," Perdue said. "But ...
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