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- No Child Left Behind Act: Is it an Unfunded Mandate or a Promotion of Federal Educational Ideals?, The
- I. INTRODUCTION: FEDERALISM AND AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL POLICY Since its inception, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 NCLB1 has generated substantial controversy over the expanding role of the federal government in public K-12 education. The NCLB, a revision of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, calls for states...
- Research articles 2008-04-30
- Bay Area House delegation at odds over war in Iraq
- Disagreement is brewing among the Bay Area's House delegation on how best to pursue an end to the war in Iraq. Even before Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker arrived on Capitol Hill this week to update Congress on Iraq, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco,...
- Research articles 2007-09-12
- Bay Area House delegation at odds over Iraq war
- Disagreement is brewing among the Bay Area's House delegation on how best to pursue an end to the war in Iraq. Even before Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker arrived on Capitol Hill this week to update Congress on Iraq, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco,...
- Research articles 2007-09-12
- Fence Post.(News)(Letter to the Editor)
- Disagreement is part of a healthy America I am glad to see responses to the writings of Elsie B. Zelms. I am having a hard time finding the logic behind her assumption that any dissention on our part causes more bloodshed and danger to our...
- Research articles 2004-07-09
- In the final analysis
- "At the core of each discipline, there develops a consensus of the learned .... On the frontier of the discipline, there is a lot of disagreement." -E.D. Hirsch, Jr. The frontier of a discipline; now, that's where the fun is-knowledgeable debate, impassioned exchanges, fiery discourse, and occasional hair...
- Research articles 2002-06-01
- Deference and disability discrimination.
- I. INTRODUCTION For thirty-five years, the civil rights community has paid scant attention to administrative law principles. Those interested in advancing on-the-job equality for this country's working men and women (or in preserving employer autonomy vis-a-vis federal encroachment) have all but ignored what...
- Research articles 2000-12-01
- General assessment of the macroeconomic situation - includes appendix on economic policy reforms - OECD Economic Outlook and Policies
- Growth in the OECD area is estimated to have reached 3 per cent in 1997 and is projected to continue at that rate in 1998, before moderating to around 2 1/2 per cent in 1999. This fairly buoyant picture is far from homogeneous across the area. Rapid expansions in the...
- Research articles 1997-12-01
- Merger talks between Chevron and Texaco have halted amid disagreements over the complexity of the deal.(Statistical Data Included)
- Merger talks between Chevron and Texaco have halted amid disagreements over the complexity of the deal. The ... Merger talks between Chevron and Texaco have halted amid disagreements over the complexity of the deal. The marriage would have resulted in the world's fourth-largest oil...
- Research articles 1999-07-15
- How necessary is 'necessary'? (Capital Watch).(disagreement among FCC members regarding Congress' mandate to review commission rules )(Brief Article)
- There is a major disagreement between FCC Commissioner Kevin Martin and the other members of the FCC over how to interpret Congress's mandate to review commission rules every two years and scrap or change ones deemed unnecessary. Martin turns out t There is a...
- Research articles 2003-03-24
- 'Polite disagreement' over a liability report. (Correspondence).
- I did speak directly with Barry Lane at Unocal [Corp. of El Segundo, Calif.] just after the release of our report. We had some polite disagreement about the report and its findings, and I see that some of his views made their way into your [Aug.5] ...
- Research articles 2002-08-26
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- Analyst Disagreement, Forecast Bias and Stock Returns
- This paper presents evidence of inefficient information processing in equity markets by documenting that biases in analysts' earnings forecasts are reflected in stock prices. In particular, it shows that investors fail to fully account for optimistic bias associated with analyst disagreement. This bias arises for two reasons. First, analysts issue...
- White papers 2004-06-01
- CIA riven with disagreement over bin Laden before Sept 11
- WASHINGTON AFP ? CIA efforts to get Osama bin Laden in the months before the September 11 attacks were riddled with problems, including disagreements about the focus of the mission and disagreement over whether to kill or capture him, an independent commission reported. Bin Laden eluded capture on several...
- Research articles 2004-03-24
- Sudanese peace talks open amid disagreement over African troops
- ABUJA AFP ? African Union-sponsored peace talks between Sudan's government and rebel leaders from its war-torn Darfur region began amid disagreement over the deployment of peacekeepers. AU chairman, President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, declared the talks open in front of senior officials and observers from several African countries who...
- Research articles 2004-08-23
- Hornets and New Orleans City Council disagreement threatens landing
- The new practice facility being built for the New Orleans Hornets could help the Crescent City score the 2008 NBA All-Star Game. But a disagreement between the Hornets and the City Council over its location is threatening to turn the economic slam-dunk into a $60 million air ball. ...
- Research articles 2004-11-08
- Iran and EU in flat disagreement on nuclear issue ahead of Geneva talks
- VIENNA AFP — Iran and the EU go into talks on Iran's nuclear program in Geneva Tuesday in flat disagreement over the most crucial point -- Tehran's abandoning uranium enrichment in order to guarantee it is not trying to make atomic weapons. And time is pressing. A European diplomat...
- Research articles 2005-02-07
- Iraq military command delayed by disagreement with US
- BAGHDAD AFP — The inauguration of a new Iraqi joint military command has been postponed because of a disagreement about how to define its relationship with US forces, a US military spokesman said. The headquarters was due to have been declared open on Saturday at the defence ministry in Baghdad...
- Research articles 2006-09-03
- A polite disagreement, so far. (between George Bush and Alan Greenspan over raising the discount rate)
- A polite disagreement, so far THE biggest single factor in Mr George Bush's election victory last November was the American economy. Discounting the one-off effect of last summer's drought, underlying growth in 1988 was a robust 3 1/4% - far more than most forecasters...
- Research articles 1989-02-25
- EADS strategy chief resigns after disagreement
- PARIS AFP — Jean-Paul Gut, the chief operating officer at European aeronautics and defence giant EADS, said Monday he was stepping down from his post because of a disagreement over strategy. The 46-year-old Frenchman will be replaced from Monday by Marwan Lahoud, presently the head at missiles maker MBDA,...
- Research articles 2007-06-11
- Airbus group strategy chief resigns after disagreement
- PARIS AFP — The wind of change is still blowing through the board of embattled European aeronautics giant EADS as the last of the old guard, Jean-Paul Gut, resigned on Monday in a disagreement over strategy. The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company announced that 46-year-old Gut, its chief...
- Research articles 2007-06-11
- Watertown, Conn.-Based Auto Retail Company Settles Disagreement.
- By David A. Smith, Waterbury Republican-American, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 4--A week after settling part of one lawsuit, Watertown-based Hometown Auto Retailers said Tuesday it has also settled another potential suit involving a disagreement with the former owner of its...
- Research articles 2001-07-04
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