Ferguson police study new weapons technology to reduce killings of civilians
Ferguson police are evaluating a new attachment to their guns that could give a suspect a chance to live in an otherwise lethal encounter with police. This latest piece of…
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12 More States Are Considering Drug Testing Welfare Applicants
WASHINGTON — Just 37 out of more than 16,000 welfare applicants failed drug tests during six months of testing in Tennessee, The Tennessean reported this week. Though Republican lawmakers in…
Twists, Turns, Eventually Lead To Promising Ebola Vaccine
It took 16 years of twists and turns. Over and over, Dr. Nancy Sullivan thought she was close to an Ebola vaccine, only to see the next experiment fail. “A…
The Obama Administration Won’t Let Scott Walker Drug-Test The Jobless Anytime Soon
WASHINGTON — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) on Tuesday evening formally proposed drug testing for people who want unemployment benefits, but there’s just one problem: President Barack Obama won’t allow…
House Education Panel Head Endorses Annual Student Testing
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee on Thursday endorsed continuing the federally required annual testing of students under the No Child Left Behind…
Politicians Introduce Bills That Would Work To Reduce The Role Of School Standardized Testing
In the same week that the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held its first hearing on the issue of rewriting No Child Left Behind, two separate…
Teachers Rally Against Standardized Testing At No Child Left Behind Hearing
At the end of every school year, Stephen Lazar, a New York City social studies teacher, would stand in front of his students and apologize to them for turning into…
Student Testing: Deciding When Enough Is Enough
WASHINGTON (AP) — Do students take too many tests? Given the complaints about a high-stakes testing culture in classrooms, some states are reviewing the quality and quantity of the tests…
China: 20 missing as boat sinks in Yangtze River
Those rescued included an interpreter and the suppliers of some of the equipment on board. China’s Xinhua state news agency said that the boat, which had 24 or 25 people…
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