Classes began at most New York public schools this week. In this second year of Mayor Bloomberg’s reorganized education system, what awaits schoolchildren and their teachers? For one thing, fifth graders will need to take a new test in reading and math in order to advance. Also, the latest news from Iraq, turbulence in the aviation sector, and Martha Stewart and the logistics of jail.
Leaking from a Glass Half Empty
Brian Bennet, Time Magazine correspondent, coordinated their Iraq coverage for past year, on the direction of US policy on Iraq and the pessimistic outlook in leaked classified intelligence
» Time Magazine
» Time Magazine
Bumpy Landing
Scott McCartney Travel Editor for the Wall Street Journal, also writes the "Middle Seat" column on the problems in the airline industry
» Wall Street Journal
» Wall Street Journal
School's in Session
Beth FertigWNYC reporter on the new school year
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Ellen Yan, Public Schools Reporter for Newsday, on the highlights and lowlights of the new school year
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Robin Brown, President, United Parents Association of New York City, on how her organization views the new school year ...
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Ellen Yan, Public Schools Reporter for Newsday, on the highlights and lowlights of the new school year
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Robin Brown, President, United Parents Association of New York City, on how her organization views the new school year ...
The Corrections
Robert GangiExecutive Director, The Correctional Association of New on the request made by Martha Stewart to be sent to prison, and the busing of families to prisons upstate to visit loved ones in prisons
» Correctional Association of New York
» Correctional Association of New York
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