One of the goals of the Federal No Child Left Behind Act is to get Black and Latino school students ahead. We continue our election year series, 30 Issues in 30 Days by looking at whether the law is working. Plus: a Columbus Day look at the Italian mind with the writer Beppe Severgnini.
Monday Morning Politics
Karen DeYoung, associate editor at The Washington Post and author, Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell (Knopf, 2006)
-on North Korea's apparent nuclear test and President Bush's reaction. Also, more on the news of the week and her new biography of Colin Powell.
-on North Korea's apparent nuclear test and President Bush's reaction. Also, more on the news of the week and her new biography of Colin Powell.
Viva Italia
ยป Beppe Severgnini, columnist for Corriere della Serre, Italy's largest daily newspaper and author, La Bella Figura: A Field Guide to the Italian Mind (Broadway Books, 2006)
- explores the quirky and chaotic customs that make up modern Italian culture.
30 Issues: No Child Left Behind
Annette Fuentes adjunct professor at Columbia Journalism School, freelance journalist; and former editor, "New York Daily News"; former health reporter, "New York Newsday"
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Sol Stern, contributing editor to City Journal and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author, Breaking Free: Public School Lessons and ...
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Sol Stern, contributing editor to City Journal and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author, Breaking Free: Public School Lessons and ...
Showdown in Trenton
Josh Gohlke, political reporter from The Northern New Jersey Record
-on the debate between Robert Menendez and Tom Kean Jr. and Kean's call for Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert's resignation.
-on the debate between Robert Menendez and Tom Kean Jr. and Kean's call for Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert's resignation.
Annette Fuentes
Annette Fuentes, former editor at New York Daily News and adjunct professor at Columbia University on the Brian Lehrer Show on Monday.
Fuentes-Stern
Annette Fuentes, former editor at New York Daily News and adjunct professor at Columbia University on the Brian Lehrer Show on Monday and Sol ...