EFA 2015: The Grand Alliance strategyFriday, July 3, 2009 @ 5:12PMAlmost 10 years since the inception of the second decade of the Education For All movement and with just six years left before it closes in 2015, I just discovered how little most people in the country’s education community know about EFA.
Seeing like a nationFriday, July 3, 2009 @ 5:11PMIN OUR daily lives, we experience the state of our nation as a series of random events with no visible logic or coherence. We see only what we see, and remain blissfully unaware of the partial nature of our vision.
County supervisors approve tenuous budgetFriday, July 3, 2009 @ 4:58PMRIVERSIDE Riverside County supervisors approved a $5.08 billion budget for the coming fiscal year Tuesday despite qualms over reallocating funds to public safety and fears of fiscal fallout from the states financial quagmire. The unanimous vote came after more than two hours of debate and public comments, much of which centered on pay and benefits concessions the county is seeking from three ...
Strictly BusinessFriday, July 3, 2009 @ 4:56PMTwo WW employers on state's top 100 list By ALASDAIR STEWART of the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
A Pentagon Trailblazer, Rethinking U.S. DefenseFriday, July 3, 2009 @ 4:55PMMichèle A. Flournoy, the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, is considered the “brains” of the Pentagon building.
Is there life after democracy?Friday, July 3, 2009 @ 4:55PMWhile we’re still arguing about whether there’s life after death, can we add another question to the cart? Is there life after democracy? What sort of life will it be? By democracy I don’t mean democracy as an ideal or an aspiration.
BURLINGTON COUNTY: Green programs gain groundFriday, July 3, 2009 @ 4:51PMTwo area towns are looking to get “green” through the Sustainable Jersey program.
Prices, Part 3Friday, July 3, 2009 @ 4:48PMIt must be emphasized again that the market is peopled by men who are not omniscient and have only a more or less defective knowledge of prevailing conditions.
A Clean SlateThursday, July 2, 2009 @ 8:27PMWhen it came time to create The Sun Products Corp. -- the company that evolved from the sale of consumer products of giant Unilever's laundry division -- the executive team responsible for