“It’s a vision that assumes that every Colorado student has the opportunity to live up to his or her God-given potential”
Gov. Bill Ritter and a bipartisan group of lawmakers unveiled an education reform plan Wednesday to toughen the rules for what students must learn and to overhaul the way the state tests them to […]

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While school choice may be one of the most polarizing issues in education today, a new volume of research papers makes the case that innovations aimed at giving families more say in where their children go to school can be whatever their architects make of them.

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CLEARWATER — About 350 residents jammed City Hall tonight, urging local leaders to reject a zoning request that could potentially lead to the replacement of a small Sand Key strip mall with a 100-foot-tall hotel.
In a 4-1 vote, the City Council sided with opponents, but hinted to the cheering crowd that the vote was potentially […]

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Another rough week for Gov. Charlie Crist on the Veep-O-Meter. First came the St. Pete Times/Bay News 9/Herald poll showing he wouldn't help John McCain draw lots of Florida Democrats.
Now, the April National Review has a Crist profile (Headline: ""He's no Jeb Bush." Charlie Crist — ambiguous conservative, potential vice president") featuring a laundry list […]

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DNC member Jon Ausman says the DNC Rules and Bylaws committee received his two challenges on hehalf of Florida Democrats and helpfully runs through the process: "The staff to the RBC has two weeks from 17 March 2008 to review the challenge and to make a recommendation to the Co-Chairs of the Rules and Bylaws […]

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