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diggEvery year the lst fan in chief, that is of course President Obama makes his annual March Madness selection.
Drum roll please……….The President is picking Kansas as the 2011 national champion.
Of course all of us in the NYC area are hoping for greatness for St. Johns or at least for Syracuse University, but the President doesn’t have much expectations from St. John’s.
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President ObamaYou will be missed Geraldine Ferraro
A strong argument could be made if there were no Geraldine Ferraro, there would be no Hillary Clinton or Sara Palin.
President picks Kansas, and not St. John's for March Madness
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President Obama's Education Reform Hypocrisy
Last Monday, on NBC’s Today Show, President Obama called for a longer school year, education reform, greater parental involvement, and the firing of incompetent teachers. But it was his response to Matt Lauer's question about whether his daughters could get the same quality education at a District of Columbia school as at their private school that grabbed my attention. He rightly acknowledged that DC public schools are struggling to provide a high quality educational experience for all students. But the President’s acknowledgement is hollow given his lack of direct support for the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP). Since its inception as the first federally funded, school voucher program in the United States, the DC OSP has helped more than 3,300 children from families with an average annual income of $23,000. Several studies found that parents and students were very satisfied with the program; parents were more involved in their children’s education; communication between parents and their child improved; children have an improved attitude toward learning; an increased self-esteem and enthusiasm towards school for children; and students achieved higher reading test scores. These findings prove that the OSP has been successful in increasing the academic progress of the enrolled students and is leading the race to the top for those students and their families President Obama’s inaction prevents over 200 DC students from completing their education at a parochial or private school of their choice. Those OSP students are academically, at least, 18 months ahead of their public school peers (just as Malia and Sasha are). I urge the President to changes his mind and support the DC school voucher program by getting Congress to reauthorize funding.
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