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Texas Leads the Counter-Attack Against Standardized Testing

John Thompson | Posted 04.02.2013 | Politics
Read More: School Reform, Standardized Testing, Save Texas Schools Rally, Robert Scott, Texas Observer, John Kuhn, Texas Tribune, Politics News
John Thompson

Texas educators and families are conveying a two-part message. Our education system is not broken, but we have not been able to scale up solutions for urban systems serving intense concentrations of poverty.

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Get Ready for 'Moms Against Drunk Testing'

Jason Stanford | Posted 11.24.2012 | Home
Read More: Texas Association of Business, Terry Greir, Texans Advocating for Meaningful School Assessment, Pearson Education, National Assessment of Educational Progress, Sandy Kress, Corpus Christi ISD, High-Stakes Testing, Robert Scott, Houston ISD, Pearson, Home News
Jason Stanford

The education reformers who brought us No Child Left Behind have done screwed up. They've messed with Texas mommas.

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Who Could Be Romney's Education Secretary?

Education Week | Posted 08.27.2012 | Home
Read More: Tony Bennett, Department of Education, Mitt Romney Education, 2012 Elections, Arne Duncan, Mitt Romney Education Secretary, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Jeb Bush, Ed-Lection 2012, Mitt Romney 2012, Chris Cerf, Tim Pawlenty, Tom Luna, Robert Scott, Education Secretary, Home News

With the Republican National Convention about to kick off, it's officially time to start speculating about who could be presumptive GOP Mitt Romney's ...

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Long Lost Shipwreck Found Off Greenland Coast

Posted 08.18.2012 | World
Read More: Roald Amundsen, Video, Antarctica, Robert Scott, Polar Exploration, South Pole, Terra Nova, Shipwreck, World News

An old whaling ship that carried Captain Robert Scott to the Antarctic and on a doomed expedition to the South Pole a century ago has been found off t...

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A Tale of Two Reform Stories

Carolyn Foote | Posted 07.08.2012 | Home
Read More: Will Richardson, School Reform, School Change, Robert Scott, Diane Laufenberg, Accountability, Home News
Carolyn Foote

How do we get those focused on accountability reform to listen to those of us having conversations about real reform? Therein lies the question. How do we get them to respect what we have to say?

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Skiing To The South Pole

James M. Clash | Posted 06.04.2012 | Travel
Read More: Roald Amundsen, Cold, Extreme, Adventure, Antarctica, Amundsen-Scott Station, James Clash, Noaa, Robert Scott, Jim, Polar, South Pole, Skiing, North Pole, Cal-Tech, Ice, Travel News
James M. Clash

There are crazies that climb into a steaming sauna, then head outside to run around the ceremonial pole marker naked as soon as the temperature dips beneath 100 below.

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Evolutionary Science Materials In Texas Get Preliminary Approval

AP | By JIM VERTUNO | Posted 09.20.2011 | Home
Read More: Texas Education, Intelligent Design, Education, Texas Science Education, Science, Evolution, Robert Scott, Intelligent Design Debate, Evolution Education, Texas Schools, Science Education, Home News

AUSTIN, Texas -- An expected fight over teaching evolution in Texas classrooms fizzled Thursday when the state's Board of Education gave preliminary a...

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Dave Jamieson

WATCH: Violence, Potential Job Losses Hang Over Colombia Free Trade Agreement

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 09.19.2011 | Business
Read More: Outsourcing, Free Trade Agreements, U.S. Trade Deficit, Trade Deficit, Nafta, Ron Kirk, Free Trade, Robert Scott, US Chamber of Commerce, U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, Barack Obama, Video, Business News

WASHINGTON -- As U.S. lawmakers inch closer to enacting a long-stalled free trade agreement with Colombia, the deal's proponents have cited the safer ...

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NAFTA Cost U.S. 700k Jobs, Report Says

The Huffington Post | Maxwell Strachan | Posted 07.12.2011 | Business
Read More: Epi, US Economy, California, Economic Policy Institute, Nafta, Korus, US South Korea, US Mexico, North American Free Trade Agreement, Robert Scott, Manufacturing Sector, Michigan, Business News

When the North American Free Trade Agreement was first signed in 1994, proponents said it would eventually create jobs for the U.S. economy. 17 ye...

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Relics From Scott's Antarctic Expedition For Sale

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Antarctica, Scott's Antarctic Expedition, Robert Falcon Scott, Antarctic Relics for Sale, Robert Scott, Antarctic Relics, Relics Scott's Antarctic Expedition, South Pole, World News

LONDON — They are testament to one of the most heroic of British failures. Skis, photos, scientific instruments and other relics from Capt. Rob...

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Credit-Card Borrowing Is Hurting Small Businesses

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Credit Card Abuse, Real Estate Loans, Alternative Financing, Small Business Loans, Recession, Retail Store, Credit Cards, SBA Loans, Business Startups, Small Business Owners, Monmouth University, Great Recession, Borrowing Money, Term Loans, Business News, Score, Robert Scott, Commercial Real Estate, Entrepreneurs, Sba, Great Depression, Small Business, Business News
Jerry Chautin

Once upon a time loans from friends and family ranked as the most prevalent way for entrepreneurs to fund business start-ups. Now, credit cards have jumped to the top of the list.

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