Instead of accepting even welcoming the valuable role home-school supporters can play in increasing choices, too many traditional educators are setting up roadblocks, says USA Today. Some U.S. states impose excessive paperwork demands on home-schooling parents, even when their children appear to be flourishing academically. Many school
Ohio’s special education enrolments are rising, and so are costs. The U.S. federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires parents and public schools to agree on an Individual Education Plan (IEP) a contract designating which special education services the schools will make available. If a school
11 September, Cancun – Today, the Biosafety Protocol goes into effect
worldwide. The Global Freedom to Trade Campaign, a coalition of pro-
globalisation NGOs at the Cancun WTO Ministerial, believes that the
Biosafety Protocol will harm poor farmers by preventing them from accessing
farming technologies which would help them to
Energy deregulation is a success in Pennsylvania, says Republican, Joseph R. Pitts. In the 1990s, Pennsylvania deregulated its energy market in response to skyrocketing prices for electricity. Since then, the programme’s success has been touted as an example of how the United States can handle the issues facing their
President Bush is not the first president to face a serious threat to America’s national security. The situation confronting Ronald Reagan in 1981 was far worse, with the Soviet Union at the peak of its power and a U.S. military that had been severely weakened by Democratic government during
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is often praised for establishing the “gold standard” for drug approval where adherence to regulations and policy is strict and absolute. All FDA approved drugs have been rigorously shown to be safe and effective through years of careful review.
However, some
Death rates fall during recessions, says Christopher Ruhm, of the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research. He found that economic downturns improve the health of people because they alter their behaviour.
Ruhm analysed three key determinants to mortality: whether the person smoked, whether the person was obese
