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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

News on the Energy, Education and Healthcare Fronts

Energy, Public Education, and Healthcare updates


Energy


G20 fails to reach pre-Copenhagen climate finance deal
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/ts_afp/financeeconomyg20britain


Senate Democrats advance climate bill without GOP
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_bi_ge/us_climate_bill


Negotiators scale back UN climate pact ambitions
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_eu/climate_talks


Surprise: ABC's Sawyer Hits Gore on Profits From Global Warming, Plays Glenn Beck Attack
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitlock/2009/11/03/surprise-abc-s-sawyer-hits-gore-profits-global-warming-plays-glenn-b




Education News:
Like Obama, Home schoolers probably not celebrating the wall coming down in Germany, either.
MUNICH, Germany - Increasing custody cases in Europe are proof that officials there have declared war against home schooling and parental rights, according to some residents.
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2009/November/Parents-Targeted-as-Europe-Cracks-Down-on-Home-Schooling/


Obama's $4.35 billion "Race to the Top" grant competition to spur educational innovation not loved by unions.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/24/AR2009092403197.html


The Solution
1 (of 3) Improve K-12 schooling:
We will recruit an army of new teachers and develop innovative ways to reward teachers who are doing a great job, and we will reform No Child Left Behind so that we are supporting schools that need improvement, rather than punishing them.


Heathcare News:


House health bill unacceptable to many in Senate
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091109/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul


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