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"Who we fighting today?" Jess asked, hands rested at the back of her head. She wore urban camo baggy capris, teal blue bands tightening near the end around her mid-calf. Black sandles similiar to those ninja wear. A teal long-sleeved top hugging her curves, black short-sleeved tube top that would reveal her mid-driff if she wasn't wearing the other shirt under it. Her tail swaying lazily and boredly behind her, her amber eyes closed and ears perked, one twitching ever so often, detecting a new sound as Team Urameshi walked through the busy street, heading for the stadium. Ever since that fight against Reza, Jess was looked at by the audiance as a serious fighter instead of some hot neko-chick. It even boosted her teammates to fight more viscious and feirce, no holding back anymore.
"Speakng of which, where the fuck is Yusuke?" Ang suddenly asked, looking through the crowd to maybe spot the boy.
"The fuck should I know" Jess shrugged. "If he's not there we can have someone else take his place as a captain, if so I nominate Ang take my spot, I take Kurama-kun's and Kurama-kun be the captain" she confirmed.
"Why him, I was officially second captain so really I should take Urameshi's place" Kuwabara grumbled angerly.
"Well, no offense to you Kuwabara, demo... how should I put this..." she seemed to think about for a moment. "Kurama-kun is..."
"Less of an idoit" Ang confirmed.
"Ya, that's one way of putting plus, once being Youko, he should have some experience in leadership and more skills in it. He's also pretty smart and clever and knows who to place against who. The perfect nominee" Jess explained her reasons for choosing Kurama to replace Yusuke if he's not there.
"Hn. Face it Kuwabaka, if anyone should be captain it's the fox and you know it"
"Who the fuck's the fox?" Ang asked, looking to Hiei. The four looked at her-it was a look saying she should know- and blinked.
"Kurama-kun" Jess thrusted a thumb over her shoulder to the red-head. "Why?" Ang asked.
"Because he's a kitsune in a human-form" she curtly responded as they entered the stadium.
"Okay Ang, remember you may get a chance to fight since you're no longer an extra, but a mandatory fighter" Jess patted her friend's shoulder. Ang nodded her head vigorously, excited of the opportunity.
"It's about bloody time!" she thrusted a fist, now completely pumped as she punched at an imaginary target.
"Alright, save it for the opponents" Jess grabbed Ang's wrist lightly as she nodded and calmed down for a moment.
"WELCOME EVERYONE TO TODAY'S GRAND MATCH!" Jess glared weakly, along with Ang at Flay. They hated her guts, such an annoying demoness she was.
"When we win, I'm going to wish for her to fall over dead" Jess grumbled, Ang nodded.
"TODAY WE'LL BE HAVING TEAM URAMESHI AGAINST TEAM CRUSHER, BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS CRUSH THE COMPETITION!" Flay announced as Team Urameshi looked across the arena.
"Are you sure they didn't just sit on them?" Ang mused, Jess laughed at the comment. They had to admit, they were quite large and not just in peportion, but they were giants too.
"THE TEAM CAPTAINS WILL CHOOSE THE FIGHTERS BUT THE CAPTAIN OF TEAM CRUSHER HAS CHOOSEN STYLE OF MATCH!" Flay announced as Jess's eye twitched.
"He could have all of them against just one of us, we wouldn't even fit in the ring..." she dryly slurred out.
"YUKARU HAS DECIDED!" Flay announced as the giant demon stomped out of the ring and back to his team. "IT WILL BE A TAG-TEAM MATCH, 2VS 1. TWO FROM TEAM URAMESHI AND ONE OF HIS OWN TEAM PLAYERS!!" Team Urameshi blinked for a moment. Jess and Ang suddenly held a gleam in their eye, a smirk slithering across their lips and looking to eachother from the corner of their eyes.
"Tag-Team?" Jess simply spoke.
"Tag-Team" Ang confirmed, nodding. "Well, we'll handle this one Kurama-kun!" before the red-head could even speak, the two bolted and jumped. Jess doing a small and simple feline flip in the air, Ang starting for the ground of the ring as Jess went head first. Ang twisted in the air, now just hovering above Jess's back. Jess's hands out as she landed in a hand-stand, Ang's hand landing firmly on jess's back before pushing off. Simply flipping, she landed on her feet gracefully as Jess flipped, pushing off her hands and landing in a feline crouched position by Ang.
"IT APPEARS THE TWO HANYOU TEAM-MATES ARE UP FOR THE CHALLENGE. HOW WELL IS THEIR TEAM-WORK AND WILL IT PROVE TO BE THEIR VICTORY OR DOWN-FALL!?!?!" Flay announced, adding suspense to the atmosphere and also getting the crowd more pumped.
The ground rumbled, Jess stood next to Ang with a blank expression. "He certainly is a big fellow" she simply commented as the two watched their opponent walk into the ring. He stood 10'11", one yellow eye in the middle of his pear-shaped head. Two large white fangs sprouting from his bottom gums, poking out upwards like tusks. His skin a light peacock blue, he wore a brown deer fur cave-man styled outfit and carried a giant wooden mallot barbed in giant metal spikes that retracted inside the mallot head for now.
"We can take him!" Ang thrusted a fist as jess smirked and nodded, completely agreeing in sheer determination.
"Hahahaha, you two think you'll last long..." his voice rumbled the stadium, deep and low. Something expected from him. "I eat demons bigger than you and more powerful for breakfest!" he went into action, his mallot crashing to where it appeared Jess and Ang stood. Jess continued doing cartwheels backwards as Ang was still airborn until they landed safely away from him.
"Well, he isn't that fast so if we do this right, taking him down will be easy" Jess commented as Ang blinked and looked to Jess before nodding.
"I'll evade and travel by shadows-"
"I'll go by wind" Ang smirked as Jess nodded. "You got it" the two felt the ground vibrate under them and watched as he charged towards them, mallot raised. Jess crouched ever so slightly, muscles tense as Ang started focusing, energy faintly senced swirling in the air around her and making an unnoticed wind.
"I'll crush you like bugs!!" his mallot swung down with full force. A bubble of wind lifted Ang safely away from harm, allowing her to levitate in the air.
"IT APPEARS ANG USED AIR TO BLOW HER INTO SAFETY BUT JESS SEEMS TO HAVE FACED THE DOOM OF TRO-" Flay stopped. "IT APPEARS ANG IS LOWERING HERSELF TO THE GROUND! WHAT IS THIS KITSUNE THINKING FOLKS!?!" Ang hovered just a feet from the ground, a shadow on the ground. Soon, a familiar figure rose out of the shadow and the black figure became realistic, revealing the completely unharmed Jess who smirked with her arms crossed.
"IT APPEARS JESS MANAGED TO ESCAPE USING THE SHADOWS AS HER TELEPORTATION, HOW DID SHE DO IT!?!?!" Jess shoke her head, it was kinda only one way of doing it. Fusing with the shadow of the oncoming mallot as it harmlessly crashed into the ground.
"Alright Ang, time to show him what we're really made of!" Ang nodded, harmlessly and safely dropping herself from the short distance onto her feet, standing by her friend. Both determined and ready.
"I'll hit high-"
"I'll hit low" they smirked before charging, Ang flying fast with the now gusting wind as Jess glided across the arena floor, a pathway of ice suddenly forming infront of her by a few inches. He growled and glared, swining wildly at Ang who moved around him quickly, easily evaidng the attacks.
"You're not but a pesky fly!" Ang gasped out as the mallot hit her head on and she came torpedding to the ring. Aimed for a particular person, Ang flew right into Jess and sent both of the two back. Hitting the ground with such force, the sound of impact was great as a smoke cloud rose.
"IT LOOKS LIKE TROY KNOCKED OUT TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE, A VERY POWERFUL AND FATIL BLOW IT WAS!!. IT WOULD BE A MIRACLE IF THE TWO COULD WALK AFTER THAT!" Flay announcd, the three boys now watched closer, the girls, Koenma and Daichi at the end of their seats waiting for the cloud to clear.
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"Itai..." no one could hear the small hiss. "You okay Ang?"
"Y-Ya, you basically broke my fall, thank god for shadows, eh?" the smoke cloud cleared, the two were there, in piece. Jess sat with Ang almost on her, both pitch black and just mere shadows. Jess was rubbing her head.
"You better be damn thankfully for that, now come on" she rose to her feet, her and Ang's shadow both going back to the floor and flat once more as Jess offered a hand. Hoisting Ang to her feet the two looked over at Troy, their opponent.
"Don't you know it's rude to hit a lady!" Jess scowled, hand son her hips as she glared with a bemused smirk. Ang also with that smirk seeing Troy's flabberghausted expression.
"Alright, we'll do this a bit different;y, Ang you get a good wind going for me" Ang nodded and concentration her Spirit Energy. Soon, a wind breeze started going. After awhile it got stronger and stronger, Jess smirked.
"Now, try and make that into a tornado for me" Jess, with that said bit down on her thumb and let a small pool of blood seep to the surface. She smirked before summoning a ice dagger and cutting a simple wound across her palm. The warm liquid started to escape through the opening.
"Distract him for a moment" Ang nodded and sent blades of wind flying to him, this had him distracted from Jess as she ran to the tornado. None had noticed Jess enter the eye of the tornado.
"Blazing Ring" Jess drew a ring with her blood around her before suddenly it blazed into flames. The fire licking at the side of the tornado, Jess had trouble focusing with the blarring wind in her ears, hair wildly blew around her but soon, the tornado went up into flames.
"ANG NOW!" Ang felt the great heat and looked seieng the blazing tornado and soon nodded. It started making it's path along the ring before aiming straight for Troy. Jess managed to break free from it before it got close to Troy. He swung his mallot, in hopes of diminishing the tornado with the force but to no luck. The flames licked at his blue skin as the tornado engulfed him completely.
"Score one for the half-breeds!" the two high-fived but soon heard something. Looking over, they watched as the tornado diminished and revealing a scorched Troy. Some of his skin was missing, melted away and he was severely burnt.
"I'm not through with you two hit" Jess glared, growling lowly annoyingly.
"Doesn't hew know when to give it up?" she snorted.
"I don't think so" Ang replied before Jess smirked. "Than, allow us to finish him off!" with that Jess bolted towards him. Ang quickly following suit. He let out a battle cry, metal spikes erupting out of the surface of the mallot as it crashed down. Jess jumped, skillfully landing inbetween the spikes as Ang went airborn. Jess ran up his arm, dry ice hovering like mist around her entire hand before a ice dagger formed in her hand, blades of wind flew straight to him on Ang's command.
"Isicle Slash!" Jess went aiborn, lashing the dagger numerous times. Blades of ice forming at each swing before going right to him, meeting with Ang's wind blades and the two combo attacks hit him dead on.
His eyes rolled back as he fell backwards. Limply, he hit the ground in resulting it to quake. Jess and Ang seemed rather proud of themselves as they high-fived in congratulations.
"We can't be beat!" Ang beamed, Jess giggled as the two casually made their way off the ring, letting many demons clear it of the large body.
"I JUST HAD A WORD WITH YUKARU, HE WISHES FOR ONE-ON-ONE MATCHES!" Flay anounced, Jess's amber eyes flashed.
"Once he seen what we can do as a team, he now decides to have us go one on one..." Jess commented. "Coward" Ang confirmed confidently. Ang felt she could take on anyone, what with the adrenaline still pumping through her veins from the first match but she knew Kurama wouldn't let her fight right after this match. Unless.... her gaze fell onto her neko companion who situated herself comfortably.
"Pssst, Jess..." she 'lightly' poked Jess's side, she groaned lightly but gave her friend some attention. "Distract Kurama for me for a moment" Jess blinked and looked at her friend for awhile.
"Nande?" Ang though didn't know what the word meant, reacted as if she did. "No time for questions, just do it, pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee?" she held her hands infront of her beggingly.
"Thank you!" Ang grasped Jess's wrist and pulled her before letting go and sending her to stumble into the red-head.
"G-Gomen, I guess I'm feeling alittle weak and tired from my match" Jess apologized, hugging onto his arm as so to make it more believable. Ang snickered under her breath but slowly slinked away from the scene.
"IT APPEARS ANG WAS SENT OUT AGAIN FOR HER FIRST MATCH ALONE!" Kurama and Jess blinked as they looked over seeing Ang rounding her shoulder, hand placed at the base as her opponent started for the ring.
"So that's why..." Jess slurred blankly, a lame expression on her face as Kurama heaved a sigh. She still need to recover from her first match, after being swatted away by that mallot, one would assume she's alittle sore. The adrenaline isn't a good thing to work off of for energy.
"Alright Ang, send him 6 feet under!" Jess cheered anyways, though worried held faith and support for her friend. This was her first match, real match. Jess can only hope it goes well.
Sorry, ending it here.
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"Who we fighting today?" Jess asked, hands rested at the back of her head. She wore urban camo baggy capris, teal blue bands tightening near the end around her mid-calf. Black sandles similiar to those ninja wear. A teal long-sleeved top hugging her curves, black short-sleeved tube top that would reveal her mid-driff if she wasn't wearing the other shirt under it. Her tail swaying lazily and boredly behind her, her amber eyes closed and ears perked, one twitching ever so often, detecting a new sound as Team Urameshi walked through the busy street, heading for the stadium. Ever since that fight against Reza, Jess was looked at by the audiance as a serious fighter instead of some hot neko-chick. It even boosted her teammates to fight more viscious and feirce, no holding back anymore.
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You've just won your Oscar, given your acceptance speech to the world and are whisked off stage. The world watching on television goes to a commercial break as you are escorted off to meet the press, first stop "The Photo Room".
You come around a corner and step up onto a 60-foot long low-rise stage. Behind you are three 10-foot golden Oscar statuettes, each surrounded by a bouquet of colorful flowers. In front of you is a grandstand of 60 well-dressed photographers who all want you to hold up your award and look at them, and no one says cheese.
In actuality "The Photo Room" has very little to do with the art of photography on Oscar night. We have all come in days prior and hung strobe lights, tested power packs, synced our data feeds out of our digital cameras, inputed IPTC codes, selected the IP addresses back to our editors and tweaked our lighting from edge to edge. On Oscar night it's all about the winner looking at you.
So the photographers yell: "to your left," "to your right," "over here," "kiss the trophy," "look up," "look down" and "it's me."
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Two clever men, long past the first flush of youth, took part in a debate on God's place -- or absence -- in the meaning and origin of life last week in Oxford. They differed; and to no one's surprise, each remained unconvinced by the other's argument at its end. Oxford University has been hosting such encounters for centuries.
So why was the University's Sheldonian Theatre packed, with two other theaters full of people watching the debate on closed-circuit screens? Why was it covered by the news media? Why had it been sold out within hours? Who still cared about this stuff in a society that -- for all that the Church of England is an established religion and the queen is its head -- is as secular as any in the democratic world?
Judging by the response of the audience, including this writer, that last question's answer emerged in the Oxford debate. We realized, as we listened to the moderate, educated English cadences of the debaters, that we care because no matter how indifferent to religion we are, or even how certain that it is a purely human construct rather than a divine revelation, we are made uneasy by its claims and miss its promise of grace and eternity. More practically, we care because many can feel morally adrift without its guidance. In his just-published book, Religion for Atheists, the philosopher Alain de Botton argues that, as he put it in an interview, "religions are full of interesting, challenging, consoling ideas … they do community really well, they're very good on ethics, they teach us to be good, to be kind.
And the fact that the Oxford debate was a clash, with the promise of a victor, added to the fascination of the event. One of the two debaters was Richard Dawkins, a fellow of Oxford's New College, a famed biologist, yet more famed for being the world's most prominent and aggressive atheist. The other was Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury, head of the world Anglican communion, thought to number some 80 million. The stakes were high for both men --neither wanted to be seen as being bested. And for the audience, among whom were many priests and students of theology, to see a winner or loser was to offer reassurance that their faith, or lack of it, had support at the highest level available.
The title was "The Nature of Human Beings and the Question of Their Ultimate Origin" -- as the chairman, the philosopher Anthony Kenny, remarked, more than enough to fill an evening. The evening was filled, to overflowing, intellectually and in attendance, but for much of the time it was even more replete with courtesies and agreement, a tone underscored by Kenny's insistence that, first, both agree on three underpinning issues. These were: that they both believed there was such a thing as truth; that they believed in logic (as in, two contradictory statements cannot both be true); and that they believed in science's claims to describe the observable world. Both agreed. And like well-tempered chess players, once agreed on the rules they then played the game with grace and humor.


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Remember when Ronald Reagan tore down those solar panels from the White House roof? We don't know if the White House specifically is going to get new ones, but it looks like a lot of federal buildings will be getting some fun in the sun. $5.5 billion is being given to make federal buildings greener overall, and an estimated 75% of the projects will have some solar component. It's about time.
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$4.5 billion is being set aside to actually work on the grid itself, which is in need of repair. Overall, about $30 billion is going to advance smart grid technology, improve energy efficiency and develop new battery technology (batteries get about $2 billion).
Green Jobs
Some people, like myself, are skeptical about green jobs simply appearing out of thin air, despite repeated assurances that they will come. Don't people need to be trained? I was happy to learn that $500 million will be set aside to do just that – set up green job training programs. Teaching people how to build, operate and maintain these technologies is one of the best things we can do for the economy.
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To bad the credits for purchase of solar, etc. are based on purchase price rather than kWh/year. It's an incentive to be sub-optimal rather than invest in the sites with the best payback.
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Out of gratitude, for getting to live in a pretty decent country that does a lot of stuff for us. GRATITUDE, you entitled libertarian twit.
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It's not just Kennedy, it's a LOT of Dubuque's Public schools. We are moving to another State & the choice wasn't a hard one when we seen how Dubuque Schools are run. We came back to Dubuque after being gone a few years and I was horrified when my then 3rd grader had to "repeat Math that he did the previous year in another State BECAUSE, " Dubuque school isn't doing that " INSTEAD of keeping him going, they "dummied him down" he lost interest in Math, which was his favorite subject but when a child has to repeat what's he's already learned b/c the rest of the class isn't there, it's not education. Also, I agree with the poster from April 4th 2012, if your child is Bullied and you stand up, there's more to come. we have had problems with 2 Teachers, 2 different schools, and the principals did NOTHING about it. When a Teacher calls a child names in front of classmates, that's grounds for immediate termination ! Especially when other kids start using those words towards your child. Dubuque's School are FAR from what the used to be :(
Our experience with Kennedy has soiled the ideas I once held about public schools. I had been a big believer in the school system and a great supporter of public education. After 3 years of attendance, I have grown more and more disgusted with the way things are handled. Kennedy can be a great school... if your child is not special, unique, or different in any way. If your child has any kind of special needs or quirks about them, this is not the place for you. If your child is bullied and are brave enough to report it, they will be shamed and blamed for being picked on. If your child needs extra help, they will be shamed and made to feel "less than" by both the teachers, principal, and counselor. I will say we had one teacher in our time with Kennedy that was amazing. She made that year livable. However, as a whole, the school is flawed greatly in the way complications are dealt with. Parental involvement is high, and the school itself is in a lovely area and is well kept. Its simply the administrative staff and some teaching staff that have ruined a once-amazing school.
I attended Kennedy as a child and had good memories of the school, so I moved my family to the area the summer before my daughter started Kindergarten. I don't know what has happened over the years, but what we have dealt with is far from what I remember. We are now moving out of the area specifically to get away from this school. Highly disappointed.
Downhill? Wow. It's one of the best schools in town and I'm very happy with my children's education. My four kids are very happy and their teachers have been super! The principle is the best. Great school!!!
so-so school that is going downhill fast.
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This is such a great website. When you can no longer ask a real estate agent for their opinion of a school when moving it is great to know that you can at least find out an average of how schools are doing. My two children go to Kennedy and I am very happy with the school and the teachers.
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The AJC ran profiles this weekend of the Fulton and Cobb school chiefs. The two men are part of the wave of new school chiefs who arrived in metro Atlanta over the last three years.
Here are excerpts from both AJC profiles:
First, from the profile of Cobb's Michael Hinojosa, who came from Dallas where he was credited with many improvements.
Going into his second year, Hinojosa, 55, said he has few regrets. "I wanted to build trust and confidence, but we still have to move quickly, " he said. "I hate waiting. But I want to take a punch and for it to have staying power."
Hinojosa has received national recognition for his six-year stint in Dallas for raising at-risk students' test scores and turning around several schools. During his tour of the district, Hinojosa learned of Cobb's strengths: Its parents are heavily involved. It has four of the highest performing high schools in the state.
And he learned of its struggles: The school board was fractured over a school calendar dispute, and there's a widening achievement gap between white students and students of color. "This district has tremendous talent at every level of the organization, " Hinojosa said. "But good is the enemy of great. I'm pushing hard for great."
He soon restructured his administration and set up an advisory committee of high-performing principals and another of local business leaders. He radically changed the principal-selection process so parents have more say.
"He's a very good listener and follows up with you, " said Kiddada Grey, a parent of two children in the district. "He's earning the respect all over the district."
He decided to scrap the strategic plan and set up academic teams to advise struggling schools, which has shown early results. But he took heat when he proposed that the district join the Teach for America program.
"We have qualified teachers, " said board member Alison Bartlett. "Why would you want to bring in an unqualified teacher" when some teaching jobs are being eliminated?
It's a proposal Hinojosa says he now regrets, but, "If I could do it over again, I would work harder on building broad-based support for Teach For America because I believe it's a great program that could help our school district."
Hinojosa does not shy from innovation in classrooms. This year, students are allowed to bring cellphones and laptops into the classroom at a few middle schools. At a handful of others, students will do their homework in class and watch videos of teachers' lectures at home, flipping the traditional classroom model.
Hinojosa's biggest challenge came in April when, with the board's consent, he closed a $10 million budget deficit by eliminating 350 teaching positions, giving teachers three furlough days and delaying pay raises for several staff members. "We're at the tipping point on how we use our resources, " Hinojosa said. Some of the cuts, such as increased class sizes, riled board members and county residents.
And from the profile of Fulton's Robert Avossa, 40, who came to Fulton from the well regarded Charlotte-Mecklenburg system in North Carolina:
The demographics of Charlotte-Mecklenburg and Fulton are almost identical. Both systems have 33 percent white students, just over 40 percent black and Hispanic populations in the low to middle teens.
Peter Gorman, who was Charlotte superintendent when Avossa worked there, said he expects great things from his former right-hand man. "He's one of the rising stars in American education, " Gorman said. "He's incredibly bright and has a bias for action, but he doesn't jump blindly into anything. At the same time he doesn't put up with lack of performance."
Avossa said Fulton's designation by the state this spring as a charter system will give him and the board the flexibility to improve the district, school by school and student by student.
In Charlotte, Gorman and Avossa were criticized for a regimen of 52 tests they put in place to measure performance, as well as a pay-for-performance plan that financially rewarded the best teachers. When Avossa toured Fulton before taking the job last year, he told parents he would not subject the district to that scheme, which he said was "very aggressive" and "too fast-paced."
Still, raising the bar and then clearing it is all Avossa has known from childhood, when his father, a blue-collar auto worker in Naples, Italy, moved the family to the United States because he thought Italian public schools were inadequate. Nobody in the family spoke English, least of all Avossa, who was 3 years old. He still didn't speak English when he entered the first grade and didn't read to level until third grade. But he never doubted he'd finish school and go to college, because that's all he ever heard at home.
Avossa's time in Fulton has seen him make enemies, especially for his handling of Fulton Science Academy's application for a 10-year extension of its charter, which Avossa and the board of education rejected after an audit found what they thought were irregularities in the school's financing.
Avossa has a three-year contract. Assuming he survives in a district where superintendents have changed frequently, he has a five-year goal to get the districtwide graduation rate to 90 percent — a stiff challenge given some schools are in the high 30s and low 40s. "I won't be happy until I've moved the bar, " he said.
–From Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog
August 27th, 2012
9:41 am
"Good is the eneny of great?" Huh?
Good and Great are good friends. They help one another and help others who aren't good and great. Why would a super say that?
August 27th, 2012
10:20 am
I believe his point is that good is not good enough. Why settle for good when things could be great….
August 27th, 2012
11:38 am
"there's a widening achievement gap between white students and students of color".
wonder why? will the answer be to "take from the achievers" and give to the "less successful"?
will the black leaders actually address the problems (and not blame "whitey")? will blacks take responsibility for their men? who father multiple children with multiple women (and don't support them)? will mothers? stop having multiple children with multiple men? just asking and no, I'm not attempting to be racist…would just like to see all children have a chance.
August 27th, 2012
11:53 am
Just as a note that may be relevant since Fulton is now a charter system, the dialogue about state commissioned charter schools going on between Dr. Monica Henson and Mary Elizabeth still continues, though now "John Barge and Charters" is filed under "Older Posts." This discussion—well-reasoned, factually detailed, and above all civil— seems to me a model of blog debate.
August 27th, 2012
12:03 pm
Pride and Joy – know your stuff, Good is the enemy of Great according to the book From Good to Great. If you accept good, you will never strive for greatness which is what too many of our public schools have done. Strive for Greatness everyday, DON'T settle for good. That is why a super would say that.
August 27th, 2012
12:24 pm
To Cammi317…yes, I understand. My remark miss the mark.
To say that his system's schools are "good" is incorrect.
His system as some good schools and some bad ones too.
HIs goal should be to lift all the bad schools to good while allowing the good schools to continue to achieve higher levels.
….but I appreciate your response and offer of help.
P and J
August 27th, 2012
12:29 pm
joey biten — I understand and appreciate your comment. What is awful to me is that leader like Sharpton and jackson are quick to blame outside influences for failures within the black community but they will not address inside influences for the failiures within the black community.
Black comdedian, Bill Cosby, tried to do this but was criticized by his own black community.
Your points are right on the mark.
Delaying and limiting child birth is one of the key ways to fight poverty. The other being gaining an education.
Good points.
August 27th, 2012
12:45 pm
To In the Know — yes, I agree with you and I understand the context as well. The quote was from a book that talked about good companies becoming great ones.
Here's my point.
The problem in GA and in in every school district in Georgia is not that all are good schools and the problem is that we cannot make them great schools.
The real problem is that Georgia's schools in every district are 48th ad 49th in the country and even those systems with "good" schools are still far behind the rest of the nation.
Also, even when GA schools are compared to other GA schools, many are abject failures.
Our problem is NOT good schools aren't becming great schools.
Our problem is that most GA schools are not even adequate and many are abject failures.
August 27th, 2012
1:00 pm
Pride and Joy
August 27th, 2012
12:45 pm
So you dont think it is the quality of students?
August 27th, 2012
1:05 pm
well Cobb and DeKalb will become the Charlotte-Mecklenberg of GA. Strang that when leaders come from that area, they bring in anyone who wants a job. Happening in DeKalb schools. Happened at DFACS years ago. Thgey are dedicated to creating opportunities for the adults they worked with. Why bring people into the metro Atlanta area for employment, when Atlanta has qualified applicants for any position posted. With a higher than national average unemployment rate, metro Atlanta has no need for more transplants brought here as the superintendent's favorites.
When will a story be written about Atkinson and March ( cannot separate the two) in DeKalb, and their transitioning DeKalb to C-M South?
The profiles on these two men give the rest of metro Atlanta an opportunity to meet them and read for self, how those two districts will be transformed for the better.
August 27th, 2012
1:06 pm
What makes a quality student a quality student?
Is it only the SES and the parents?
No, it isn't.
I'm living proof.
Teachers and schools systems are the major variable in a child's life, not SES and not the parents.
The problem with low performing schools is also low-performing teachers and admiinistrators.
Children should never be blamed for their poor education.
If a child cannot read, it is not their fault, It is the fault of the school system.
August 27th, 2012
1:06 pm
What has come to be known as "education" in this country is really a Euro-Western concept. I think a lot of black folks just don't want to be "educated" by and about a culture that was responsible for colonialization, slavery, and Jim Crow (to their detriment). And I don't think a lot of the rigid, patriarchal cultures of the Middle East want that kind of education either. Keep women in their place: barefoot and pregnant. One certainly should not look toward post-colonial Africa for any models to follow. I see disturbing parallels between the alleged "leaders" of African nations and some of the "leaders" of black people around here. Think of charasmatic men like Creflo and Long that bilk their flocks for their own garish lifestyle. A lot of whites have their own version of these guys (Joel Osteen). This country is messed up. And watch as this comment is deleted because the AJC doesn't want to put any of this on their blog, even though it is all valid criticism.
August 27th, 2012
1:11 pm
"watch videos of teachers' lectures at home"
I am sure that will work out well in "high at-risk" schools. I can see the parent of a low-SES household making their child watch the lecture. Heck, they don't even make them attend school!
August 27th, 2012
1:11 pm
ssay what? you ask a good question "Why bring people into the metro Atlanta area for employment, when Atlanta has qualified applicants for any position posted."
It could be that the super is paying back political favors by offering jobs to his cronies and/or
It could be that the super has to remove the existing people in those jobs because they were only there because the previous super put them there to pay back political favors to his cronies…
it could be that the super worked closely with trusted advisors and he knows they could be the most effective people to help him make positive changes.
or he could have hired them because he likes the way their hair smells in the afternoon…
who knows?
All I can do is watch and wait and see…
To your point…I wish we knew.
August 27th, 2012
1:13 pm
"If a child cannot read, it is not their fault, It is the fault of the school system."
It would be the PARENT'S fault if they did not get them to school and on time.
And if a child REFUSES to learn (I don't want to seem too white to my gang), it is the STUDENT'S fault.
August 27th, 2012
1:14 pm
Best quote this morning "A lot of whites have their own version of these guys (Joel Osteen). "
Thanks for the laugh.
P and J
August 27th, 2012
1:15 pm
Mountain Man,
Children should learn to read no later than eight years old (third grad).
An eight year old child is not responsible for anything more important than putting his shoes and toys away and helping to clear the dinner dishes.
When an eight year old child cannot read, it is never EVER the child's fault.
August 27th, 2012
1:18 pm
I agree with you whole-heartedly, Mountain Man, whey you say this "I am sure that will work out well in "high at-risk" schools. I can see the parent of a low-SES household making their child watch the lecture. Heck, they don't even make them attend school!"
Sending kids home with instructions to watch videos of their teacher teaching is absurd. There are so many reasons not to do this I couldn't have enough space in this entire blog to name them all.
August 27th, 2012
1:24 pm
"When an eight year old child cannot read, it is never EVER the child's fault."
But it very well could be the parent's fault. It is not necessarily the teachers'.
So when a child reaches the end of the third grade and cannot read – then what? Socially promote them and hope someone in the future "catches them up"? Give them a diploma even though they STILL can't read after the 12th grade?
August 27th, 2012
1:38 pm
Thanks, Prof. I admit getting a little testy in the late-night hours this weekend.
August 27th, 2012
1:41 pm
@P&J – you state that ". . . Georgia's schools in every district are 48th ad 49th in the country and even those systems with "good" schools are still far behind the rest of the nation." By what measure? Most measures I have seen lately do not put GA that low. On AP scores, GA is 13th overall, in NAEP, GA is around the middle (granted not as high as it can be, but not scraping the bottom of the barrel, either). If you're going to continually blast Georgia schools, at least of the courtesy to give us the criteria you are using.
August 27th, 2012
1:46 pm
correction in the last sentence: "…schools, at least have the courtesy…"
August 27th, 2012
1:52 pm
"Good is the enemy of Great"
Until you get all of your low-performing schools up to good, I would not worry about the "great".
August 27th, 2012
1:54 pm
Is Pride and Joy also known as Good Mother or Another Comment, pre chance?
August 27th, 2012
1:55 pm
"Osteen said that he is opposed to same-sex marriage in an interview wth Fox News.[22] In an interview with CNN, he further said that he believes "that homosexuality is a sin".[23][24]"
Well that makes him a pariah at AJC/CNN.
August 27th, 2012
1:58 pm
I am so confused, so if a black child is poor and fatherless does that mean that they should not get an opportunity for a decent education because their parents are not parenting?
August 27th, 2012
2:01 pm
Pride and Joy
What is the difference between a college teacher and a k1-12 teacher? Most here praise college education but tell what is the difference in teachers? If it is not the students then why doesnt the entire population have a college degree? You are living in a priviledged world and every opportunity has been given to you. You must have succeeded to some extent. Was it the teachers or was it you opportunity coupled with ambition.
August 27th, 2012
2:15 pm
An eight year old child is not responsible for anything more important than putting his shoes and toys away and helping to clear the dinner dishes.
By eight years old, they should have more complicated chores than that, in my opinion.
August 27th, 2012
2:41 pm
ANdi YOung, you asked a good question "I am so confused, so if a black child is poor and fatherless does that mean that they should not get an opportunity for a decent education because their parents are not parenting?
Some might say yes but I disagree.
What I would like to see is black leaders teaching their own community to delay and limit childbirth. By doing those two things, poverty weakens and the innocent child has a better chance to get an education.
It is in the best interests for EVERYONE if the "baby daddy" culture stops.
We need parents, both parents, to take responsibility for their kids.
That means black men have to use birth control and when they produce a child, they need to take responsibility for that child. I'm not talking about just money. I mean time and love too.
August 27th, 2012
2:44 pm
williebkind, you don't know my history. I don't come from a privileged world.
I came from the poor and lower middle class and I came from abuse and neglect. I am successful today thanks to two good teachers and a nurse.
To your point, bad teachers aren't limited to k-12. They exist in colleges too. Remember, those Atlanta public school teachers who "taught" my chilidren were "graduates" of colleges too and they speak poorly and write poorly too.
August 27th, 2012
2:48 pm
Hillbilly D, I agree some kids may have more complicated chores than that. I certainly did.
That's not really the point.
The point is that children cannot be responsible for learning to read. We adults are responsible for teaching them to read.
A high school student is responsible for reading his homework when it is assigned to him and his parents are accountable for him.
The age of the kid determines the level of responsibility and I'm pointing out that we shouldn't blame the victims.
August 27th, 2012
2:49 pm
Mountain Man, I lay down my keyboard in your honor. YOu said "Until you get all of your low-performing schools up to good, I would not worry about the "great".
That is exactly what I meant but obviously couldn't spit out. Glad we agree.
P and J
August 27th, 2012
3:07 pm
We're in agreement that it's the responsibility of adults to teach children to read. Teachers are, of course, part of that but the parents bear a responsibility, as well. How you can make irresponsible parents responsible, is beyond me, though. That requires a change of hearts and minds. We can try but they have to be receptive.
I also agree that worrying about "great" before you're "good" is putting the cart before the horse.
August 27th, 2012
3:07 pm
"I am so confused, so if a black child is poor and fatherless does that mean that they should not get an opportunity for a decent education because their parents are not parenting?"
Somebody got to tote the bricks and make the mud! Education does not stop! It is a life long adventure. Many have to wait until they are adults before education is deemed worthy. That is a reason for the GED program.
August 27th, 2012
3:12 pm
Maybe I am confuse, how can an uneducated parent know what responsibilities to perform for a child to learn? After all, they are not hungry, they are not left in the cold, they have cell phones, they have new cars, they have paid power bills, and they can not be scolded because that would make you a racist, sexist, or a homophobic.
August 27th, 2012
3:14 pm
Shouldn't the parents also hold the responsibility if their child can't read? Shouldn't parents and children be reading together? Shouldn't a parent notice if his/her child can't read?
I understand that teachers should be held responsible, but when the admins are putting more and more children in a class, especially the lower elementary grades, there are only so many hours in a day, and so many days in a year (which keeps getting shorter and shorter as well).
There is plenty of blame to be shared here. Funny, when teachers try to make the curriculum rigorous, parents complain that it's too hard. If we give homework, that impedes on the kids' social and extracurricular time.
Maybe the focus needs to shift back to students being academics instead of having every night of their lives scheduled with "extras". Can't summer vacation and all the other vacations be used for enrichment opportunities for all the "extras"? I know I don't assign homework over any of the students' vacations (and rarely over the weekend, unless I have to give a test on a Monday- and that's with plenty of notice ahead of time).
In the meanwhile, parents and children MUST read together in the early years. That's just one way that a parent can tell if his/her child can read or not. It also builds in together time and may just instill a love of reading.
August 27th, 2012
3:24 pm
Shouldn't parents and children be reading together? Shouldn't a parent notice if his/her child can't read?
In an ideal world yes. What if the parent can't read? They can't read with the child if they can't read. They probably can tell if their child is struggling, though.
I grew up in a home where education was stressed. My Daddy didn't finish high school and that was his strictest rule is that we would all finish. It wasn't open to discussion, it was just something that was required. He could read and did read to us (Mama did too). As we advanced in school, my parents couldn't really help us with homework but they could, and did, see that we did it and that we were in school everyday, went to bed at a decent hour, etc. We weren't poor but we never had much in the way of extras. Daddy understood the importance of education and was determined we wouldn't do what he'd done. As he told us, "Even if you can't do the work, you can sit there, behave and act like somebody".
It all starts in the home and all it takes is somebody who cares. Sadly, there are too many kids who don't have that.
August 27th, 2012
3:43 pm
Ben Carson's mother could not read, she was mentally ill, but she knew she wanted a better life for her children. She only allowed one hour of television a week, and she made them go to the library and check out books every week. They read to her, and she made them explain what they were reading to her.
She may not have been "book smart", but she did know she wanted better lives for her children, and she knew enough to turn off the tv and have her kids read.
August 27th, 2012
3:44 pm
BTW, if you don't know who Ben Carson is, read his book "Gifted Hands." It's an incredible story, and it's autobiographical. Truly inspiring.
August 27th, 2012
3:57 pm
"I am so confused, so if a black child is poor and fatherless does that mean that they should not get an opportunity for a decent education because their parents are not parenting?"
They DO have the "opportunity". But the teachers can't teach them if their parents don't make them come to school. It is apparent that the school systems (and the long arm of the law) are not enforcing truancy laws.
If the child comes from a low SES background (see, I didn't say "black") and never was read to by his single mother, and never went to pre-K and never learned to even START reading until entering the first grade, then he/she is at a serious disadvantage compared to children in East Cobb (for example). That does not mean he is entitled to less of an education, but he may not be up to speed at the end of his first year and may need to be RETAINED to try to get him up to speed.
August 27th, 2012
3:59 pm
How many "low-SES" children enter the first grade never having heard the book "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss? Tragic.
August 27th, 2012
4:01 pm
My word Pride & Joy must have a lot of time on her hands.
My research shows that both Charlotte-Meck under Gorman/Avossa and Dallas under Hinojosa had adopted the curriculum and practices associated with Transitional Outcomes Based Education. That's what both men were brought by SACS to push on Cobb and Fulton in practice. It's why Avossa brought in Cambridge Education to stop the transmission of knowledge in Fulton schools just as Cambridge always does as I wrote about here back in May http://www.invisibleserfscollar.com/you-mean-i-cant-teach-because-the-economy-should-not-grow/
Mott MacDonald's relationship to Sustainability agenda is an important part of the ed story getting foisted on us. Especially now that Peter Senge's systems theory is becoming such an important part of the actual Common Core implementation story.
Dallas under Hinojosa's successor, Mike Myers, and Charlotte-Meck now under Heath Morrison are both moving to Transformational OBE just as William Spady and Spence Rogers described it back in the early 90s.
Colorado Springs and Wahoe/Reno were already there. Nevada as a state has been undergoing the Senge/Waters Foundation systems theory training so lucky Charlotte.
You might better learn what the Senge/ Scharmer Blind Spot is for your children's sake.
Avossa is even using Spence Rogers' PEAK to train Fulton teachers which is absolutely abhorrent. Hinojosa went with OBE guru Willard Daggett.
And the various statutes that Georgia's legislature has passed all have it as the first state to formally adopt Transformational OBE. Which will not be a political or business winner but they do say those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it. Here we go I suppose.
OBE all over again. Virtually no academic content. No more North Fulton and Cobb high schools being beacons of academic excellence. And the APS model goes statewide just as the Council of Great City Schools always wanted.
Bev Hall won and now we have Hinojosa and Avossa pushing the same policies and practices.
And Bruce Katz coming to speak at the October State of the Region breakfast. I would ask what it all means but since I have Katz's 2000 book, I know.
All of this should really be described as how to use education policy to destroy a great city and a fine state. We taxpayers deserve better from so many people living off of us.
August 27th, 2012
4:19 pm
"How many "low-SES" children enter the first grade never having heard the book "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss? Tragic."
But they know some rap!
August 27th, 2012
6:25 pm
In the interest of disclosure here, I have to admit I had never heard of Dr Suess until I saw one of his books in a doctor's office when I was in the 2nd or 3rd grade.
August 27th, 2012
6:42 pm
@Pride and Joy said: "'Good is the eneny (sic) of great?' Huh?"
Obviously, Hinojosa has read Jim Collins. "Good is the Enemy of Great" is the title of the first chapter in Collins' widely read book, "Good to Great." It will take one heck of a paradigm shift for some folk to get it.
A better read for educators is Collins' much shorter book, "Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great." In this one, Collins sets straight those who think business-styled leadership is best for the public sector, which includes public education.
August 27th, 2012
7:13 pm
joey biten,
You say that you are not "attempting to be racist." I would not call you a racist, but I would ask that you do some research before you focus so heavily on the failures of Blacks. Are you aware that there are more poor Whites than there are poor Blacks?
Are you aware that there's a widening achievement gap between White students from middle income families and those from low income families. The gap is not only racial; it is mainly based on socio-economics..
You ask if Blacks will take responsibility for their men? Why aren't you asking the same question about Whites "who father multiple children with multiple women (and don't support them)?" You ask if Black mothers will "stop having multiple children with multiple men without asking the same question regarding White mothers. You need to look at the statistics on the number of Whites who have the same behavior that you have singled our for Blacks. You do not get to see the poor Whites who are uneducated, having babies out of wedlock, not providing support for their children because most are in rural areas instead of in major cities. That is why you must read and educate yourself instead of continuing to pass on steoreotypes.
August 27th, 2012
9:31 pm
considering how bad things have been, I'd be happy as a little clam if we could get to "good"
beware of administrators bearing the promise of quick turnaround
August 27th, 2012
9:47 pm
@bootney : I'll ask you the same question I asked P&J – please at least give us the criteria you are using for "bad." My husband and I are both products of GA public education – including bachelor's and master's of science degrees. I do not feel the schools were "bad" then. And as for now, I have two children and both have more course offerings and opportunities than we did. I have family in New England that is envious of the education my children are receiving.
And as for a "quick turnaround" I do not think Dr. Avossa's time frame of 5 years for a 90% graduation rate is "quick."
August 27th, 2012
9:51 pm
@ Lynn, you are so funny. It worries me that you are a teacher and can not tell obvious differences in writing styles and patterns. I am an educated engineer ( I have never aimed for perfect grammar since this is a blog, not a professional work going out to clients, I am a yankee and proud of it. Luckily, I was educated up North in both Catholic and Public Schools. I went to a small Catholic University and a Big 10 University for Graduate School before getting recruited here by an old line Atlanta firm. They could not find any local job applicants who fit their needs, so they went out of state to hire their engineers.
I write mostly about my children, or about the absolutely sorry teachers and administrators they have encountered. I retired early so I am bored. I also find that many teachers who blog on here simply should not be teaching. I also find it awful that so many teachers want to inject their politics and right wing christianity into the public schools.
I will come right out and say it over and over again, that the teachers in this state have only themselves to blame for their current poor working conditions. When Roy Barnes was in office with a Dem. majority, classrooms only had 17 children. Roy told the Supt. that the classroom funding had to come first, that they had to figure out how to make it work with what was left. The last 10 years has lead to what has come, of the bloated administrations.


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Despite the fact the Toronto Maple Leafs are currently sitting in a playoff spot, their captain Dion Phaneuf isn't getting much love from his peers around the league.
Sports Illustrated polled 161 NHL players asking them to name the most overrated player in the league and Phaneuf topped the list.
Joining Phaneuf were Alex Ovechkin (second), Scott Gomez (third), Roberto Luongo (fourth) and Dany Heatley (fifth).
Phaneuf wasn't the only Leaf to be named to the unflattering list, as teammate Mike Komisarek came in 10th.
"Yes, players dumb enough to participate in polls designed to crap on fellow NHLPA members are not very bright," Leafs general manager Brian Burke told the Toronto Star. "I am thrilled to have both players on my team.
"And by the way? Anyone who wants to tell Dion that in person should fly to Ottawa in about two weeks," Burke added.
Ottawa is the site of this year's NHL All-Star game where Phaneuf will appear after being one of six players voted in by the fans.
Phaneuf is sixth among defencemen in total goals and points this year, with seven goals and 28 points points on the season and his point totals makes him the third highest scoring Leaf behind Phil Kessel and Joffrey Lupul.
The news is nothing new for Phaneuf, who was voted the most overrated by a similar Sports Illustrated poll in 2010.
"A very simple answer for an anonymous poll," said Leafs assistant GM Dave Poulin, "is that people tend to vote for players they don't like to play against."
Rounding out the top 10 in the Sports Illustrated poll were Ilya Kovalchuk (sixth), Vincent Lecavalier (seventh), Jay Bouwmeester (eighth), Ryan Kesler (ninth) and Komisarek. In addition to Bouwmeester, the Calgary Flames also had Jarome Iginla and Olli Jokinen on the list at 12th and 14th, respectively.
TSN's Bob McKenzie sets up the start of training camp, going one-on-one with the GMs from all seven Canadian teams.
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UK Team Claims Breakthrough In Universal Cancer Test
Cause/Effect? (63 comments)
Sounds like generalized damage to white blood cells they're detecting. It's my understanding that "cancers" of a sort kind of exist in pockets in most everyone - they're just not the sort that get aggressive and kill people, because those mutant pockets just don't break enough of the rules of good cell conduct yet to count as a notable risk.
My big issue with the methodology is that when anyone has already detectable active cancer, they usually are on chemo, or too sick to stop the progress... both of which will cause generalized damage to the body's defenses. If they can reliably distinguish the kinds of damage though, that would be a nice development.
Even as it is stated, sounds useful to help distinguish some symptoms from cancer perhaps - but it seems this could also correlate with radiation damage or other generalized damage too. Cool study all the same - perhaps may help lead to cheaper or more automated screening at some level.
Ryan Fenton


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Before the offering is received, worshippers are told that 10 percent of what they give goes through the Cooperative Program to help fund the work of missionaries such as those in the various videos.
Stace Cupples, pastor of the church in the town of less than 8,000 people, knows firsthand the Cooperative Program's reach.
"I've been part of the Cooperative Program all my life," said Cupples, who became the church's pastor five years ago after working as a Nevada Baptist Convention strategist. "I was a [North American Mission Board] missionary and so was my father, so I'm a product of it."
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The church was founded in January 1955 through home-based outreach.
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EDUCATION DIGEST: Midwestern taps Duesing as provost; SBTS names Islamic studies director; former Ga. gov. addresses TMC grads
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP) -- Jason G. Duesing will join Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's administration as provost beginning Aug. 1, MBTS President Jason Allen announced July 2. Duesing will also bring his scholarship in church history and theology to Midwestern's faculty.
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PERSECUTION: In Sudan, Meriam Ibrahim afraid for life; also reports from Nigeria, Laos
KHARTOUM, Sudan (BP) -- Persecuted Sudanese Christian Meriam Ibrahim is staying at the U.S. embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, for her safety, she told CNN by phone, and is unable to leave the country that in May condemned her to torture and death because of her faith.
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2nd VIEW: After Hobby Lobby ruling, leaders rally around RFRA
WASHINGTON (BP) -- A diverse coalition of church and synagogue leaders has penned a letter to congressional leaders asking them to renew support for the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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