Archive for February 7th, 2007

Recent trends in AP class enrollment

7, Feb 2007

(Chicago Tribune) A record number of Illinois students enrolled in rigorous Advanced Placement classes last school year, but the proportion of teens who passed the end-of-year exam continued its steady decline, according to data released Tuesday.
Last year, Illinois public high school students passed about 70 percent of the 76,683 exams they took in subjects such [...]

Finally, a REAL break

7, Feb 2007

After 8 years of marriage and two kids, we are finally able to take a REAL vacation (for our parents the wait was even longer–don’t trip Duane ). Next week we will be going on our first cruise in Hawaii and its smaller islands. We initially wanted to go to the Caribbean, but [...]

Taxpayer group responds to President Bush’s budget proposal

7, Feb 2007

Good
Spending cuts.  The President proposes reducing or eliminating funding for 141 programs, saving $12 billion over five years.  CAGW’s Prime Cuts 2007 will offer 602 recommendations for saving $1.7 trillion over five years.  The Government Accountability Office just released its report on “high-risk” programs.  With so many resources at its disposal, Congress has no excuse [...]


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