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$500 Million Obama Administration Program Will Help Kids 'Sit Still' in Kindergarten

CNS News

by James Zilenziger

May 25, 2011

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says the administration's new $500 million early learning initiative is designed to deal with children from birth onward to prevent such problems as 5-year olds who "can't sit still" in a kindergarten classroom.

"You really need to look at the range of issues, because if a 5-year-old can't sit still, it is unlikely that they can do well in a kindergarten class, and it has to be the whole range of issues that go into healthy child development," Sebelius said during a telephone news conference on Wednesday to announce the Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge.

$4.25 million verdict in teen's drowning

The Press Democrat (CA)

by Mike Geniella

June 3, 2005

Jurors say they wanted to send message to Ukiah school district for death during swimming class.

In a stinging rebuke to local school officials, a Mendocino County jury Thursday awarded $4.25 million to the grieving parents of a 13-year-old boy who drowned at the city pool during a 2003 swimming class. The jury, which took less than 90 minutes to reach its unanimous verdict, awarded Sandy and Joe Talamo $250,000 more than their attorneys had sought.

$250 Million For A 14-Year-Old's Big Idea: Origami Owl

smallbusiness.yahoo.com

by Karsten Strauss

October 24, 2013

All Isabella "Bella" Weems really wanted was a used car. That desire set in motion a chain of events that led to the Arizona teenager spearheading what is now a multi-million dollar enterprise that she may someday control.

Weems, now 17, is founder of Origami Owl, a custom jewelry company whose direct sales business model turns would-be entrepreneurs into salespeople and evangelists. The company, which she founded in 2010 at age 14, generated $24 million in revenue in 2012 and this year expects to reach $250 million, according to the company. Origami Owl takes on independent associates - known as "designers" - who buy products at a discount and then peddle them to others for a marked up price. One of the favorite points of sale are "jewelry bars," or private parties at someone's home or another venue operated by a "hostess" (the hostesses get discounts and some free products too). The company has about 50,887 designers.

$25,000 Fines For Keeping Theme Park Tickets

Personal Liberty Alerts

by Upi - United Press International, Inc.

June 8, 2012

A pair of assistant principals at a New York school were each fined $25,000 for keeping more than $20,000 worth of theme park tickets meant for students.

City officials said Assistant Principal Richard Gilberto and Assistant Principal Derric Borrero of IS 24 kept the Great Adventure tickets, which were each worth $64.19 but marked "complimentary," after they were donated to the school for use by students, the New York Post reported Thursday.

$1T-plus spending bill taking shape in Congress

CNS News

by Andrew Taylor

December 12, 2011

Congress is putting the finishing touches on a sweeping $1 trillion-plus spending bill wrapping together the day-to-day operating budgets of 10 Cabinet departments with funding for the war in Afghanistan.

"Why do you have a right to your money?"

The Real Revo

by notamobster

March 6, 2011

Some thoughts from those wiser than myself...

"The New Debate in the Republican Party Needs to be Between Conservatives and Libertarians" - Reason Magazine

reason.com

by Nick Gillespie & Matt Welch

April 12, 2012

Sen. Jim DeMint talks about the looming fiscal crisis and the future of the GOP.

"A lot of the libertarian ideals that Ron Paul is talking about...should not be alien to any Republican," Sen. Jim DeMint said during an interview at reason's Washington, D.C., offices in late January. Encouraging words from a South Carolina Republican who has earned a reputation as one of his party's strongest voices for fiscal conservatism during his six years in the House of Representatives and six years in the Senate. Yet right after the 2010 midterm elections brought a wave of DeMint-backed Tea Party freshmen to Capitol Hill, the Palmetto State's junior senator proclaimed that "you can't be a fiscal conservative and not be a social conservative," a comment that was widely viewed as a slap at libertarians.

"Super Lice' Invading a School Near You

Fox News

by Karlie Pouliot

September 12, 2008

This time of year not only marks the start of school, it also marks a time when those creepy, crawly critters known as head lice like to pop up in classrooms across the country.

And while lice outbreaks are nothing new, they're actually becoming more difficult treat. Some experts are bracing for so-called "super lice" which are becoming resistant to traditional over-the-counter medications.

"Progressive" Education and Taping Kids to Dumpsters

Capitalism Magazine

by Wayne Dunn

July 16, 2011

Certainly parents want their children to know how to communicate and cooperate with others, in other words, to be sociable. But that is not the primary purpose of education.

Communication is valuable only if one possesses mental content worth communicating. Cooperation is valuable only if the one you're cooperating with is rational.

"Parents may legally teach their own children"

California Catholic Daily

by J. Michael Smith

March 7, 2008

Response to state appellate court decision declaring homeschooling unlawful

(The following letter was sent via email to members of the Home School Legal Defense Association on March 6.) HSLDA will file an amicus brief on behalf of our 13,500 member families in California.

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