Fixing No Child Left Behind

Clinton School assistant professor Keith Nitta is teaching an education policy seminar this semester and asked his students to write position papers on how to fix No Child Left Behind. Over the next few days, we’ll be posting the top five papers from Keith’s students.

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Student Profiled in Hometown Paper

Clinton School student and Marion, Ohio, native Lindsey Clark, a frequent contributor to this blog, was profiled Saturday in her hometown newspaper, The Marion Star. The paper interviewed Lindsey as her former high school preps for a campaign visit from former President Bill Clinton, our school’s namesake. Ohio is the center of attention heading into the March 4 Democratic Primary.

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The Devil is in the Details

As a native Ohioan, I have been paying particularly close to the March 4 primary in the Buckeye State and paying even closer attention to what Senators Clinton and Obama have been saying. And so more than 11 million other Ohioans.

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Clinton Global Initiative University

A number of our students will travel to Tulane University in New Orleans in a few weeks to participate in the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U.), an extension of President Clinton’s yearly Global Initiative in New York that has spawned major commitments to fight global poverty, climate change and disease.

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After the Debate

Following the debate, representatives of each campaign gathered in the “spin room” to give their impressions of the night’s proceedings.

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Arizona Not New York

Barack Obama has continually avoided negatively engaging Hillary Clinton throughout tonight’s debate. Instead, Senator Obama pointed out that Democrats must avoid the temptation to tear each other down. Obama was willing, however, to criticize Arizona Senator John McCain’s alleged desire to simply continue the policies of the Bush Administration. Obama’s attack on McCain was met with warm applause by the audience.

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All Hat and No Cattle

The crowd at the debate in Austin tonight seemed less than thrilled with Senator Clinton’s swipe at Senator Obama when she pointed out Texas Senator Kirk Watson’s recent inability to highlight a single legislative accomplishment of Senator Obama while being interviewed by Chris Matthews on MSNBC.

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Watching Senators Clinton and Obama

To the surprise of political pundits across the country and the elation of the Democratic crowd gathered in Austin tonight, Senators Clinton and Obama have avoided direct political attacks at one another in the debate so far. In fact, both Senators have employed a civil, complimentary tone while drawing distinctions between each other’s policy positions.

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Press Filing Room

Members of the media watch from the press filing room as Senators Clinton and Obama give their opening remarks .

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The Press Room

Radio broadcast reporters watch from the press room as Barack Obama gives his opening remarks at the Democratic presidential debate in Austin, Texas.

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