- Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Root Recommends
- …looks back at the storied history of one of hip-hop’s seminal acts. Directed by actor Michael Rapaport, Beats, Rhymes and Life chronicles the group’s four members …
…the documentary takes a no-holds-barred approach to chronicling both the band’’s highs and its lows. …a must-see for Tribe devotees and hip-hop lovers alike.”
- No Child Left Behind: Democrats Fight For Free Tutoring
- Under the law, students from low-income families are eligible to receive the out-of-school services. …the vast majority of the 650,000 students currently in the program are children of color.
Most importantly, it works.
…in the Obama administration’s efforts to retool No Child Left Behind…has proposed letting states waive certain provisions of the law to make it more flexible. On the potential chopping block is this requirement to offer free tutoring. A coalition of 13 Democratic members of Congress…is pushing him to keep it mandatory.
…”Only seven states notify parents of their children’s eligibility [for tutoring] in time for enrollment in September. Additionally, delays in program access, confusing enrollment processes, lack of transparency, and insufficient parental notification may result in artificially low participation rates despite high need and high interest.”
- ActBlue — Contribute now to Take Back Wisconsin!
- [From an email re Wisconsin Republican shenanigans]
…know they’re about to lose to the Senate in the recall elections next month. So on Friday they introduced the new redistricting maps for the 2012 elections.
They did this with no hearings, no public input and faster than normal …
They know they can’t win this election, so they’ll rig the rules to help them win the next.
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