Thursday, August 4, 2011

How it works

How it works

Keeping On Track, Sans Backpacks

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 08:49 AM PDT

There is no ban on backpacks at Edgewood Middle School, but principal Barbara Gradner may be spending a lot of time explaining just what the school's new binder system is and how it works.

How the EU Works

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 11:21 AM PDT

The European Union is a unique economic and political partnership among 27 diverse democracies united in their commitment to peace, democracy, the rule of law, and respect for human rights.

Norway Terror Suspect's 'Unrealistic' Demands

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 08:41 AM PDT

Anders Breivik, the man suspected of murdering 77 people in Norway last month, has made jailhouse demands so unusual and unrealistic his lawyer said it shows he "does not know how society works."

Comment on "Mass layoff" set at Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 06:06 AM PDT

I need to start going to your hospital. Whenever I have to pay for something out of pocket (pretty much anything that can be characterized as a "test"), I always get hit with the full price. If it were covered by my insurance, the medical provider would submit a bill to the insuror for the "full" price expecting it to get knocked down by 2/3 because the provider is in the insuror's "network".

Back-to-School Special: 5 Tips on Picking a Good School

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 08:15 AM PDT

I'm a policy guy, not a daddy blogger. As a general rule, I don't discuss my children in this column or on my Eduwonk blog, but when TIME asked me to write about how my wife (who also works in education) and I chose our kids' elementary school, I figured why not. We are constantly besieged by friends and colleagues about how we went about picking a school, as if there was some secret education ...

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