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• After quake, 1-child policy causes pain
WUFU, China - Bi Kaiwei and his wife, Meilin, stopped having children after their daughter was born, taking to heart China's one-child policy and its slogan "Have fewer kids, live better lives." For them and other couples who lost an only child in ...
• Obama: McCain's foreign policy 'naive'
WATERTOWN, S.D. - Barack Obama rebuked Republican rival John McCain and President Bush for "dishonest, divisive" attacks in hinting that the Democratic presidential candidate would appease terrorists, staunchly defending his national security ...
• Iraqi forces detain 1,000 in al-Qaida crackdown
House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a key Democrat critic of President George W. Bush's war policy, landed in Baghdad on Saturday for talks with U.S. and Iraqi officials, the U.S. embassy said.
• Pelosi meets al-Maliki in surprise trip to Iraq
Pelosi meets al-Maliki in surprise trip to Iraqi House speaker, a Democratic from California, a leading critic of war policy
• In Egypt, Bush says Saudi oil boost not enough
May 16: Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., says he’s shocked President Bush would say anything negative about any American while overseas, and agrees with Pat Buchanan that foreign policy will be at the center of the election. SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt ...

» American Youth Policy Forum - Nonpartisan professional development organization providing learning opportunities for policymakers working on youth issues at the local, state and national levels.
» The Canadian Education and Policy Administration Network - Provides comprehensive links for information about elementary and secondary educational policy and administration issues throughout Canada.
» Comprehensive Legislative Update on Education (CLUE) - Provides daily updates on state policy issues of concern to K-12 education.
» Education Policy Analysis - Full text archive to this peer-reviewed scholarly journal.
» Institute for Educational Leadership - Offers programs focusing on the establishment of leadership networks and examining policy issues.
» National Center for Policy Analysis - Education Issues - Provides an overview of current issues in education, including affirmative action, school choice, funding and testing.


» Loving AmeriCorps to Death - In June, 2003, AmeriCorps indicated it could only fund half the number of members it had bankrolled in recent years. Amercorps volunteers receive educational tax credits while performing work like building houses for the poor, teaching reading in the inner city, and much else. (June 20, 2003)