Economist's Plan to Improve Schools Begins Before Kindergarten/Meet the New GOP Members of the House Education Committee

NY Times 12/23  Chicago News Cooperative

Economist’s Plan to Improve Schools Begins Before Kindergarten

By JAMES WARREN

J. B. Pritzker, a prominent Chicago businessman, says he wakes up each day mulling the best way to get a return on his investments. The most valuable resource he can find is “smart people with character.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/24/us/24cncwarren.html?_r=1&ref=education

Education Week 12/23

Meet the New GOP Members of the House Education Committee

By Alyson Klein on December 23, 2010 11:17 AM |

The House Education Committee is getting a makeover in the new Congress.

“New GOP members of the committee include Rep.-elect Lou Barletta of Pennsylvania, who has a national profile on opposing illegal immigration.  Other new GOP members include: Rep.-elect Mike Kelley, of Pennsylvania”

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