McCain Helped Keating Friend in 2005

McCain Helped Keating Friend in 2005
When a special education institution asked Sen. John McCain in 2003 to help it secure a $288,000 grant from the FCC — after the school’s request was denied in 2002 — his office didn’t appear to do much.In 2005, the school made another plea for help to McCain, and this time his office “sprang into action.” What happened between 2003 and 2005?

Fewer SC schools meet goals

Fewer SC schools meet goals

Wednesday, October 01, 2008 10:11 a.m. Last Updated: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 12:08 p.m. Four out of five South Carolina schools fell short of meeting Adequate Yearly Progress in 2008 as federal goals ...

Fewer S.C. schools meet raised federal targets

Fewer S.C. schools meet raised federal targets

Just 18 percent of South Carolina's elementary and middle schools met federal education goals this year as students did better on tests taken in the spring but failed to keep pace with raised benchmarks, ...

Rap music gets kids to spot stroke and call 911

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A novel stroke education program that uses hip-hop music to teach 9- to 11-year-olds living in a high-risk community to recognize when a person is having a stroke and summon help quickly can work, researchers have found. “Hip-Hop Stroke” incorporates into rap lyrics the “FAST” mnemonic - that is, that changes in the Face (droopiness), Arm (weakness), and Speech (slurring of words) often occur during a stroke and that as soon as these symptoms are seen, it is Time Read more ...