JS Online: Education law lacks expected bite
Here in Wisconsin, No Child Left Behind doesn’t affect some schools since they don’t receive federal funding for children living in poverty. So instead the punishment most dreaded by those schools is being listed as ones that need improvement. I can imagine with our open enrollment policy that middle class families would opt to drive their children to a nearby school not on the list.

Star – French go potty over Harry’s politics
France is having a fabulous debate over the Harry Potter books. It is fabulous because so much of it is valid criticism. Yes, Harry Potter’s universe is a capitalist one. Yes, there are issues within the world that are disturbing. Read the article to find out more.