Mickey Mantle, Billie Jean King, Bill Russell Among Athletes Interviewed Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2013. In 1994, baseball legend Mickey Mantle talked candidly in a radio interview about his alcoholism and the impact of his father’s death. “I’ve always felt like that if he would have lived longer that I would[Read More…]
Year: 2013
American Federation of Teachers on Gates Foundation Report on Measuring Effective Teaching
AFT’s Weingarten: “This study underscores the fact that teacher evaluations must be about improving teaching, not just a mere snapshot assessment.” WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2013. Statement of American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s final reports of the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project. “The[Read More…]
Measures of Effective Teaching Project Releases Final Research Report
Findings Help Inform Design and Implementation of High-Quality Feedback and Evaluation Systems Phoenix, AZ—(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2013 – The Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project, a three-year study designed to determine how to best identify and promote great teaching, yesterday released its third and final research report. The project has demonstrated[Read More…]
Viet Nam: Release 13 Activists Jailed on ‘Baseless’ Charges
Human Rights Organization Calls on Government to Stop Crackdown on Dissidents NEW YORK.–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2013. The conviction and heavy sentencing of 13 peaceful Catholic activists in Viet Nam today flies in the face of justice and is part of an escalating government crackdown on freedom of expression, Amnesty International said.[Read More…]
Brazil: São Paulo Acts to Curb Police Cover-ups
Resolution Addresses Problem of False Rescues BRAZIL–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2013. A resolution by the São Paulo government on the handling of shooting victims is an important step to safeguard against unlawful killings by state police, Human Rights Watch said today. Resolution SSP-05 was issued by Secretary of Public Security Fernando Grella[Read More…]
Supreme Court Returns Los Angeles County Water Ruling to Lower Court
Millions of Angelenos Remain Exposed to Stormwater Pollution WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2013 – The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling yesterday allowing Los Angeles County’s Flood Control District temporarily to avoid responsibility for the high levels of water pollution found in the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers. In a lawsuit[Read More…]
NOAA Record Heat Report Demands Action on Climate Now
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2013 – The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration yesterday issued its monthly State of the Climate report, which showed 2012 was the hottest year on record in the continental United States. Daniel Lashof, director of NRDC’s Climate and Clean Air Program, made these comments in response to[Read More…]
Court Rules Industrial Farm May Require Clean Water Act Permit
Sufficient evidence of pollutant discharge into waterways warrants trial Hyde County, NC–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2013. A Superior Court in Hyde County, NC ruled on Friday that the state has authority to require Rose Acre Farms, a facility in Hyde County housing nearly 4 million egg-laying hens, to be regulated under the federal[Read More…]
White House: ‘We’re in the Midst of a Serious National Conversation on Marijuana’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2013. by Erik Altieri, NORML Communications Director In October of 2011, the White House issued an official response to a petition NORML submitted via their We the People outreach program on the topic of marijuana legalization. Despite being one of the most popular petitions at the site’s[Read More…]
Nurses at 2 ProMedica Hospitals Seek Federal Help to Protect Patients
Concerns about staffing cited at Bixby, Herrick in Lenawee County MICHIGAN–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2013. The registered nurses at ProMedica’s Bixby and Herrick hospitals in Lenawee County have filed requests with the federal government to intervene after months of ProMedica failing to work with the nurses to improve patient safety and retaliating[Read More…]
