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SED Dean on Obama’s ed reform tactics

Lauren Davalla — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:27:29 +0000

SED Dean Hardin Coleman reacts to President Obama’s plan for turning around underperforming schools, an approach that includes merit pay, easier removal of ineffective teachers and could taxpayers upwards of $77 billion.

Federal shutdown likely?

Jo Breiner — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:09:10 +0000

The White House and GOP continue their attempts to avoid a federal government shutdown scheduled for midnight on Friday. Tom Fiedler, Dean of Boston University’s College of Communication, is a former executive editor of the Miami Herald and an expert American politics. He spoke with NECN and weighed in on who he feels is the loser in this debate.

“Well, actually I think both sides are going to lose in this. The American public, in general, is looking at this a little bit like a schoolyard fight. It’s both sides saying if I don’t get my way, I’m going home. There’s no question there is a loser in this and that’s the American public in general.”

Watch the entire interview here.

Contact Tom Fiedler, 617-353-3488, tfiedler@bu.edu

What Obama & Congress should do for nutrition

Lauren Davalla — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:26:03 +0000

Associate Clinical Professor of Nutrition at Sargent College, Joan Salge Blake (@joansagleblake) offers the one thing she thinks should be done by the President for the good of the economy and the country (via myHealthNewsDaily.com) with regard to nutrition:

“If I could say one thing, it would be to encourage him to continue establishing the proposed preventative health services, which would include nutrition services, because of the cost-saving nature of the services. Preventative services are cost effective and would save the nation money while improving the nations’ health. Both are a good thing.”