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ArchivesFeds Ease Teacher Rules in NCLBBy Dan Gorenstein on Monday, March 15, 2004.The federal Department of Education has announced plans to relax some provisions in the No Child Left Behind law. Federal officials say the new changes should address some key local concerns, but educators are not convinced. listen:
 March MadnessBy Trish Anderton on Monday, March 15, 2004.Last night, sixty-four lucky and hard working college teams were invited to the "dance" of the NCAA men's and women's basketball championships. Play begins this Thursday. We'll talk about who's on top, the Cinderella stories and what draws us every year to this exciting tournament. Trish guest hosts. Her guests are Tandaleya Wilder, Executive Producer and Host of She Got Game, a women's sports radio show and News Director of WSHU Public Radio in Fairfield, Connecticut and Charlie Pierce, sports analyst for NPR's sports show Only a Game and writer for the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine. listen:
Faith Based ActivismBy John Walters on Monday, March 15, 2004.Father Henry Atkins has been an Episcopal priest and advocate for the poor and oppressed for more than 40 years. He believes there is a direct connection between spirituality and responsibility for social justice- a belief that began when, as a kid in the south, he witnessed his preacher grandfather stand up to the KKK. Fr. Atkins worked in the civil rights movement in the 60's and in the 70's, focused his attention on El Salvador and the Dominican Republic. In the 80's, he came back to the US and worked at Rutgers University. While there, he led his church in participating in a refugee program for people from Guatemala. He feels strongly that as white people have an obligation to show solidarity with people in need. He?s currently serving at St. Thomas Church in Hanover. listen:
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