The “No Child Left Behind Act”; Time Magazine’s Michael Ware: An Insider’s Experience Of Afghanistan; The Right To Bear Arms
The “No Child Left Behind Act”
New federal regulations require Los Angeles schools to assign only credentialed teachers to underachieving schools and to offer transfer to students in low performing schools, even if there are no places for them in other schools. Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Roy Romer joins host Larry Mantle to discuss how the LAUSD will work to meet these goals, and if the district can meet them.
Time Magazine’s Michael Ware: An Insider’s Experience Of Afghanistan
Host Larry Mantle is joined by TIME magazine reporter Michael Ware who has just returned home to Australia after one year in Afghanistan. He shares his experience of reporting “undercover” on the front lines with Afghan troops wearing local garb, speaking Pashtu or watching Indian movies with local mujahedin, eating, sleeping and dressing as they do. Before leaving for Australia he had been at the Shah-i-Kot front for two weeks.
The Right To Bear Arms
Last week the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld California’s assault weapons ban. The ruling was not surprising, but the court’s interpretation of the 2nd Amendment was. Contrary to the opinion of the Bush Administration and of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, the court ruled that the constitution does not give individuals the right to bear arms. Host Larry Mantle talks with Eugene Volokh from UCLA’s School of Law and Dennis Henigan from the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.