The FDA Is Forcing the CDC to Waste Time Double Testing Some Coronavirus Cases

By Lydia DePillis and Caroline Chen Mar 13, 2020 The FDA’s strict guidance on test confirmations is one of several obstacles that has slowed the federal government’s response to COVID-19. The FDA could change its rules to speed things up, but hasn’t. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Cruise Ship Is Held Off California Coast for Virus Testing

OLGA RODRIGUEZ / The Associated Press Mar 5, 2020 The action comes amid a statewide emergency to stave off the spread of the disease after a passenger on earlier Grand Princess voyage died. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Obama Signs New Education Law Granting States Greater Power

Staff / Truthdig Dec 11, 2015 The Every Student Succeeds Act scraps the federally mandated high-stakes testing regime of No Child Left Behind, the despised Bush-era federal education law. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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Common Core

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City Education

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The Test Score Racket

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Apr 2, 2013 It is time to acknowledge that the fashionable theory of school reform -- requiring that pay and job security for teachers, principals and administrators depend on their students' standardized test scores -- is at best a well-intentioned mistake, and at worst nothing but a racket. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Chlamydia Climbing

Staff / Truthdig Nov 20, 2011 Here’s a bit of bad news for the sexually active: Chlamydia infections in the U.S. reached an all-time high in 2010 with 1.3 million cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's the largest number ever reported for any condition, the agency says. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Doctor in Your Pocket

Staff / Truthdig Nov 13, 2010 In an effort to curb the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, British doctors and computer engineers are developing small electronic devices that act as tiny STD testing kits, pluggable into a smart phone or computer that then allows users to learn in minutes which, if any, STDs they have. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Changing No Child Left Behind

Staff / Truthdig Mar 14, 2010 President Barack Obama's administration has called for an overhaul of George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind education law, mitigating the ridiculous focus on standardized tests with an approach that takes into consideration student attendance and classrooms' learning climates. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Healthy, Still Sins

Staff / Truthdig Mar 1, 2010 As most recent presidents have done, Barack Obama has released the results of his annual physical examination. Doctors are reporting the president is in "excellent health" despite his continued struggle with addiction to nicotine. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )