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The Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Foundation Public Policy Fellowships announces the availability of public policy fellowships in Washington for parents and for professionals with interests in intellectual disability. The deadline is August 15, 2008. Visit the website (http://www.jpkf.org) for application forms.

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Full-page ads in the NY Times and the Washington Post yesterday from Julian Bond, T. Berry Brazelton, James Comer, Linda Darling-Hammond, and others announced “A Broader, BOLDER Approach to Education,” http://www.boldapproach.org/bold_approach_full_statement.pdf, a statement that refutes both the strategy and the philosophy of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).