AP:

Because their union contract makes it extremely difficult to fire them, the teachers have been banished by the school system to its “rubber rooms” – off-campus office space where they wait months, even years, for their disciplinary hearings. (more…)

Source:

TVNewser has learned the CBS Evening News has once again set an all-time low last week with 4.89 million Total Viewers and 1.42 million A25-54 viewers. But it was also the lowest (since records began in the 1991-’92 season) for ABC’s World News with Charles Gibson. The Gibson program drew 6.42 million Total Viewers and 1.77 million A25-54 viewers.

Both CBS’s Katie Couric and ABC’s Charlie Gibson were off last week.

Chronicle:

Arizona is set to become the first state in which a proposed ban on affirmative-action preferences will be put on the ballot by the legislature, rather than through petitions submitted by voters.

The Arizona Senate today passed a measure – approved by the state’s House of Representatives a week ago – calling for a proposed ban on the use of affirmative-action preferences by public colleges and other state agencies, to go before voters next year. Under the state’s Constitution, referenda approved by the Arizona Legislature go on the ballot without the governor’s approval.

Real Clear Markets:

The advocates of socialized medicine have insisted for decades that health care is a right. (more…)

IBD:

Free Trade: With unemployment at 9.4% and worse on the way, there’s no doubt the economy’s hurting. If the White House and Congress are serious about ending job destruction, they must open up new markets.

MANHATTAN — Beginning July 2, Kansas State University’s Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art will close at 5 p.m. on Thursdays.

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Daily News:

Calvin Klein has turned down the heat a tad in SoHo – replacing a giant orgy-themed ad with a dripping-wet model in a string bikini. (more…)

Chronicle:

Jobs for the Future, a nonprofit group focused on work-force development, released a report today on promising initiatives in 15 states to reduce the need for and to improve remedial education.

Four-Block World: