TheRepublic.com - Edward Kennedy News http://www.therepublic.com/feed/person/b9df2bdcf69d4855b03e0a31a83d838c Edward Kennedy News and Photos en-ca webstaff@therepublic.com Copyright 2013 Education Dept. offers more time to reach goalshttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/ade633155da94b25bb47c7c4ac778537/US--No-Child-Left-Behindhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/ade633155da94b25bb47c7c4ac778537/US--No-Child-Left-BehindWASHINGTON - States can ask for another year before being required to use student test results to decide whether to keep or fire teachers, Education Secretary Arne Duncan told school chiefs on Tuesday.]]>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:41:57 -0400Gomez leans on military past in Mass. Senate racehttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/c2dd5de0b4c745958b90b9ef27be9064/MA--Massachusetts-Senate-Gomezhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/c2dd5de0b4c745958b90b9ef27be9064/MA--Massachusetts-Senate-Gomez

BOSTON - It's a small group of potential voters but one that Gabriel Gomez is clearly at ease with - about two dozen people who gathered in a recreation room at the Chelsea Soldiers Home to hear a fellow veteran discuss his uphill fight to become the next U.S. senator from Massachusetts.]]>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:50:31 -0400Obama's speechwriter: from intern to top wordsmithhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/8b6b88d816294e6abe34e1674af01a5a/US--Obamas-Speechwriterhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/8b6b88d816294e6abe34e1674af01a5a/US--Obamas-Speechwriter

WASHINGTON - When President Barack Obama decided to attend a memorial service in Arizona for victims of a deadly mass shooting that severely injured then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, he needed a speech. And fast.]]>Sat, 25 May 2013 14:21:50 -0400