But critics of national standards say the idea goes against one of America's oldest traditions -- local control of education.

VOA: special.2011.06.09

Local party leaders did not. As one said: "I do not want him raising hell in my state any longer."

VOA: special.2010.08.05

One version says his friends started calling him Bingo, and later Bing, after characters in a local comic strip, the Bingville Bugle.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

A recent story in a local agricultural newspaper said the first robot cost one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars.

VOA: special.2009.05.12

People across the state will work together on one hundred twenty-five local projects to clean trash, remove invasive plants and improve water areas.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

Last month,Mrs.Obama welcomed almost one hundred local students to the first event in the South Lawn Series.

VOA: special.2010.06.07

Mary began her first teaching job at a one-room local school teaching children for the summer.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

The city is left with one major local daily, the Seattle Times.

VOA: special.2009.03.21

The time was thirteen-thirteen, one-thirteen p.m.local time.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

Among the festival's most popular attractions are its local acts, arriving from one end of Louisiana to the other.

VOA: standard.2010.04.26

But one local resident, who gives her name as Nadja, says the young people have no right to squat.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

His son,Matteo Secchi, a local businessman who runs a hotel, is one of the organizers of the upcoming funeral for the city.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

One officer told local reporters that the attack started about 7:30 in the morning, when gunmen threw grenades at security forces training outside.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

She says Washington is delivering on President Obama's promises by helping local communities develop long-lasting solutions and not by focusing on one-time projects.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

Judy Young is one of the many local residents who has watched Tai grow up.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

The statement was one of the clearest yet from the Vatican that it wants local bishops to cooperate with civil authorities in prosecuting priests who abused children.

VOA: standard.2010.04.18

"I was at one of our local hospitals." "They said I was obese.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

Patnelli says Cluff's agreement with the government is in line ith Sierra Leone's new Mines and Minerals Act that requires companies to invest one tenth of annual revenue in local communities.

VOA: standard.2010.04.22