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Thursday, March 4, 2010

Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Notes from the news, Mar. 4

Submitted by Erika Owens on Thu, 03/04/2010 - 09:58 Posted in Notes from the news | Permalink
Coming to grips with violence Daily News
Tonight there is a symposium at Drexel on school-age violence, which will include a panel with high school students talking about bullying.
Ronnie Polaneczky: I feel terrible about Webcamgate ... and terrible about why Daily News
Lower Merion spends over twice as much per student as Philly does, which allows it to send students home with the laptops that started all the trouble.
RttT finalists out Thursday - but not PA? The Notebook blog
States find out today if they may win some of the first round of grants, but some education bloggers think PA may not have made the cut.
Letters: Early schooling can help reduce crime in the city The Inquirer
Philly's DA wrote in to support early childhood ed.
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