Obama supports bill to avert teacher layoffs
The $23 billion package would help avert cuts at schools nationwide.
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President Obama. (AP)Posted at 8:59 AM ET, 05/15/2010
Literacy kudzu
Will Fitzhugh, editor of The Concord Review, questions, no, savages, the way students are taught to read in school.
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Why education reporting will live on and thrive
"Until people perceive education journalism as a route to long-term professional success, it will be hard to re-invigorate school-related coverage," they conclude. "Just as we undervalue the teaching profession, so do we undervalue education journalism. Our schools will not achieve as we would like them to until we give adequate respect and reward to teaching." Sorry, guys. It isn't going to happen
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