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Thursday, June 3, 2010

EducationNews.org Unions grumble amid 4% budget cuts, halt to 2% raises and freeze salary as 4,400 teachers are saved

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How false accusations blighted one teacher’s life

6.3.10 - Ministers are planning a reform to give anonymity to teachers such as David Bell, who are

Unions grumble amid 4% budget cuts, halt to 2% raises and freeze salary as 4,400 teachers are saved

6.3.10 - Mayor Bloomberg backed off his threat to lay off 4,400 teachers Wednesday - deciding instead to freeze educators' salaries for two...
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UC Berkeley offer to test DNA of incoming students sparks debate

6.3.10- Freshmen and transfers are asked to send in a sample of their saliva to be analyzed for reactions to 3 dietary substances. Privacy watchdogs and ethicists criticize the move....
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States Receive a Reading List: New Standards for Education

6.3.10 - SAM DILLON - The nation’s governors and state school chiefs released final recommendations for what students