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Monday, June 7, 2010

This Week In Education Teacherpocalypse 2010: The Coming Swine Flu Teacher Layoff Epidemic

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Teacherpocalypse 2010: The Coming Swine Flu Teacher Layoff Epidemic

Image.php (1)With long-term unemployment nearing 50 percent and 6 million Americans already out of work, it's hard to think of teacher layoffs as any kind of epidemic, but that's what The New Republic's Seyward Darby seems to think (The Layoff Epidemic). Then again, what do journalists know about



Spelling Bee: At Least She Wasn't Homeschooled

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Spelling bee winner part of Indian-American streak Associated Press: Shantanu Srivatsa and Anamika Veeramani sat nervously, side by side on stage. Once again, an Indian-American was going to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee. It was just a matter of what word and what time on Friday... Spelling Bee Secrets Exposed! Mother Jones: The pamphlet is thin enough that a studious competitor can study and memorize it within a few months. This is how the modern spelling feats are explained in the televised competitions...Spelling Bee Not Without C-O-N-T-R-O-V-E-R-S-Y NPR: