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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Jersey Jazzman: Halliburton High: It's Spreading

Jersey Jazzman: Halliburton High: It's Spreading

Halliburton High: It's Spreading

Here's a fun game for the summer! Below are several stories about education; can you spot the pattern?


Major execs invested in Hall

In February 2010, some of Atlanta’s top business leaders realized they had a problem.
For a decade, they had aligned themselves with Beverly Hall, the superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools. They willingly accepted Hall’s story line of rebirth in an urban school system. They promoted and sometimes exaggerated Hall’s achievements — for her benefit and for their own.
State officials, though, were suggesting gains by Atlanta schools resulted from widespread