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gfbrandenburg.wordpress.com - In the 7th grade, there are some small increases in pass rates in both the charter schools and the regular public schools. One wonders why there are increases in this grade level but not in any of ...

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Say NO to Vouchers | Emily Sirota for Denver School Board

sirotaforschools.com - This week, a Denver District court temporarily halted Douglas County’s attempt to use vouchers to divert already-depleted public school resources into private schools. In the decision, the judge de...

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Incentives and Test-Based Accountability in Education

nap.edu - In recent years there have been increasing efforts to use accountability systems based on large-scale tests of students as a mechanism for improving student achievement. The federal No Child Left B...

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Ex-Agent's Charter School Is Set to Open

mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com- August 14, 2011, 7:28 pm By MICHAEL CIEPLYLOS ANGELES — When last seen in these pages, in late 2009, the Hollywood power agent Tom Strickler had forsaken fame, fortune and his position as a partner...

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Editorials | Editorial: Leave 'No Child' behind

detnews.com - Last Updated: August 12. 2011 1:00AM The Detroit News The federal government's No Child Left Behind experiment has failed, and at great cost. Rather than reincarnate the program, Washington should ...

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"Mass Resistance" To Education Reform

tnr.com - The Obama administration is pursuing a second round of its education reform agenda. The first round was "Race to the Top," which created a competition among states for extra federal grants that wou...

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The Duncan Precedent, 2013 Edition - Rick Hess Straight Up

blogs.edweek.org - The Obama administration steadfastly refuses to acknowledge the problems with ED's "backdoor blueprint" waiver strategy or the ugly precedent that it's trying to set. But those with even a glimmer ...

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WEEKEND QUOTABLES

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Maureen Dowd on Mitt Romney "Of the corporation, by the corporation, for the corporation. We the corporation. Corporations who need corporations are the luckiest corporations in the world. Powe...

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Chris Christie’s Cue

nytimes.com - This has been a clarifying week for the 2012 election. Thursday’s Republican debate reminded everyone why Mitt Romney is the front-runner, as his rivals left the former Massachusetts governor more ...

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Stop Coddling the Super-Rich - NYTimes.com

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Stop Coddling the Super-Rich - NYTimes.comStop Coddling the Super-RichBy WARREN E. BUFFETTPublished: August 14, 2011RECOMMENDTWITTERSIGN IN TO E-MAILPRINTREPRINTSSHAREOmahaEnlarge This ImageKelly B...

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Stop Coddling the Super-Rich

nytimes.com - Omaha OUR leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting. They, too,...

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Stop Coddling the Super-Rich

nytimes.com - Omaha OUR leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting. They, too,...

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Their Mission: To Build a Better Toilet

nytimes.com - NO wonder they are called conveniences. Flush toilets swirl human waste down the drain quickly and neatly. But the convenience comes with a rising price for all that follows the flush — a cost that...

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Expert: BP spill likely cause of sick Gulf fish

cbsnews.com - (CBS News) More than a year after the largest oil spill in U.S. history, researchers studying the Gulf of Mexico are finding that more fish are sick, and they're trying to figure out exactly why. ...

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College organic, sustainability programs growing

boston.com - PULLMAN, Wash.—Misha Manuchehri slowly picks her way through plots of barley, wheat and peas. Every so often, the graduate student in crop science at Washington State University stoops to pluck an ...

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