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gothamgazette.com - Better than Buffalo The yearly releasing and parsing of students test scores took place Monday with Mayor Michael Bloomberg finding lots of good news among the reams of data. To sum up, the scores ...
NYC test scores; small and unreliable gains
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nypost.com - The city's plan for more than $255 million in federal Race to the Top funds has something for everyone -- especially educrats, data analysts and consultants, a Post review has found. The 32-page do...
I teach in a “failing” school and you should too — Wisdom Begins with Wonder
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nypost.com - Barely one in three city eighth-graders met the bar for reading standards on state tests this year -- the lowest mark for that group since tests were changed in 2006, new data show. The alarming 35...
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Accountability: Test Prep vs. REAL Teaching
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Educators cheer Dayton's NCLB waiver move
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thecrimereport.org - Sunday, February 07, 2010 09:08 More than 100 retired New York Police Department captains and higher-ranking officers told surveyors that the intense pressure to produce annual crime reductions led...
Malcolm Gladwell: Tobacco Industry Shill? - By Yasha Levine
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Democrats Challenging Administration on Medicaid
nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — In an unusual break with the White House, the Democratic leaders of Congress told the Supreme Court on Monday that President Obama was pursuing a misguided interpretation of federal Me...
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After the Debt Deal: It Gets Tougher From Here :: Frederick M. Hess
frederickhess.org - by Frederick M. Hess • Aug 9, 2011 at 7:57 amCross-posted from Education Weekhttp://www.frederickhess.org/2011/08/after-the-debt-deal-it-gets-tougher-from-hereLast week, while I was on blog hiatu...
Heavy turnout seen in Wisconsin Senate recall fight
latimes.com - Reporting from Milwaukee— Republicans and Democrats were locked in a furious and expensive battle for control of the Wisconsin Senate on Tuesday as voters went to the polls in a series of recall el...
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Kimble Short Bus Tour Kicks Off In Lexington, KY
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What We Talk About When We Talk About School Reform
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Is the Online Mug-Shot Industry Any Different than Blackmail?
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Verizon Pushes for $1 Billion in Concessions from Workers, While Receiving Nearly $1 Billion in Subsidies from Uncle Sam
ctj.org - On Sunday, 45,000 Verizon employees went on strike to protest the company’s push for employees to give back $1 billion in health, pension, and other contract concessions. What makes these demands p...
For-Profit College Group Sued as U.S. Lays Out Wide Fraud
nytimes.com - The Department of Justice and four states on Monday filed a multibillion-dollar fraud suit against the Education Management Corporation, the nation’s second-largest for-profit college company, char...
For-Profit College Group Sued as U.S. Lays Out Wide Fraud
nytimes.com - The Department of Justice and four states on Monday filed a multibillion-dollar fraud suit against the Education Management Corporation, the nation’s second-largest for-profit college company, char...
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Study: Boston schools' sugary drinks ban paid off
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Fire Dept. Reduced Bias Unit While Being Sued for Bias
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