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The rise of virtual schools

wsws.org - By Nancy Hanover 1 September 2011 There are a growing number of American young people for whom “going to school” is now logging in at the family computer. Virtual schools—those conducting all lesso...
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Little change in Fla. voucher kids' test scores

heraldtribune.com - The Associated Press Published: Thursday, September 1, 2011 at 3:02 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, September 1, 2011 at 3:02 a.m. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A new report shows little change in scores on na...
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Navigating Education Claims: A Primer

dailykos.com - Here, then, I want to offer some guidelines for navigating the education debate based on my own experience as an educator for nearly three decades (almost two decades as a high school teacher and a...
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Chicago Shopping

chicagotribune.com - Photo illustration (Chicago Tribune) By Erin Meyer Tribune reporter 8:26 p.m. CDT, August 31, 2011 The board that oversees the Chicago Public Schools teachers’ pension fund filed a lawsuit in Cook ...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release September 01, 2011 Across America, thousands of courageous children fight pediatric cancer each year, facing life‑threatenin...
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Report from the Field #1

nycatr.blogspot.com - A teacher named Sally reports: I just was informed yesterday that I am in excess. I was done dirty. They took my classes, put them under a different code and voila...a 16-year veteran teacher is ...
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California Passes Rectal Injection Bill For Teachers

modeducation.blogspot.com - digg_url="http://modeducation.blogspot.com/2011/08/california-passes-rectal-injection-bill.html"; If the headline doesn’t make it perfectly clear, crazy California has passed perhaps the looniest ...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release September 01, 2011 NATIONAL OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, 2011BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAA PROCLAMATIONOva...
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CDC: Doctors prescribing fewer antibiotics to kids

northjersey.com - ATLANTA — Health officials say a push to get pediatricians to stop prescribing antibiotics for the wrong illnesses is paying off a bit. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study released T...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release September 01, 2011 NATIONAL WILDERNESS MONTH, 2011BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAA PROCLAMATIONThe mystery and w...
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Contracts seen as underestimating scale of bedbug problem

gothamschools.org - The city has underestimated both the scope of its bedbug problem in schools and the response needed to deal with it, say critics who have followed the parasitic pests’ resurgence in recent years. M...
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Common Core standards tests starting this fall

catalyst-chicago.org - Common Core standards tests starting this fallPosted By Rebecca Harris On Wednesday, August 31, 2011 In CPS Administration Chicago Public Schools will begin testing 2nd- through 8th-grade students ...
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