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American Schools in Crisis | Saturday Evening Post

saturdayeveningpost.com - (Photo courtesy Radius Images/Corbis)If you read the news magazines or watch TV, you might get the impression that American education is deep in a crisis of historic proportions. The media tell you...

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Schools | Covington: Teachers need new mindset

detnews.com - Last Updated: September 01. 2011 1:02PM Jennifer Chambers/ The Detroit News Detroit — The incoming chancellor of Michigan's new statewide system for failing schools vowed Wednesday to make teacher ...

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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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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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Deputy Mayor Arrested Before Resignation

cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com - September 1, 2011, 9:20 am By MICHAEL BARBAROA powerful aide to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg resigned from City Hall just days after he was arrested in Washington for his role in a heated altercation...

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Chant of 'tax the rich' growing louder in nation

sfgate.com - Billionaire Warren Buffett may not seem to have much in common with angry laborers at town hall meetings or armies of California nurses protesting in the streets. But these days, the executive cele...

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HANDCUFFS IN FIRST GRADE ! « Teachers Fight Back

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - HANDCUFFS IN FIRST GRADE ! « Teachers Fight Back: HANDCUFFS IN FIRST GRADE !by alkleenThe Chicago Public Schools are now being sued because allegedly one of their security men handcuffed a few fir...

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Never in 50 years. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - I teach in a one story suburban ranch style building built in 1951. It has no AC. Never in the past 50 years have we seen back-to-back days this late in August that have been this hot. Tonight was ...

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We Want the 'God Particle' for Christmas - Technology

theatlanticwire.com - Santa Claus Scientists are saying they're way ahead of schedule on their search for the Higgs Boson. They're so ahead of schedule, they could find the theorized "God particle" by Christmas. Profess...

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