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Comptroller: Most schools not meeting P.E. time requirements

gothamschools.org - City students aren’t getting the physical education they’re supposed to, according to the latest Department of Education audit out of Comptroller John Liu’s office. The audit — which follows others...

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Two KIPP employees returning to HISD | School Zone

blog.chron.com - The personnel swapping continues between Texas’ largest school district and one of the largest charter school chains. Two educators who left the Houston Independent School District to work for KIPP...

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A VERY Rare Disagreement

jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com - Look, you guys know I love Matt DiCarlo. I mean, I LOVE the guy. He and Bruce Baker are the two safe ports in a storm of reformy pseudo-research; I'd be lost without both. And I'm really flattered ...

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DOE re lack of physical education in schools: what, me worry?

nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - The NYC Comptroller released yet another devastating audit of DOE, this time on the lack of compliance with state regulations on the amount of physical education that students are supposed to recei...

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Audit Finds City’s Schools Short on Physical Education

nytimes.com - Despite alarming obesity rates among school-age children and a state requirement that all students get some level of structured exercise every week, many New York City schools do not provide physic...

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The Day: Like Putin, Like Bloomberg

cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com - Political ploys under way in Russia could almost serve as an instruction manual for the leadership at either end of New York’s City Hall. You have to slap your forehead in wonder that the New Yorke...

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War and Sacrifice in the Post-9/11 Era

pewresearch.org - October 5, 2011As the United States marks the 10th anniversary of the longest period of sustained warfare in its history, the overwhelming majority of veterans of the post-9/11 era (96%) are proud ...

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U.S. lawmakers make China a whipping boy

cbsnews.com - President Obama shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao before a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, Jan. 19, 2011. (Getty) (AP) WASHINGTON - U.S...

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Wrongly imprisoned man to go free after 25 years

cbsnews.com - Michael Morton (The Innocence Project) (AP) GEORGETOWN, Texas - A grocery store employee who spent nearly 25 years in prison for killing his wife is set to go free after DNA tests showed another m...

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FHFA IG: Fannie Mae Knew About Foreclosure Fraud in 2003

news.firedoglake.com - The real bombshell of the past 24 hours in housing was the report of the FHFA Inspector General, the second in two weeks damning the conduct of the GSEs. In this case, Fannie Mae was found to have ...

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Denzel Washington donates $2.25 million to Fordham

boston.com - NEW YORK—Denzel Washington has donated $2.25 million to Fordham University, his alma mater.The university said Monday that Washington has given $2 million to endow the Denzel Washington Chair in Th...

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NBPTS on Teacher Evaluation: Getting it Right « InterACT

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NBPTS on Teacher Evaluation: Getting it Right « InterACT:NBPTS on Teacher Evaluation: Getting it Rightby David B. CohenOn Monday, October 3rd, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards...

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How Zuccotti Park Got Its Name - National

theatlanticwire.com - Zuccotti Park, where the Occupy Wall Street encampment is located, is not actually a park (it's actually private land owned by Brookfield Properties) but the guy it's named after is real: he's John...

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