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Give Schools Back to the Community

huffingtonpost.com - "Churn rate (sometimes called attrition rate), in its broadest sense, is a measure of the number of individuals or items moving into or out of a collective over a specific period of time.... The ph...

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Morningside Center

morningsidecenter.org - 'Education is about preparing young people to make the world better than it is' Pedro Noguera's speech at Morningside Center's Courageous Schools Conference May 21, 2011 I am in the middle of a l...

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Mayor Bloomberg’s 2008 State of the City Address

nytimes.com - Following is the prepared text of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s 2008 State of the City address as provided by the mayor's office. Thank you, Helen, and good afternoon. It's great to be in Queens. Ho...

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List of Schools Targeted by City for Closing Is Up to 19

nytimes.com - Three months into a federal grant program designed to improve some of the country’s lowest-performing schools, New York City’s Education Department has instead moved to close two troubled high scho...

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For 29 Dead Miners, No Justice

nytimes.com - Ann Arbor, Mich. EARLY on April 5, 2010, in the heart of West Virginia coal country, a huge explosion killed 29 workers at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch Mine. Later that day, Preside...

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Conservative pundits turn down Newt - Alexander Burns

politico.com - The conservative opinion elite has reached a consensus on Newt Gingrich: He’s not the one they’ve been waiting for.In the days since Gingrich leaped to the forefront of the Republican presidential ...

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Postal Service plant closures will be 'a mess'

northjersey.com - THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE'S PLAN TO CLOSE 252 MAIL PROCESSING FACILITIES AND CUT 28,000 JOBS BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR MAY HELP THE AGENCY CURB ITS MOUNTING FINANCIAL PROBLEMS, BUT IT FACES BIG PRACTIC...

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The 'adorable' gay penguins who adopted a baby chick

mobile.theweek.com - Instant Guide posted on December 9, 2011, at 12:35 PM A pair of Adelie penguins: Chinese zookeepers have allowed two "gay" penguins to adopt a chick from a female penguin who was struggling to care...

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Natalia Jiménez fue víctima de acoso escolar

vidayfamilia.univision.com - Estás Viendo: La popular cantante española confesó que por primera vez los difíciles momentos que vivió en su infancia. Fuente: Univision VIDEO School bullying and what is being done - Univision Ve...

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