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Analyzing Released NYC Value-Added Data Part 4

garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - Value-added has been getting a lot of media attention lately but, unfortunately, most stories are missing the point.  In Gotham Schools I read about a teacher who got a low score but it was because...
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Activists Seek To Curtail Restraining Students

foxnews.com - WASHINGTON –  Tens of thousands of students, most of them disabled, are strapped down or physically restrained in school, and disability advocates hope that a new Education Department report detail...
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Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday - latimes.com

latimesblogs.latimes.com - Sunday marks the start of daylight saving time, when clocks are turned forward one hour at 2 a.m. The United States began observing daylight saving time during World War I, seeing it as a way to pr...
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WEEKLY ADDRESS: Investing in a Clean Energy Future

whitehouse.gov - WASHINGTON, DC— In his weekly address, President Obama spoke to the American people from a factory in Petersburg, Virginia about the growing trend of companies creating more jobs in the United Stat...
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School Tech Connect: IFT Primary Outreach: Kelly Cassidy

schooltechconnect.com - IFT Primary Outreach: Kelly Cassidy I just got the nicest letter from IFT president Dan Montgomery, advising me to vote for Kelly Cassidy, who  was endorsed early on by IFTand then later on byIPACE...
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School Tech Connect: IFT Primary Outreach: Kelly Cassidy

schooltechconnect.com - IFT Primary Outreach: Kelly Cassidy I just got the nicest letter from IFT president Dan Montgomery, advising me to vote for Kelly Cassidy, who  was endorsed early on by IFTand then later on byIPACE...
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