Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Tyler Clementi left Facebook status 'Jumping off gw bridge sorry' after Rutgers dorm sex hidden video | NJ.com

Tyler Clementi left Facebook status 'Jumping off gw bridge sorry' after Rutgers dorm sex hidden video

Published: Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 6:44 PM Updated: Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 7:12 PM

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Facebook.comTyler Clementi apparently posted a Facebook status saying "Jumping off the gw bridge sorry," after his roommate Dharun Ravi and his friend Molly Wei allegedly broadcast a sexual encounter between Clementi and another man. A Facebook tribute page to Clementi, pictured above, has been established.

PISCATAWAY -- Tyler Clementi, the Rutgers University freshman who was allegedly had a sex encounter broadcast via a hidden video by his roommate Dharun Ravi and his friend Molly Wei, changed his Facebook status to "Jumping off the gw bridge sorry" on Sept. 22.

Clementi's car, cell phone and computer were found near the George Washington Bridge and his wallet was found on a bridge walkway, police have said. His body has not been found, but

Mass. schools chief urges probation for charter - BostonHerald.com

Mass. schools chief urges probation for charter

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State Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester is recommending the board of education place a Gloucester charter school on probation.

Chester says the trustees of the Gloucester Community Arts Charter School failed to manage the school effectively by not planning for construction delays and opening three weeks late.

Chester acknowledged that the school is open, however, and said

Whoa: Cal Thomas: Politicians allow public education to fail kids | Washington Examiner

Cal Thomas: Politicians allow public education to fail kids | Washington Examiner

Cal Thomas: Politicians allow public education to fail kids

By: CAL THOMAS
Examiner Columnist
September 29, 2010

"Waiting for Superman" is the new film by documentary filmmaker Davis Guggenheim, director of "An Inconvenient Truth," and it should be mandatory viewing for every member of Congress.

As a synopsis on the Fandango movie site says, this film "explores the tragic ways in which the American public education system is failing our nation's children. ..."

Not only do we see children and their parents on the edge of their seats during

John Merrow: Four Days IN Education Nation

John Merrow

John Merrow is Education Correspondent for PBS NewsHour and President of Learning Matters.

Posted: September 29, 2010 06:34 PM

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I've spent the past four days immersed in public education. First in Texas, where I spoke with and listened to superintendents and school board members; then at Education Nation, a day-and-a-half event put on by NBC and sponsored by the University of Phoenix and some major foundations, and finally at the annual dinner where the McGraw Prize in Education is awarded.

Remember that classic western, "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly?" Just like the movie's title, I'm starting with the good. That would be the McGraw Prize, an annual black tie event I hadn't attended for five or six years. Last night three educators who are making a huge difference were honored, men who

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