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courthousenews.com - Principals Say Louisiana Is Privatizing New Orleans Schools NEW ORLEANS (CN) - Three fired public school principals claim a state-run school district is "arbitrarily and capriciously convert(i...

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PS 51 Cancer Scare Ignites Calls For Accountability

ny1.com - To view our videos, you need toenable JavaScript. Learn how.install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now. Then come back here and refresh the page. Critics are calling for Schools Chancellor Denni...

DianeRavitch

New rules make kindergarten count for more

palmbeachpost.com - By Allison RossPalm Beach Post Staff WriterUpdated: 11:53 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011 Posted: 10:58 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, 2011Kindergarten is getting tougher this year.Counting to 20 and dabbling ...

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The Persistent Failure of Steven Brill

gawker.com - Steven Brill has a reputation for being a media wise man—a deep-thinking mogul who's always spotting the opportunities of The Future. Which is kind of strange, since the majority of his projects ha...

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Flatlined high school scores for CPS

articles.chicagotribune.com - Chicago Public Schools enrollment has shrunk by more than 22,000 students… (E. Jason Wambsgans, Chicago Tribune)August 19, 2011|By Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah, Tribune reporterIn the sobering reality of ...

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After Words with Steven Brill - C

c-spanvideo.org - C-SPAN | BookTV The founder of The American Lawyer magazine and Court TV tells the story of a coalition of unlikely allies in the fight to change a school system that many parents believe is failin...

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Verizon strikers go to CEO’s home

articles.boston.com - The Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have been fighting Verizon’s call for a pension freeze and for contributions to health insurance premiu...

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Rev. Al Sharpton's $500G link to education reform

articles.nydailynews.com - Former Chancellor Harold Levy and the Rev. Al Sharpton are pictured in 2002,… (Drew/AP/AP)BY JUAN GONZALEZ - NEWSDAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERWednesday, April 01, 2009The Rev. Al Sharpton and Schools Cha...

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