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Seeking details of the $100 million deal

blog.nj.com - A year ago this month, Mayor Cory Booker brought in $100 million to benefit education in Newark. Asked to provide the correspondence between Booker and the donor, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, ...

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A call for better leadership in education Who We Are

empty-playgrounds.blogspot.com - This is the first installment of Empty Playgrounds, a commentary on elementary education in America and what can be done to solve its problems.All of us who care about education and who care about ...

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nypost.com - If they build a buzz, the kids will come. That's the thinking at a mediocre Brooklyn public school with grandiose aspirations -- it wants to hire a press agent to lure more and better students. Adm...

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Cheating on state tests found at two Los Angeles schools

latimes.com - The state has thrown out the test scores of a top-performing Los Angeles school and of the highest-scoring campus in the nationally known Green Dot charter group after cheating was uncovered involv...

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The Ultimate Education Reform State

louisianaeducator.blogspot.com - Governor Jindal is moving to assert complete control of both the legislature and BESE. A recent article in the Advocate describes Jindal's plans to hand pick all key legislative leadership position...

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Parents Scramble to Apply for Charter School (Louisiana)

charterschoolsusa.com - http://www.americanpress.com/lc/blogs/wpnewssum/?p=15123 Interest in the region’s first charter school is at fever-pitch, if online applications and attendance at Monday night’s informational meeti...

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Anger builds over $1M buyout of Ackerman in Philly.

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Philadelphians of every hue and persuasion have found something to be angry about in the buyout deal for former Superintendent of Schools Arlene Ackerman. For some, it's the roughly $1 million cost...

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10 Eye-Popping Labor Day Stats

motherjones.com - Labor Day was created more than 100 years ago to celebrate the might, ingenuity, and achievements of American workers. But for many, this year's holiday is a painful reminder of how few good jobs a...

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Labor Day: Why we celebrate - The Answer Sheet

washingtonpost.com - If your kids are complaining about going back to school, Labor Day is the perfect time to explain just how much worse things could be for them — and, in fact, were. Once kids were forced into back-...

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Schools alarmed by corner store drug sales

signonsandiego.com - As schools kick off a new year, many are scrambling to update drug education efforts because of a new brand of synthetic drugs that are turning up in backpacks and lockers throughout San Diego Coun...

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City Councilman Is Handcuffed at West Indian Day Parade

nytimes.com - A city councilman from Brooklyn was placed in handcuffs and briefly detained by the police on Monday afternoon during the West Indian Day Parade after an argument with officers over whether he was ...

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