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BBC NEWS | Americas | California in 'fiscal emergency'
BBC News - by BBC Media - Jul. 2, 2009 (News Report)
Democrats and the governor, and the Republican lawmakers who take pride in never voting in favour of any budget, ...
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Targeting bad apples of charter schools
Seattle Times, The New York Times - by Sam Dillon - Jun. 22, 2009 (News Report)
The Obama administration has been working to persuade state legislatures to lift caps on the number of charter ...
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Why Aren't More Women Tenured Science Professors?
Scientific American - by Katherine Harmon - Jun. 19, 2009 (News Report)
A new government study surveyed top-tier research universities to see how women were faring in the largely ...
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Will Iran's 'Marriage Crisis' Bring Down Ahmadinejad?
Time - by Azadeh Moaveni - Jun. 9, 2009 (Special Report)
These days, the phrase "marriage crisis" pops up in election debates, newspapers and blogs and is considered by ...
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Harvard to Endow Chair in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies
New York Times - Jun. 4, 2009 (News Report)
Harvard University will endow a visiting professorship in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender studies, a ...
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Families Are Urged To Read Together
Washington Post - by Timothy Wilson - Jun. 3, 2009 (News Report)
Reading Is Fundamental, a nonprofit children's literacy organization, which has encouraged parents to read with ...
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Raising a healthy gamer: seven tips for parents
Ars Technica - by Ben Kuchera - Jul. 2, 2009 (Special Report)
Parenting is always a tough job, and video games are a tricky subject in today's families. Don't worry, we have you ...
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Education Secretary Arne Duncan Pushes to Aggressively Expand Charter Schools While Admitting Problems
Democracy Now - by Kenneth Surratt, Bob Peterson, JUAN GONZALEZ, AMY GOODMAN - Jun. 23, 2009 (News Analysis)
(Video - streaming) The Obama administration has made opening more charter schools one of its top priorities in its plans to improve ...
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Conversation With Henry Giroux: Let Us Make Haste While We Can (Part III)
TruthOut, The Black Commentator - by Toru Olarunda - Jun. 18, 2009 (News Analysis)
I think President Obama symbolizes a mix of the best and the worst. I think that, in his heart, he's a genuinely ...
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Cairo University staff, students weigh in on Obama’s visit
thedailynewsegypt.com - by Tamim Elyan - Jun. 3, 2009 (News Report)
US President Barack Obama’s choice of Cairo University as the venue from which to make his much-anticipated ...
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Making It
Washington Post - by Elizabeth Chang - Jun. 14, 2009 (Interview)
A creator of artistic walking canes offers her customers a little support
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The underworked American
Economist - Jun. 11, 2009 (Opinion)
American schoolchildren are unlikely to end up working as hard as the French, let alone the South Koreans, any time ...
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School Days
New Yorker - by Jeffrey Toobin - Jun. 8, 2009 (Interview)
William G. Bowen joined the faculty of Princeton in 1958. He became provost in 1967 and served as president of ...
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An Attack on Preschool for All - Class Struggle - Jay Mathews on Education
Washington Post - by Jay Matthews - May. 31, 2009 (Opinion)
But the question of what kind of preschool system is best for the nation has become so important that even I ...
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Is University of Missouri's iPod Touch 'Requirement' Fair?
PBS - by Bryan Murley - May. 20, 2009 (Comment)
But the "requirement" wasn't really a "requirement," if you read further into the Missourian article: The ...
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Don't abandon public schools
Philadelphia Inquirer - May. 11, 2009 (Editorial)
Vouchers are not the answer to what's wrong with America's public schools. But a pilot program for District of ...
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The Chicago Model of Militarizing Schools
TruthOut - by Brian Roa - Jun. 29, 2009 (Opinion)
I have observed the military occupation of the high school where I teach science. Currently, Chicago's Senn High ...
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Young and Not So Invincible
New Republic - by Anthony Wright - Jun. 27, 2009 (Opinion)
In the last several weeks, in ceremonies across the country, hundreds of thousands of Americans have become ...
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Teachers File Racial Discrimination Suit Against School "Turnaround" Plan
TruthOut, The Black Agenda Report - by Bruce A. Dixon - Jun. 17, 2009 (Opinion)
Turning schools into test-prep centers doesn't improve the quality of education. Neither does repeating the ...
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NEW STANFORD REPORT FINDS SERIOUS QUALITY CHALLENGE IN NATIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL SECTOR
credo.stanford.edu - Jun. 15, 2009 (Press Release)
A new report issued today by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University found ...
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Education Secretary Arne Duncan Pushes to Aggressively Expand Charter Schools While Admitting Problems
Democracy Now - by Kenneth Surratt, Bob Peterson, JUAN GONZALEZ, AMY GOODMAN - Jun. 23, 2009 (News Analysis)
(Video - streaming) The Obama administration has made opening more charter schools one of its top priorities in its plans to improve ...
