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- 1 10 Ways to Pick the Right School
- The Washington PostSeptember 28, 2009"We say we are buying a house. But for most of us parents, the house is not the whole story. It is the local public school we are investing in, and...
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- September 29, 2009
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- 2 Initiative Focuses on Early Learning Programs
- The New York Times September 22, 2009"Tucked away in an $87 billion higher education bill that passed the House last week was a broad new federal initiative aimed not at benefiting college students, but at...
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- September 22, 2009
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- 3 U.S. Conservatives Attack UNESCO's Sex-Ed Guidelines
- TimeSeptember 4, 2009"Any attempt to decrease the number of unwanted pregnancies and slow the spread of sexually transmitted diseases like HIV around the world has to be a good thing, right? That's what the U.N....
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- September 4, 2009
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- 4 A 5 Minute Intelligence Test for Kids
- NewsweekAugust 31, 2009"Give me five minutes of your time. Imagine seven cards laid out on a table in front of you, each card two inches square, with vertical lines of different lengths in the middle...
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- August 31, 2009
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- 5 Schools say no knee-jerk flu closures this fall
- Los Angeles TimesAugust 28, 2009"Schools have been busy preparing for possible outbreaks of the H1N1 flu, but any kids expecting the principal to give everyone a week off at the slightest hint of illness among...
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- August 28, 2009
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- 6 Los Angeles Votes On Privatization of Public Schools
- Los Angeles TimesAugust 27, 2009"In a startling acknowledgment that the Los Angeles school system cannot improve enough schools on its own, the city Board of Education approved a plan Tuesday that could turn over 250...
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- August 27, 2009
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- 7 Back to School
- Get ready for the new school year.
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- August 25, 2009
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- 8 NYC's Worst Teachers Still Get Paid
- The New YorkerAugust 24, 2009"In a windowless room in a shabby office building at Seventh Avenue and Twenty-eighth Street, in Manhattan, a poster is taped to a wall, whose message could easily be the mission...
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- August 24, 2009
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- 9 Do 5-year-olds Really Need Tutors?
- MSNBCAugust 18, 2009"For two hours a week this summer, Krissy Rubesch has been working with a tutor on reading and math. Summer schooling isn't unusual for kids who need a jumpstart on academics for fall,...
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- August 18, 2009
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- 10 Hard-Hit Schools Try Public-Relations Push
- The Wall Street JournalAugust 17, 2009"Public schools in the U.S. have added professional marketing to their back-to-school shopping lists. Financially struggling urban districts are trying to win back students fleeing to charter schools, private schools...
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- August 17, 2009
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- 11 11-Year-Old Interviews Obama
- KEC TV, via YouTubeAugust 14, 2009...
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- August 14, 2009
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- 12 Are Textbooks History?
- The New York TimesAugust 10, 2009"At Empire High School in Vail, Ariz., students use computers provided by the school to get their lessons, do their homework and hear podcasts of their teachers' science lectures. Down...
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- August 10, 2009
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- 13 Aides Paid by Parents May Return to Schools
- The New York TimesJuly 31, 2009 "After telling New York City's public schools that they could not keep their parent-paid teaching aides, the Bloomberg administration said Thursday that it was working to return those aides...
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- July 31, 2009
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- 14 Class Sizes Grow As School Budgets Shrink
- USA TodayJuly 30, 2009 "Like a seesaw on the school playground, falling state budgets are pushing class sizes higher. The recession is forcing districts to lay off teachers even as the economic stimulus pumps billions...
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- July 30, 2009
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- 15 School Bullying
- No longer considered "just a part of growing up," bullying has gained new attention from parents, educators, doctors, and legislators. Find out about the latest efforts to stand up to bullying.
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- July 28, 2009
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- 16 Parents Pass the Hat to Make Up for School Cuts
- Associated PressJuly 27, 2009 "Rachael Bouma calculated the cost of keeping rambunctious kindergartners under control at her son's school at exactly $227. That was the amount she and other parents in the Tacoma district figured...
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- July 27, 2009
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- 17 Schools Slowly Add Phones, PDAs to Curriculum
- USA TodayJuly 24, 2009 "Smartphones now have hundreds of applications meant to educate kids -- from graphic calculators to animation programs that teach spelling and phonics. And while most public schools don't allow the devices...
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- July 24, 2009
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- 18 New 'Science Of Learning' Could Reinvent Teaching Techniques
- USA TodayJuly 22, 2009 "Scientists are quietly tackling education issues, offering up new tools, new approaches and even a new discipline. "New insights from many different fields are converging to create a new science of...
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- July 22, 2009
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- 19 Detroit Schools on the Brink
- The Wall Street JournalJuly 21, 2009 "Detroit's public-school system, beset by massive deficits and widespread corruption, is on the brink of following local icons GM and Chrysler into bankruptcy court. Students of Detroit's Guyton Elementary...
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- July 21, 2009
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- 20 Unraveling How Children Become Bilingual So Easily
- The Associated Press July 20, 2009 "The best time to learn a foreign language: Between birth and age 7. Missed that window? New research is showing just how children's brains can become bilingual so easily,...
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- July 20, 2009
