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Fired, rehired teachers back at troubled RI school (AP)

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:39:28 +0000

AP - Teachers who were fired and ultimately rehired in a dispute that focused national debate over education reform have returned to their Rhode Island classrooms amid hopes that changes they agreed to will help improve student performance at their persistently troubled high school.

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Fired, rehired teachers back at troubled RI school
(AP)

CA university upholds suspension of Muslim group (AP)

publisher — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:28:09 +0000

AP - The University of California, Irvine has upheld its decision to suspend a campus Muslim group after some of its members disrupted a speech by the Israeli ambassador at a campus event.

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CA university upholds suspension of Muslim group
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School Uses Anti-bullying App After Suicide (PC World)

publisher — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:20:23 +0000

PC World - A school district in South Hadley, Massachusetts, is hoping a specialized software application will help stop tragedies like the one that befell Phoebe Prince, an Irish-born teen who committed suicide in January after an alleged bullying campaign by fellow students.

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School Uses Anti-bullying App After Suicide
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‘Birth tourism’ a tiny portion of immigrant babies (AP)

publisher — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:47:42 +0000

AP - When Ruth Garcia’s twins are born in two months, they’ll have all the rights of U.S. citizens. They and their six brothers and sisters will be able to vote, apply for federal student loans and even run for president.

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‘Birth tourism’ a tiny portion of immigrant babies
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Race to the Top promises new era of standardized testing (The Christian Science Monitor)

publisher — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:39:55 +0000

The Christian Science Monitor - Put down your No. 2 pencils and get ready for the next generation of standardized tests, featuring fewer multiple choice questions and increased use of computers.

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Race to the Top promises new era of standardized testing
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Race to the Top promises new era of standardized testing (The Christian Science Monitor)

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:39:55 +0000

The Christian Science Monitor - Put down your No. 2 pencils and get ready for the next generation of standardized tests, featuring fewer multiple choice questions and increased use of computers.

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Race to the Top promises new era of standardized testing
(The Christian Science Monitor)

Discounts spur surprising Aug. retail sales gains (AP)

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:33:10 +0000

AP - American shoppers, taking advantage of deep discounts and tax-free holidays, opened up their wallets a little more for back-to-school spending compared with last year, giving some retailers better-than expected gains for August.

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Discounts spur surprising Aug. retail sales gains
(AP)

Police: SD teen wanted to be ‘infamous sociopath’ (AP)

publisher — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:50:45 +0000

AP - Authorities say an 18-year-old South Dakota high school student stockpiled weapons and wrote about wanting to blow up his school, target individuals he hated, rape women and “become the world’s most infamous sociopath.”

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Police: SD teen wanted to be ‘infamous sociopath’
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Texas governor offers school grants to spur sharing (Reuters)

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:34:59 +0000

Reuters - Texas schools that cut bureaucratic costs by sharing services — from accounting to transportation — would get grants worth 10 percent of their savings under a plan Governor Rick Perry proposed on Tuesday.

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Texas governor offers school grants to spur sharing
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Wen says rote learning must go in Chinese schools (Reuters)

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:04:38 +0000

Reuters - Chinese schools have to get their students to be creative and think for themselves, Premier Wen Jiabao told officials, in reference to the rote-learning deeply ingrained in the national education system.

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Wen says rote learning must go in Chinese schools
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