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No Fatties

Warning - your child is unfit: Parents of pupils who fail school fitness tests to get letters from health police

3.16.10 - If they fail, their parents will be told they are at risk of heart disease, brittle bones and obesity.
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U.S. Education Secretary: Troubled schools could lose funding

3.16.10 - Washington -- The nation's top education official called Monday for broad changes to accountability in troubled systems like Detroit's public schools, and warned the lowest-performing districts unable to improve would face losing district-level control over Title I funding....
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More than 23,000 layoff notices issued to California teachers

3.16.10 - Education budget cuts have prompted school districts across the state to send out more than 23,000 pink slips, notifying teachers and other certificated employees they may not have jobs next year....
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Black boys are too feminised

3.16.10 - Tony Sewell: More than racism, the absence of father figures is the main problem holding back black kids in school ...
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Bobb plans to close 45 Detroit schools

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Detroit -- Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb revealed his vision for a leaner Detroit Public Schools on Monday night by closing 45 schools this year and building new athletic facilities, a new campus for special needs students and reviving a closed high school site
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Jay Mathews: Valerie Strauss v. me on tests

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3.16.10 - I didn't intend to pick a fight with my blogging wonder of a colleague Valerie Strauss, but she wouldn't let go of the issue. (I least that is what I tell my mom if this were the playground and not the world's finest Web site.)
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EdReports

Edu Assoc Articles / Education Organizations / Think Tanks

Readin’, ‘Ritin’ ‘Rithmetic, and Religion

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3.14.10 - Karl C. Priest - The “M” in MTV does not stand for “Morality.” Some people say the “M” is more accurately for “Manipulation.” The television network broadcasts programming that promotes drugs, sex, and violence 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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Edu Assoc Articles

Next step for special ed

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3.14.10- Kalman R. Hettleman - The recently announced settlement agreement in the 26-year lawsuit over special education for Baltimore City students is welcome news. It's been overdue for at least a decade and is a mark of the formidable leadership of CEO Andres Alonso. But there is less to the hoopla than meets the eye.
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Commentaries

Book Reviews / Opinions on Education

Integrity / Inschmegrity

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3.14.10 - Ron Isaac - What is "integrity" and what relevance, if any, does it have to the "killer instinct," especially among intellectual adversaries in the debates on educational "reform"?
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Higher Education

Community Colleges

India to allow foreign universities to open new campuses

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India is to lift the ban on international universities opening new campuses on Indian soil to give more students the chance of studying for a degree without moving abroad.
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Global

Learning to break the awkward silence

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Sex, and sexual abuse, are the most controversial topics school teachers are likely to face, yet few acquire the skills to tackle them.
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Blogs

Demystifying Social Change, A Series 4 Connecting Through an Idea

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3.15.10 - John Jensen, Ph.D. - Big change from the ground up. The world is clearly driven by strong trends, conditions, and attitudes. Civilizations that have come and gone remind us, however, that the energy for big changes usually doesn’t come from top leaders.
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Breaking News

Washington / Africa / Middle East / Europe / Asia / Americas

ACORN's Maryland chapter is shuttered

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A former leader of Maryland's ACORN chapter said Monday the group will no longer operate in the state, doomed by an embarrassing national scandal six months ago from which the organization never recovered.
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Political

Big Brother / Media / Political Correct / Political Opinions / Society / Terrorism

What if Obama fails on healthcare reform?

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In the end, Democrats may simply not have enough votes to pass healthcare reform. If that happens, the rest of Obama’s agenda would be cast into doubt, and the possibility of a tidal-wave election this fall would increase.
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Society

Sure you want to be tracked online?

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3.16.10 - Experts say location-based social networking services could easily make sharing information risky. But backers say privacy controls, coupled with a maturing digital citizenry, go a long way.
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Earth

Associated Press / Breitbart / Opinions on the Environment / Reuters

Davis, California starts race to become America’s first carbon neutral city

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3.16.10 - DAVIS, CA - The city with the nation’s first bike lanes and climate specific energy efficiency ordinance is teaming up with former Olympic Torch Relay director and Earth Run organizer David Gershon to achieve the impossible. By unanimous vote of its city council, Davis, California is going all the way on global warming–total carbon neutrality by mid-century.
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