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Unlikely Allies Invited to the White House for Education Chat
on May 07, 2009 by Jeff Zeleny (The New York Times)

President Obama is turning his attention to education on Thursday, acting as host to a White House meeting with three unlikely bedfellows: New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and the Rev. Al Sharpton.

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L.A. Unified pays teachers not to teach
on May 06, 2009 by Jason Song (Los Angeles Times)

For seven years, the Los Angeles Unified School District has paid Matthew Kim a teaching salary of up to $68,000 per year, plus benefits. His job is to do nothing.

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Why Charter Schools Matter
on May 06, 2009 by Tom Vander Ark (The Huffington Post)

National Charter School Week is an opportunity to celebrate the 4,600 public school options created in 39 states. It's also a chance to reflect on why charters matter.

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Rethinking Principal Priorities of Training
on May 06, 2009 by Jay Mathews (Washington Post)

Cities across America have long hunted for tougher, better-trained principals to turn around struggling schools full of impoverished children.

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Education Secretary Launches National Discussion on Education Reform
on May 06, 2009 by Sandra Abrevaya/Jo Ann Webb (U.S. Department of Education)

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will travel to 15 or more states in the coming months to solicit feedback from a broad group of stakeholders around federal education policy in anticipation of the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

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The Instigator
on May 05, 2009 by Douglas McGray (The New Yorker)

The school's test scores had been among the worst in the state. In recent years, seventy-five per cent of incoming freshmen had dropped out. Only about three per cent graduated with enough credits to apply to a California state university.

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Mayor’s Education Push Pays Off
on May 04, 2009 by Carl Campanile (New York Post)

The high-school graduation rate -- the ultimate barometer of academic success -- has shot up markedly under mayoral control, according to state and city statistics.

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Three-Quarters of Voters Support Obama’s Call to Lift Charter School Caps
on May 04, 2009 by Bill Schulz & Sarah Johnson (Public Charters)

President Barack Obama's call on states to lift the limits restricting the growth of public charter schools is supported by nearly three out of four voters (74%), according to a national opinion poll recently conducted for the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools and released today.

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‘No Child’ in Action
on May 04, 2009 by Margaret Spellings (The Washington Post)

Student achievement results from the "nation's report card" published last week show that we are on the right track. Since enactment of the bipartisan No Child Left Behind Act, which called for all students to be on grade level in reading and math by 2014, students have been making progress in reading and math in elementary and middle school.

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Education in America: Secretary Arne Duncan has $5 billion for transformation. What should he do?
on May 04, 2009 by Jeb Bush and James B. Hunt Jr. (Chicago Tribune)

As former governors from different political parties who remain passionate about the quality of education in America, we agree that Arne Duncan is one lucky guy. As part of the $787 billion spending package passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama in February, the new education secretary gets $5 billion to spend on projects that will transform America's education system.

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