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First bell: 10-4-12
A first look at today's education news: Education in the debate and Won't Back Down's woes
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First bell: 10-3-12
A first look at today's top education news: Arne Duncan takes on textbooks, parents monitor grades online, and more
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Book
Curriculum & Instruction
The Diverse Schools Dilemma
Lots of parents favor sending their sons and daughters to diverse schools with children from a variety of racial and socioeconomic backgrounds. But can such schools successfully meet the educational needs of all those different kids? How do middle class children fare in these environments? Is there enough challenge and stimulation in schools that also struggle to help poor and immigrant children reach basic standards? Is there too much focus on test scores? And why is it so hard to find diverse public schools with a progressive, child-centered approach to education? These quandaries and more are addressed in this groundbreaking book by Michael J. Petrilli.
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First bell: 9-28-12
A first look at today's top education stories: ED's new teacher incentives, Arne plans to stay, and more
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First bell: 9-27-12
A first look at this morning's top education stories: report cards in Ohio, top private schools try digital learning, and more
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First bell: 9-25-12
A first look at this morning's education news: SAT scores lag, unions look for friends in the GOP, and more
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First bell: 9-26-12
A first look at this morning's education news: the presidential candidates speak at Education Nation, are special education reforms causing overcrowding in NYC?, and more.
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First bell: 9-24-12
A first look at top education stories from the weekend and this morning: Karen Lewis and Randi Weingarten on the Chicago strike, reform comes to Idaho, and more
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Exam Schools & 3 Myths
In an educational climate consumed with leaving no child behind and closing achievement gaps, America's highest performing and most promising students have too often been neglected. Our nation's persistent inability to cultivate our high-potential youth—especially tomorrow's leaders in science, technology, entrepreneurship, and other sectors that bear on our long-term prosperity and well-being—poses a critical threat to American competitiveness. EXAM SCHOOLS: Inside America's Most Selective Public High Schools, by Chester E. Finn, Jr. and Jessica A. Hockett, presents a pioneering examination of our nation's most esteemed and selective public high schools—academic institutions committed exclusively to preparing America's best and brightest for college and beyond. Like Exam Schools on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Exam-Schools-by-Chester-E-Finn-Jr-Jessic…... Buy Exam Schools from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Exam-Schools-Inside-Americas-Selective/dp/0691156…... Buy Exam Schools from Princeton University Press: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9811.html
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First bell: 9-20-12
A first look at today's education news: a new study on school segregation, pension problems in Chicago, and more
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First bell: 9-19-12
A first look at today's education news: The Chicago strike ends, Wisconsin's collective bargaining court dispute heats up, and more
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First bell: 9-14-12
A first look at this morning's education news: hopes of a deal in Chicago emerge, Jeb Bush weighs in, and more
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First bell: 9-13-12
A first look at today's education news: A labor deal in Boston and progress in Chicago?
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First bell: 9-12-12
A first look at today's education news: Arne Duncan on the Chicago strike, a new evaluation system in L.A., and more
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Conflict is unavoidable
Do relations between teachers and administrators need to cool off and cooperate, or can needed change only come through confrontation?