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Science 2005: Trial Urban District Assessment of Grades 4 and 8
National Center for Education StatisticsNovember 2006
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Unfulfilled Promise: The Dimensions and Characteristics of Philadelphia's Dropout Crisis, 2000-2005
Ruth Curran Neild and Robert BelfanzProject U-TurnNovember 2006Turning it Around: A Collective Effort to Understand and Resolve Philadelphia's Dropout Crisis Project U-TurnNovember 2006
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How to Manage Urban School Districts
Stacy Childress, Richard Elmore, and Allen GrossmanHarvard Business ReviewNovember 2006
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Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman died today at 94. The Nobel-prize winning economist was, among innumerable other accomplishments, the intellectual father of school choice in America. We mourn his passing even as we celebrate his life and work.
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NCLB: Who will run the table?
Making sense of mid-term elections is akin to making sense of the opening break in a pool game. Casual observers sometimes believe that if the person breaking puts several balls into the pockets, he has the inside track on winning. But experienced players know it's how the remaining balls set up that determines the victor.
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Heartland blues
Not only did the Democratic Party take control of Congress in last week's election; it also captured a majority of the nation's governorships. And not just on the coasts; Democrats Chet Culver and Bill Ritter won open seats in Iowa and Colorado, and Democratic incumbents held onto their jobs in Illinois, Wisconsin, Kansas, and Oklahoma.
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Flighty
NEA President Reg Weaver must have been flying high without much oxygen when he lauded Southwest Airlines' no-merit-pay policy.
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