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Did School Integration Really Do Much Good? The 'Kette
There have always been multiple justifications for desegregation - among the most cited are 1) separate schools will always have resource inequalities, and 2) social interaction

Elementary student records found in dumpster Detention Slip
I guess we now know the mysterious place they keep our records that will "stay with us the rest of our lives."

Paying teens to read ASBJ Blog
Learning is an investment in the future of students, and they darned well ought to recognize that. So, why do I say I’m a hypocrite? Because Wilby High has inspired me.

$100 million... how will it be used? Sherman Dorn
There's very little information about this on the AT&T Foundation website, other than working with Colin and Alma Powell's organization America's Promise to create local partnerships through "dropout summits."

The Nitty Gritty of NCLB and ELLs LTL
I've got to admire the stamina of Foch "Tut" Pensis, the superintendent of the Coachella Valley Unified School District in California, in pointing out aspects of the No Child Left Behind Act that he...

Success In Harlem Joe Williams
The lottery where one of Harlem's largest networks of charter schools will determine which of its applicants are accepted is tonight, at the Harlem Armory Center, the ports complex...

Direct placements: 140 lemons dancing on the head of a pin Schools For Tomorrow
The Denver Post reports this week that Denver Public Schools has 140 teachers who have not found teaching positions in the internal round of job placements, who will become “direct placements.”