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Dads and Schools: Not Strangers Anymore ISR
A survey out this morning picks up some double-digit increases over the last 10 years in the percentages of fathers who participate in their children's education.

'The Today Show' Hosts Discussion on Bilingual Education LTL
Personally, I'm not convinced that the debate was left behind in the 20th century.

USA vs. The World Kevin Carey
New Jersey isn't an autocratic city-state on the tip of the Malay peninsula or a Nordic socialist paradise or anything like that. Nor is Massachusetts (well, maybe the socialist part) or Minnesota or New Hampshire or Kansas.

How Do I Help Students Handle Information Overload on Social Media Sites? Poynter
How do you help students strike a balance between wanting to feel connected, but not overly distracted by flurries of Tweets, Facebook status updates, links distributed on social media sites, etc.?

"You Can Read Whatever You Like" ASCD
As part of the school-wide celebration, the ridiculously talented and energetic teaching staff created and performed "Read Whatever You Like" a riff on T.I.'s hit song and roll call of some of the students' favorite young adult fiction.

Ohio yearbook has hidden F-word on cover DetentionSlip
Well played Shaker Heights, well played.

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