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Work Hard, Be Good  Robert Pondiscio
Schools should stop telling children to be nice and start teaching them to be good. So writes Diana Senechal at DoubleX.

Live By The Sword, Die By The Sword? Liam Goldrick
The problem with Jay Mathews' defense of a Washington, DC school principal  is that the principal operates within an accountability system that demands such a result.

Ga. Cuts National-Board Certification  Stephen Sawchuk
Here's a story that could be a portent of things to come.

"School districts felt pressured to teach to the test..."  Mike Klonsky
I'm re-posting this short clip from Barack Obama's campaign speech in Wallingford, Pa. on April 2, 2008 as a way of reminding the president and his secretary of education of the hopefulness he inspired back then.

School Bus Radio Program Plays Its Last Tune
A company that broadcast music and commercials in thousands of school buses is shutting down.

Sign of the Times? School-Improvement Center to Close its Doors Inside Research
Word comes via Twitter that the work of the Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement is winding down.