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- Duncan: States could lose out on stimulus cash (AP)
- Turning Around Troubled Schools (U.S. News & World Report)
- New CEO: Gates Foundation learns from experiments (AP)
Duncan: States could lose out on stimulus cash (AP) Posted: 28 May 2009 04:25 PM PDT AP - States will hurt their chance to compete for millions of federal stimulus dollars if they fail to embrace innovations like charter schools, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Thursday. |
Turning Around Troubled Schools (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 28 May 2009 01:22 PM PDT U.S. News & World Report - CHICAGO--For years, the Julia Ward Howe School in Chicago's Austin neighborhood was beset by discipline and academic problems. At one point, only 20 percent of the students at the K-8 public school were meeting state academic standards. In 2008, Arne Duncan, then leader of Chicago Public Schools, was so fed up he approved what usually is seen as a nuclear option: To save the school, he fired the entire staff and put a nonprofit group in charge. New principals and teachers were brought in to set the school on the right path. ... |
New CEO: Gates Foundation learns from experiments (AP) Posted: 28 May 2009 09:46 AM PDT |
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