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• How should we teach our future teachers? (AP)
• NM adopts plan to boost state's investment returns (AP)
• O'Connor, in NY, gives schools poor civics marks (AP)
• 2nd report of students in mock Klan robes in Ga. (AP)
• Deal reached to end Hawaii school furloughs (AP)

How should we teach our future teachers? (AP) Posted: 26 May 2010 03:32 PM PDT AP - Hemant Mehta's formal training taught him how to write a lesson plan and how public schooling began in the U.S., but it was useless when it came to keeping order in the classroom and getting students to pay attention.

NM adopts plan to boost state's investment returns (AP) Posted: 26 May 2010 02:35 PM PDT AP - A state panel is revamping the investment strategy for New Mexico's $13 billion permanent funds in hopes of improving performance and ensuring they remain a stable source of financing for public education and other governmental programs.

O'Connor, in NY, gives schools poor civics marks (AP) Posted: 26 May 2010 02:05 PM PDT AP - An "unintended consequence" of the No Child Left Behind initiative has been a decrease in civics knowledge, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said Wednesday, promoting computer games that try to put a fun spin on learning about government.

2nd report of students in mock Klan robes in Ga. (AP) Posted: 26 May 2010 01:52 PM PDT AP - A second Georgia schoolteacher has come under fire amid reports she let students don mock Ku Klux Klan outfits for a class project.

Deal reached to end Hawaii school furloughs (AP) Posted: 25 May 2010 10:13 PM PDT AP - Gov. Linda Lingle and the state's political leaders ended the state's infamous school furloughs Tuesday, grabbing hold of a serendipitous deal that involves a $10 million bank loan and forces no one to give ground.

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