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• Detroit schools struggle to solve huge budget woes (AP)
• Why the SAT's Reality TV Question is Good for Kids (The Daily Beast)
• FACT CHECK: Are 82 percent of schools 'failing'? (AP)

Detroit schools struggle to solve huge budget woes (AP) Posted: 20 Mar 2011 08:24 AM PDT AP - Robert Bobb has spent the past two years closing dozens of schools and firing principals in an effort to fix the failing Detroit Public Schools. Yet, he still hasn't solved the problem for which he was hired — erasing a legacy budget deficit that now stands at $327 million.

Why the SAT's Reality TV Question is Good for Kids (The Daily Beast) Posted: 19 Mar 2011 08:14 PM PDT The Daily Beast - Some parents are up in arms over an SAT question that demands knowledge of reality TV. But Kyle Spencer argues that keeping kids sequestered from the boob tube will hurt them later in life. Plus, College Board chief Laurence Bunin defends the essay prompt.

FACT CHECK: Are 82 percent of schools 'failing'? (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 04:20 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama declared this week that four of five public schools could be labeled as "failing" this year under the No Child Left Behind Act if Congress does not take action to rewrite the law.

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