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• Michigan appeals striking of affirmative action law (Reuters)
• Philadelphia English teacher explains why she helped students cheat (The Lookout)
• Yale's 'World Fellows' program a melting pot of elites (AFP)

Michigan appeals striking of affirmative action law (Reuters) Posted: 29 Jul 2011 10:08 AM PDT Reuters - Michigan's attorney general on Friday appealed a federal appeals court decision that struck down a law banning affirmative action in college admissions.

Philadelphia English teacher explains why she helped students cheat (The Lookout) Posted: 29 Jul 2011 09:02 AM PDT The Lookout - The revelation that more than 80 Atlanta teachers admitted to cheating on state standardized tests--with one group of elementary teachers even holding a "party" after school to change their pupils' answers by hand--has rocked the education reform movement. But one question has been left unanswered: Why would a teacher resort to cheating in the first [...]

Yale's 'World Fellows' program a melting pot of elites (AFP) Posted: 29 Jul 2011 12:03 AM PDT AFP - A Tunisian cyberdissident and a Russian blogger may not appear to have much in common, but they were brought together at Yale University in a program drawing elites from around the globe.

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