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• Report: Duncan tried to stop Matt Damon teacher speech (The Lookout)
• Lady Gaga, Ryan Reynolds class photos published (AP)
• Parents, ACLU sue NJ city over Facebook records (AP)
• How does Obama want to reshape preschools? Education Department shows its hand. (The Christian Science Monitor)
• QR Code Campaign Fights for Education Equality in Iran (Mashable)

Report: Duncan tried to stop Matt Damon teacher speech (The Lookout) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 01:26 PM PDT The Lookout - The Washington Post's Valerie Strauss reports that the Obama administration tried several times to meet with actor Matt Damon before he was scheduled to speak at a rally last month held to protest the federal focus on test scores. "[Education Secretary Arne] Duncan was willing to meet Damon at the airport when he flew into [...]

Lady Gaga, Ryan Reynolds class photos published (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2011 09:55 PM PDT AP - Bradley Cooper's teenage tennis practice. Lady Gaga's first communion. A young Scarlett Johansson decorating a Christmas tree. Ryan Reynolds goofing around with his high-school classmates. Country crooner Blake Shelton as a guitar-playing kid.

Parents, ACLU sue NJ city over Facebook records (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2011 06:30 PM PDT AP - The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the state's biggest city for refusing to release records related to a $100 million gift pledged to its schools by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

How does Obama want to reshape preschools? Education Department shows its hand. (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 23 Aug 2011 05:36 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The Department of Education on Tuesday announced the guidelines governing the $500 million in Race to the Top grants that it sees as a tool to reshape preschool education in America.

QR Code Campaign Fights for Education Equality in Iran (Mashable) Posted: 23 Aug 2011 05:20 AM PDT Mashable - The activist organization Can You Solve This? is using QR codes to raise awareness for education inequality in Iran. The grassroots initiative, launched in Berlin Saturday, is spreading QR codes on stickers, t-shirts and posters to attract people to the campaign. "You really need to stand out to make an impact on students, and this really appeals to our audience without saying 'sign this' and 'sign that,'" says campaign organizer Esra'a Al Shafei of Bahrain.

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