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"Education Standards Likely to See Toughening" by Sam Dillon in NYTimes

"Education Standards Likely to See Toughening" by Sam Dillon in NYTimes WASHINGTON — President Obama and his team have alternated praise...

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0 Apr 16
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"Why I abandoned teaching" by Laura Klein in The Guardian

"Why I abandoned teaching" by Laura Klein in The Guardian Subtitle: "When Leonora Klein started training she found a world in which meas...

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0 Apr 14
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David Brooks: "The End of Philosophy," NYTimes

David Brooks: "The End of Philosophy," NYTimes This column is one of my favorites from the last month or so. I've read it three times, a...

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0 Apr 14
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Teacher Shortage Looming? --NYTimes

"Report Envisions Teacher Shortage Looming" by Sam Dillon in NYTimes "Over the next four years, more than a third of the nation’s 3.2 mi...

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3 Apr 10
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"Reforming Teaching: Are We Missing the Boat?" by Linda Darling-Hammond and David Haselkorn, in edweek

"Reforming Teaching: Are We Missing the Boat?" by Linda Darling-Hammond and David Haselkorn, in edweek Ok, this is a must-read article f...

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3 Apr 10
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"Pleasure, Beauty, and Wonder: Educating for the Knowledge Age" by John M. Eger in edweek

"Pleasure, Beauty, and Wonder: Educating for the Knowledge Age" by John M. Eger in edweek selected parts of the article: "T.S. Eliot, i...

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6 Apr 7
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"It's Written All Over Your Face" in Science News

"It's Written All Over Your Face" in Science News About faces, their symmetry or lack thereof, their relative attractiveness, the inform...

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0 Apr 7
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Bridging Diffrences: "President Obama's Manufactured Crisis Speech" by Diane Ravitch

Bridging Differences: "President Obama's Manufactured Crisis Speech" by Diane Ravitch Check out the letter from Diane to Deborah. Diane...

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6 Apr 7
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Jonah Lehrer interviews Howard Gardner, in Scientific American

Jonah Lehrer interviews Howard Gardner, in Scientific American: "Building the 21st-Century Mind." "A professor of cognition and educatio...

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7 Apr 4
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Bridging Diffrences: "President Obama's Manufactured Crisis Speech" by Diane Ravitch

Bridging Differences: "President Obama's Manufactured Crisis Speech" by Diane Ravitch Check out the letter from Diane to Deborah. Diane...

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0 Apr 1

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