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Four Noteworthy Items
1. National  Next Question: Can Students Be Paid to Excel?
New York Times, United States - Mar 5, 2008
School districts nationwide have seized on the idea that a key to improving schools is to pay for performance, whether through bonuses for teachers and ...
 
2. Blog Did you know?
10 Mar 2008 by Jeff Solochek  
The answer is B. The fact that the 2006 third-grade reading test was botched became apparent last year, after 2007 results showed the next cohort of third-graders had mysteriously taken a historic dive in performance. The Education ...
The Gradebook | Tampabay.com - St. Petersburg... - http://blogs.tampabay.com/schools/ - References
 
3. Local DROPOUT RATE: What's happening in Detroit affects us all
Livingston Daily, MI - Mar 10, 2008
The state Department of Education, for the same time period, puts Detroit schools' graduation rate at 66.8 percent. That is indeed a significant difference, ...
 
4. National How Many Billionaires Does It Take to Fix a School System?
New York Times, United States - Mar 7, 2008
For as long as wealthy Americans have given their money away, education has been a leading recipient of their largess. Andrew Carnegie , Henry Ford ...
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