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Reading the Interweb

The Crisis in Public Sector Pension Plans - #
High Schools: Some States Help Residents to Achieve Potential; Some Do Not (And Where is Maine?) - #
Getting Schooled in Aspen. Gates fingers pension time bomb. - #
N.J. Budget Cuts: Template or Trouble for the U.S.? - #
School Is Turned Around, but Cost Gives Pause - #
Mass. school district under fire over condom policy - #
7th-Graders Discover Mysterious Cave on Mars - #
Are State Public Pensions Sustainable? Why the Federal Government Should Worry About State Pension Liabilities. (h/t Insty) - #
Stimulus Job Creation by Agency (bumped) - #
Colorado Alters Teacher Tenure, Democrat Breaks Down In Tears. Reality = Harsh Mistress. - #

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What’s for Lunch?

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School lunch from around the world (actually, Korea, Japan, India, France, China, and the U.S.)

May 28th, 2009 | Category: food (sorta) | Leave a comment

Reading the Papers

First virtual school in Mass. opens Thursday - #
Graduation data difficult to analyze. You betcha! - #
Delegation cool to $23 billion teacher aid bill. In July! - #
Elastic minds, elastic numbers: With new method, Maine high school graduation rate falls slightly - #
Talk centers on teachers, not students - #
Breathtaking chicanery! Madoff-like financial wizardry! State Plan Makes Fund Both Borrower and Lender
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Please, sir, more? Obama pleads for $50 billion in state, local aid, WP, 6/14/10 - #
State education commissioner stepping down, KJ, 4/15/10 - #
Democrat proposes $23 billion bailout for schools, WP, 4/14/10 - #
NJ gov wants teachers union leader fired for memo, AP, 4/12/10 - #

Recent Posts

A young William Shakespeare is questioned in school
Math Bites Bill
Along Came Earl!
Pensions Punked, State Budget Next!
A Surprise That Isn't a Surprise
Group Think: Think Groups!
SAD 27: That Certainly Worked!
"Let's Cut Soccer"
Money Doesn't Equal Achievement...
Writing on the Wall?

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