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Southern Schools Mark Two Majorities
Wednesday January 06, 2010
The South has become the first region in the country where more than half of public school students are poor and more than half are members of minorities, according to a new report.
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Teachers face mass layoffs as stimulus runs out
Tuesday December 22, 2009
Using federal stimulus money to avoid layoffs at schools is going to create a shortfall even more difficult for states and schools to contend with when that money runs out, according to a first-of-its-kind study released Monday.
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School Grades Reflect Persistent Disparity
Tuesday November 17, 2009
Over the last three years, high schools that received the lowest marks from the city have been the ones with the highest percentages of poor, black and Hispanic students, despite an evaluation system that was meant to equalize differences among student bodies, according to an analysis by The New York Times of school grades released this week.
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Charter schools not making the grade, Ed. Dept. study finds
Thursday October 29, 2009
An Education Department report shows that charter schools have done worse than traditional public schools according to the department's own measurements.
