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Sixth form cuts are disastrous

seen at 2009-03-01 08:54:24 - bbc.co.uk

Unions claim some schools in Wales could lose a quarter of their sixth form budgets in assembly government cuts.

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Charters Offer More Choices in Harlem, but Stir Concern for Public Schools

seen at 2009-03-01 06:35:36 - www.nytimes.com

The Harlem Education Fair drew some 5,000 people, organizers said, reflecting just how significantly the area’s educational landscape has changed over the past decade.

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Aid Critical to Public Preschool Plan

seen at 2009-03-01 04:36:43 - www.nytimes.com

Gov. Jon S. Corzine’s ambitious plan to expand preschool programs into public schools throughout the state would need federal stimulus money to succeed.

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Public Colleges Get a Surge of Bargain-Hunters

seen at 2009-03-02 06:33:33 - www.nytimes.com

The unraveling economy is making less expensive state colleges more appealing, even as they face budget cuts.

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Rewards for Students Under a Microscope

seen at 2009-03-03 06:46:49 - www.nytimes.com

Are there benefits to paying students for good performance in school?

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Dartmouth Selects Its New President From Harvard

seen at 2009-03-03 07:38:54 - www.nytimes.com

Dr. Jim Yong Kim, a Harvard Medical School official, has fought diseases that affect the poor around the world.

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Harvard Medical School in Ethics Quandary

seen at 2009-03-03 06:31:10 - www.nytimes.com

More than 200 Harvard Medical School students and sympathetic faculty are intent on exposing and curtailing the industry influence in their classrooms and laboratories.

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Vo-Techs Are a New Elite, Local Districts Complain

seen at 2009-03-03 07:09:43 - www.nytimes.com

New Jersey vocational schools have an updated sense of purpose, luring the best students from public schools and angering some local superintendents.

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2 Schools Bloomberg Started Cited for Poor Performance

seen at 2009-03-03 07:01:40 - www.nytimes.com

The state could shut down two newly created New York City schools if students do not improve on standardized tests.

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At a Harlem Charter, School on a Snow Day

seen at 2009-03-03 07:17:51 - www.nytimes.com

When 1.1 million other students across the city had the day off, some third graders at the Harlem Success Academy 1 got extra time to prepare for state tests.

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D.C. Council Member Marion Barry Seeks to Reverse Tuition and Enrollment Changes at UDC

seen at 2009-03-03 00:00:00 - www.washingtonpost.com

D.C. Council member Marion Barry, on his first day back after a kidney transplant, will seek today to reverse a recent tuition hike at the University of the District of Columbia and retain open enrollment at the city s only public university. lt;p>

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Despite Questions, D.C. Schools Chancellor Says a School Compensation Plan That Depends Largely on Foundation Gifts Can Be Sustained

seen at 2009-03-03 00:00:00 - www.washingtonpost.com

D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee has said a financial consultant s report shows that her plan to pay teachers as much as $135,000 a year in salaries and bonuses can be sustained with District dollars after a promised five-year, $100 million c

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Fairfax School Schedule Debate Continues

seen at 2009-03-02 00:00:00 - www.washingtonpost.com

A 9 o clock bedtime would be helpful for Lindsey Bush, 16, a sophomore at Fairfax High who rises in the dark at 5 a.m. to get to her religion class by 7:20 a.m. But with three hours of Advanced Placement history homework, she goes to bed a lot later.

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Washington Area s Private Schools Work to Stem Lower Enrollments Amid the Downturn

seen at 2009-03-02 00:00:00 - www.washingtonpost.com

Private schools in the Washington region are feeling squeezed by the economic downturn, seeing shrinking endowments and in some cases declining enrollment.

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Schools Should Invest in Better Teachers, Not Smaller Classes

seen at 2009-03-02 00:00:00 - www.washingtonpost.com

Here and in the rest of the country, school superintendents who have been forced to raise class size hope they can reduce the number of students per class when budget troubles ease. Having seen many successful large classes and many abysmal small one

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