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- The 2009 Brown Center Report on American Education
- Brookings Institution
- Pete Basofin of The Sacramento Bee linked first on March 18, 2010 at 2:16PM EDT
- Pete said: "This year’s Brown Center Report contains studies taking a long view. Part I examines national test data going back to 1971 from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)."
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- Four Sacramento-area schools among state's lowest performers
- The Sacramento Bee
- Pete Basofin of The Sacramento Bee linked first on March 9, 2010 at 4:16PM EST
- Pete said: "The California Department of Education released the list of roughly 200 schools this morning. The schools on the register are in the bottom 5 percent of the state's lowest-performing schools, based on how students have scored on state tests, and will have to undergo dramatic reforms."
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- U.S. teachers more interested in reform than money
- Salon
- Dan Schank of Ode Magazine linked first on March 3, 2010 at 5:38PM EST
- Dan said: The survey is called "Primary Sources: America's Teachers on America's School," and if it's correct, teachers in the U.S. are more interested in student achievement than boosts in their paychecks. Harris Interactive surveyed a whopping 40,090 K-12 teachers, and found that many "value non-monetary rewards, such as time to collaborate with other teachers and a supportive school leadership, over higher salaries."
- Tags: Education, teaching, schools, children
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