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New York Eighth Graders Show Gains in Reading

with Diane Ravitchvia New York Times
Wednesday, May 23, 2007

The number of eighth graders reading at grade level or above in New York State climbed impressively this year for the first time since 1999, when the state adopted tougher educational standards and its modern testing system, according to scores released yesterday from the annual statewide English exam...

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Reading Scores Mixed

with Diane Ravitchvia New York Sun
Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Four years after Mayor Bloomberg's takeover of the city's public schools, roughly half of the city's pupils aren't meeting standards on standardized reading tests...

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Jeb stands by FCAT

with Education Nextvia Orlando Sentinel
Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Former Gov. Jeb Bush stands by FCAT and other education reform measures he pushed through the state Legislature during his 8 years in office...

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This sterile fixation with grammar schools is a dead end

with Caroline M. Hoxbyvia Times
Tuesday, May 22, 2007

This is the week when the Conservative Party got serious about education reform...

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School Vouchers: Helping or Hurting?

with Milton Friedmanvia BYU Newsnet
Tuesday, May 22, 2007

School voucher activists raise their voices with protests and rallies, as Utahns will decide on the fate of a school voucher program with a vote in November.

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The Real Arab School Fear

with Diane Ravitchvia New York Sun
Tuesday, May 22, 2007

A question mark hangs over the opening of New York City's planned Arabic-language school, the Khalil Gibran International Academy...

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New Research Shows Parents of Students in High-Poverty Schools Value Teachers Who Raise Achievement

with Education Nextvia Business Wire
Monday, May 21, 2007

When it comes to teachers, what do parents value most -- high student test scores or the ability to keep students satisfied?

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Kahlil Gibran (Continued)

with Diane Ravitchvia Gotham Gazette
Sunday, May 20, 2007

The outpouring of vitriol that greeted plans for the Kahlil Gibran Academy, a public school focusing on Arabic language, culture and history did not surprise its founding principal, Debbie Almontaser...

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Jeb Bush has few regrets on education

with Education Next, George P. Shultz, Edwin Meese III, Paul E. Petersonvia Orlando Sentinel
Sunday, May 20, 2007

Former Gov. Jeb Bush says he wishes he had done a better job of convincing educators and parents that the FCAT exam and other education reforms were necessary and would improve Florida schools...

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Some ideas on how to make schools great

with Milton Friedmanvia Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Sunday, May 20, 2007

The late Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman said that the "asumption of responsibility by government for educating all children does not require that schooling be delivered in government institutions just as government food stamps need not be spent in government grocery stores..."

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