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The Learning Network: Student Opinion | Where Should Colleges and Sports Teams Draw the Line in Selling Naming Rights?

Education News from NY Times - Thu, 02/21/2013 - 6:00am
What value do stadium, event and team names have to a community? Is there any reason not to sell them to the highest bidder?

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The Learning Network Blog: Test Yourself | English, Feb. 21, 2013

Education News from NY Times - Thu, 02/21/2013 - 5:21am
Can you choose the verb that correctly completes the sentence?

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The Learning Network Blog: News Quiz | February 21, 2013

Education News from NY Times - Thu, 02/21/2013 - 3:22am
See what you know about the news of the day.

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The Learning Network Blog: Word of the Day | acquittal

Education News from NY Times - Thu, 02/21/2013 - 1:05am
This word has appeared in 509 New York Times articles in the past year.

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Survey Finds Rising Job Frustration Among Principals

Education Week - Thu, 02/21/2013 - 1:01am
Three out of four public school principals believe their job has become "too complex," and about a third say they are likely to go into a different occupation within five years, according to a new MetLife survey.
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Universities Abroad Join MOOC Course Projects

Education News from NY Times - Thu, 02/21/2013 - 12:36am
The two largest ventures providing the online courses known as MOOCs are announcing partnerships with universities in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

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Stanford Fund-Raising Topped $1 Billion in 2012

Education News from NY Times - Wed, 02/20/2013 - 11:11pm
The California university announced earlier this month that its five-year capital campaign took in $6.23 billion.

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Cuomo Plan Would Let State Take Control of New York City’s Teacher Evaluation System

Education News from NY Times - Wed, 02/20/2013 - 9:55pm
If Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the teachers’ union can’t reach an agreement, the proposal allows the state to establish an evaluation system for New York City’s educators.
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Cuomo Plan Lifts Curbs on a Lottery That Beguiles

Education News from NY Times - Wed, 02/20/2013 - 9:52pm
Quick Draw, introduced in 1995, contributed $138 million to New York State’s education budget last year.
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National Briefing | Education: 1 in 5 Passed Advanced Placement Tests

Education News from NY Times - Wed, 02/20/2013 - 9:09pm
Nearly a third of the nation’s 2012 public high school graduates took at least one of the College Board’s Advanced Placement tests, according to the program’s annual report on Wednesday.
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In D.C., public school for 3-year-olds is already the norm

Education News from Washington Post - Wed, 02/20/2013 - 8:28pm

Tricia Pietravalle remembers her days in preschool: Playing in the sandbox, doing some painting, listening to stories. So when she met with her son’s preschool teachers, she was taken aback when they showed her “this whole grid of how they’re evaluating him, academically, socially, emotionally.”

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After Strike, New York School Bus Drivers Return to Work

Education News from NY Times - Wed, 02/20/2013 - 8:03pm
Bus service for New York City students resumed Wednesday, the first of three school days scheduled during what was supposed to be a weeklong winter break.
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Second 18-year-old dies after shooting; county starts task force on deadly violence

Education News from Washington Post - Wed, 02/20/2013 - 5:19pm

A second 18-year-old has died after being shot late Tuesday afternoon along with a companion, a Suitland High School student, also 18, who died at the scene of the violence in a Forestville apartment complex.

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New York State Teachers’ Union Sues Over Tax Cap

Education News from NY Times - Wed, 02/20/2013 - 4:27pm
New York State United Teachers filed a lawsuit asserting that a property tax cap, one of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s signature measures, interferes with local control of schools.
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