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May 22, 2012 - Education Week
 
May 22, 2012 - Education Week
 Case studies of 13 school boards and their interactions with their local business communities are the backbone of a report released last week.
May 22, 2012 - Education Week
 California education groups are increasingly worried that even a proposed state tax increase won't be enough to solve school funding woes.
May 22, 2012 - Education Week
 The Ford Foundation has pledged $50 million over the next three years to promote expanded learning time efforts nationwide.
May 22, 2012 - Education Week
 Students attending schools overseen by the charter operator Green Dot significantly increased their test scores, a new study finds.
May 22, 2012 - Education Week
  Two members of Congress with children who have dyslexia recently formed a new caucus devoted to the learning disability.
May 22, 2012 - Education Week
  U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan last week said he doesn't understand why Florida passed a law requiring districts to continue offering free tutoring to students in struggling schools.
May 22, 2012 - Education Week
  While teenage birthrates in the United States have declined 44 percent since 1990, they remain higher than rates in other developed countries.
May 22, 2012 - Education Week
  A sweeping overhaul of Colorado's literacy guidelines will revamp literacy teaching in the early grades.
May 22, 2012 - Education Week
  Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed a bill allowing public money to be used to finance vouchers for students at low-rated schools to attend private schools.
May 22, 2012 - Education Week
  A handful of California parents have sued the state over five laws that they claim concentrate poorly performing teachers in schools that primarily serve disadvantaged and minority students.
May 22, 2012 - Education Week
  The Innosight Institute last week released a white paper that combines the six categories it created to differentiate blended-learning models.
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