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Weekend Reading: 25 Wall Street investors make more money than all of...

Just 25 top hedge fund managers make more salary than all kindergarten teachers combined. (Washington Post) A student-led project at Queens' August Martin High School brought more than 100 graffiti...

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Chalkbeat has the chance to win $25,000 to expand our original online tool – the Election Engine – during the 2015 Aspen Institute’s Idea Awards, and we need your help. With just a click of your mouse,...

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Weekend Reading: When the road to school choice ends in the neighborhood

After agonizing about whether to choose a public, private, or charter school for their son, a Philadelphia family goes with the neighborhood option. (Newsworks) States that are scuttling the Common...

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Weekend Reading: Smarter every year? The mystery of the rising IQs

The Schools of Opportunity project's Carol Burris and Kevin Welner praise a Jefferson County, Colo., school for its model of student-directed learning projects. (Answer Sheet) It's the five-year...

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Weekend Reading: The 3 big strategies driving the United States' rising...

Graduation rates have been rising steadily since 2002. A team of reporters around the country go deep on the strategies schools have been using to drive that increase. (NPR Ed) The national movement...

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Weekend Reading: For return on investment, music programs far outweigh football

Although both have measurably positive effects, careful study shows often-cut music programs have far greater long-term impact for students than rarely-cut football programs. (EdWeek) A new type of...

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Weekend Reading: School choice in Chicago can mean hopping from one...

School choice doesn’t necessarily lead to a student moving from a bad school to a significantly better one. In Chicago, more than a quarter of transfer students ended up at another struggling school....

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Weekend Reading: Michigan says its NCLB waiver blocks release of school rankings

Blaming its NCLB waiver, Michigan says it won’t release school rankings. (Ann Arbor News) Kentucky hires Achieve, Inc.’s Stephen Pruitt, who helped develop the Next Generation Science Standards, as...

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Weekend Reads: The education policy passions for and against Arne Duncan

Arne Duncan’s quest to push for educational equity through high standards and accountability from the highest branch of government inspires a lot of passion, both in favor of his vision and in...

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Weekend Reading: Across 50 U.S. cities, Indianapolis included, few students...

A new study found that in 50 of the largest U.S. cities, fewer than 1 in 3 students take either the ACT or the SAT, which most colleges require for admission. (NPR Ed) Indianapolis did not measure up...

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