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Celebrity game: comedian Kevin Hart wins MVP

Somebody was determined to play it like Bieber Top news coming in to San Francisco and being talked about from the streets of Hunters Point to the...
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Wrongheaded ideas in California's new education legislation

Much ado is being made about the new California legislation that’s designed to put the state in the running for the troubling “Race to...
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A sharp-eyed press view of Schwarzenegger and charter schools

This article is spreading around the blogosphere because it's such a striking departure from the usual trusting and unquestioning tone of the...
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Brave commenter takes on those stupid teachers

Jim Horn at the Schools Matter blog publishes a comment from a reader that just might be a bit satirical:Dear Mr. Know-it-all-Blogger who never has...
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Arne Duncan mismanaged Chicago schools; now unleashed nationwide

Blogger Alexander Russo summed it up in a tweet, linking to a news report about a scammy Chicago school district contract with a vendor:"The...
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Dead-trees journalists confused after reports about Duncan's inflated resume

Boy, is the Washington Examiner’s editorial page staff flummoxed.The right-leaning newspaper picked up the recent reports that U.S. Secretary...
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Mainstream media discovers: Arne Duncan's boasts of Chicago success are bogus

Education bloggers all over the country have been clamoring about the inflated success claims that boosted Arne Duncan, by all accounts an amiable...
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Arne Duncan misstates Chicago results; watchdog barks a warning

Parents United for Responsible Education, a Chicago watchdog organization, alerts us to inaccuracies in U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan's...
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Bloggers' views on Obama's rumored choice for Education Secretary

Here are a couple of blog commentaries on Obama's reported selection of Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education. Thanks to KC Jones for spotting...
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Obama to announce Chicago supe Arne Duncan as education secretary

President-elect Barack Obama has reportedly named Arne Duncan, Chicago's superintendent of schools, to be his secretary of education. Duncan, who...
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