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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

A bet on No Child Left Behind - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

A bet on No Child Left Behind - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:

A bet on No Child Left Behind

This was written by Richard Rothstein, a research associate at the Economic Policy Institute, a non-profit organization created in 1986 to broaden the discussion about economic policy to include the interests of low- and middle-income workers. This appeared on the institute’s website.

By Richard Rothstein

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State revisits nation’s first teacher-student ‘Facebook law’

Missouri became the first state in the nation this year to put a law on the books barring public school teachers and students from having private contact on Facebook and other electronic media — all in an effort to prevent sexual misconduct. Now lawmakers have changed their minds — sort of.

The measure, part of a broader law signed in July by Gov. Jay Nixon, was supposed to go into effect in late August but a judge blocked its implementation after a lawsuit was filed by the Missouri Teachers Association and teachers and students complained that it was unfair.

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