washingtonpost.com - Letters to the Editor:
As a journalism professor, I was stunned by staff writer Bill Turque's "love letter" to Patrick Pope, principal of Hardy Middle School in Georgetown. He noted that D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee is trying to address (Read More)
Firstcoastnews.com Local News:
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A local charter school on the hot seat submitted an "action plan" for the Duval County School Board which will determine the school's fate on Monday. (Read More)
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By Manuel QuinonesA newly released Congressional report says D.C. School Chancellor Michelle Rhee was involved in dealing with allegations of sexual misconduct against her fiance, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson.The report, by (Read More)
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While my trip to Australia this last week and a half was primarily pleasure with my family, I did get a few days to work with teachers in Brisbane and throughout Victoria (a la our PLP cohort there), and I had some great conv (Read More)
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Wacky Business School Traditions: Including pants-free pub crawls, Olympics, human castles, mustache competitions…. (BusinessWeek)Daily Dose of Snark: The Wall Street Journal Tackles the Important Stuff. (Cityfile)Rising Ren (Read More)
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Susan Payton is the Managing Partner of Egg Marketing & Public Relations, an internet marketing firm. She blogs at The Marketing Eggspert Blog, and teaches marketing courses at Marketing EggSchool. Follow her on Twitter @egg (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Letters to the Editor:
Last week, I got the H1N1 flu vaccine at a clinic at Cardozo Senior High School in Northwest Washington. I want to commend the D.C. Department of Health for the planning, organization and human resources that went into this s (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Health:
JETERSVILLE, VA. -- On Wednesday, Oct. 7, 6-year-old Heaven Skyler Wilson dragged herself off the school bus that dropped her in front of her home on a rural road in Jetersville, just south of Richmond. The little girl, who h (Read More)
NJ.com: Hudson County Now:
According to The Jersey Journal, School Business Administrator Brian Buckley and Board Counsel Joseph Morano have resigned with the release of the Hoboken Board of Education's audit that cited more than two dozen irregulariti (Read More)
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Less than a month after the Washington Blade, known as “the gay paper of record,” celebrated its 40th Anniversary at a glitzy reception at the Harman Center for the Arts in Washington, D.C., comes news that the paper will no (Read More)
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I love the concept behind HireMyMom -- a lot of professional women spend time out of the full-time workforce while raising kids. Why not use the power of the internet to satisfy companies' needs for excellent workers who can (Read More)
Firstcoastnews.com Local News:
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The little boy's reaction is priceless! An anonymous hero in our Hero Central program sends a box with football jerseys and jeans for a young Jacksonville boy, who was wearing his teenage brother's large (Read More)
Washington Post:
As college application season hits a fever pitch and standardized tests become the fixation of high school seniors and admissions boards everywhere, Todd Farley's memoir, "Making the Grades," argues for taking the results of (Read More)
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Laurentian University delivered its proposal for a new $44 million school of architecture this week and hopes are high it will be approved in. (Read More)
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The principal of W.E. Cherry Elementary School in Orange Park sent out a letter to parents Thursday after a report of a man in a car offering a girl a ride home. (Read More)
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The blog's stats for the last couple of days show that my last post, about the Cannondale Dutchess concept bike for women, has generated a LOT of interest. That certainly doesn’t surprise me. Having seen quite a few student d (Read More)
Submitted by jgmize
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It seems the longer I write in this darned blog, the harder it gets to remember things I have talked about before … and things I haven’t.That appears to have been the case this time, because I intended to but — if scroogle.or (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Virginia:
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