September 09, 2010
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Is fatter better when it comes to textbooks?
Japan is rethinking their education strategies and incresing the amount of pages in their textbooks.

School Reform?
Has school reform been successful on the federal level?

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NAACP complaint about Wake County student assignment plan triggers review by accreditation agency
Wake County’s public high schools are at risk of losing their accreditation unless the school board majority can justify all the major decisions its made since December, says a News & Observer report in Education Week. Advancing Excellence in Education Worldwide (AdvancED) will be conducting a sweeping review of the school system this fall in response to a complaint filed by the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP.

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Do Turnarounds Work?
When “Naked Chef” Jamie Oliver solicited There’s a definite allure to the idea that, if a school culture is so dysfunctional, the best option is simply to cut your losses and start over again. It appears decisive. Tough. No nonsense. It can work, too. It all sounds so easy. But school turnarounds remain an iffy proposition.

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