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Charter and virtual schools need more oversight
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsFor my Broward print column today, I wrote about the dark side to the explosion of charter and virtual schools that's been encouraged by our choice-happy Legislature. There are now 84 charter schools operating in Broward (serving some 33,000 students),......Tags: Teaching and Learning, Schools, Students, Palm Beach County, Education
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Ag Reserve school development fight goes to Palm Beach County Commission
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsThe fight over the future of Palm Beach County???s Agricultural Reserve goes before the County Commission on Tuesday. Residents living in neighborhoods that spread to prime farmland west of Boynton Beach and Delray Beach want permission to build charter...Tags: Boynton Beach, Wildlife, Delray Beach, Palm Beach County Commission, Palm Beach County
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Obama's 1st speech to Congress
The SwampTHE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY February 24, 2009 Remarks of President Barack Obama - As Prepared for...Tags: High Schools, Diseases and Illnesses, Layoffs and Downsizing, Career and Workplace, Social Sciences
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Bobby Jindal: Mr. Rogers, Kenneth, 2012?
The Swampby Mark Silva The morning after President Barack Obama's first big speech to Congress, people seem to be talking as much about the first big national appearance of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, he of the state where they used to......Tags: NBC (tv network), Republican Party, Social Issues, Hurricanes, Landforms
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Jeb Bush at Obama's Education Dep't
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated Guess who showed up at the offices of President Barack Obama's secretary of education today? Jeb Bush. Arne Duncan, the former superintendent of schools in Chicago whom the Democratic president recruited to run the Department.......Tags: Texas, National Government, Regional Authority, Government, Georgia
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Obama on schools: How controversial, really?
Spin CycleThe AP story here might make it sound controversial, but it is a better bet that President Obama's call for pay for teachers based on performance, and for support for charter schools, land squarely in the mainstream of what......Tags: Barack Obama, National Government, Government, Schools, Education
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Obama on-line (with America) live-blog
The Swampby Frank James 1:00 pm -- A colleague makes a good point. What town-hall meeting isn't a snooze fest. Most are but there can be some good moments, like when that homeless woman in Florida caused Obama to nearly lose......Tags: Social Issues, Defense, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Civil and Public Service, Small Businesses
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Marijuana legalization no joke, guest says
The Swampby Mark Silva Cinco de Mayo celebrations get underway this evening at the White House, on the eve of Cinco de Mayo. If President Barack Obama wants to have some fun with one of his guests -- the way the......Tags: Michelle Obama, National Government, Cinco de Mayo, Government, Healthcare Policies
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Making the FCAT grade: What does it mean?
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsBroward and Palm Beach County public schools both got overall A grades in this year???s state FCAT rankings. Is this cause for celebration, or just meaningless window dressing? I suppose congratulations are in order. But with so many schools and......Tags: Pembroke Pines, Public Schools, Schools, Education, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
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Odd trio: Gingrich, Sharpton, Duncan
The Swampby Mark Silva Here's an unlikely trio for a road tour: Education Secretary Arne Duncan plans to take the Obama administration's vision of educational improvements, innovation and the "challenges facing America's school systems'' on a multi-city tour....Tags: NBC (tv network), Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Newt Gingrich, Justice and Rights, Arne Duncan
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Jeb Bush: Education 'No. 1 issue'
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated again at 2:30 pm EDT Jeb Bush knows how to fill a house. "Our goal is to arm you with ideas,'' Bush told his audience at the opening of a two-day conference packing the main......Tags: Texas, New York, National Government, Government, Regional Authority
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Obama's New Orleans tour: 3 hrs, 45 min.
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated Former President George W. Bush started his day in California, the morning he made his first, albeit aerial inspection of the damage done by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. President Barack Obama will end his......Tags: Defense, George W. Bush, Natural Disasters, Floods, David Vitter
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