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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The legacy of slavery
and segregation in this country has benefitted many for years on a
principle similar to compound interest, writes Ezra Klein for Vox. White
America has, for centuries, used force, racist laws, biased courts, and
housing segregation to build wealth, stealing the work of African
Americans and then, when that became illegal, plundering their work and
assets. And then it let compound interest work its magic. Today, white
America is one of the richest and most powerful populations the world
has ever known. Klein speaks of compound interest literally, accrued via
stolen income, but also figuratively, in terms of education, families,
neighborhoods, and self-respect. Consider the break-up of
African-American families through slavery. "If you believe in the power
of strong families to help their members do better in life -- and almost
all the research says you should, and almost every American politician
says he does," Klein writes, then think about the negative value of a
shattered family, compounding through generations. The same goes for
houses stolen, educations wanted but not obtained, and loss of a basic
belief in U.S. law and institutions that whites take for granted. So,
"the people who benefitted most from American racism weren't the white
men who stole the penny. It's the people who held onto the penny while
it doubled and doubled and doubled and doubled," Klein feels. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0010EIySKISCxnwxI68rV-k2wXHnTAxZmMn3U_-xZrobiHmPp-3X8YImgINoYr3mYbZorpyIZu4pkWxwXRGeJVHTE-JgnhIUwed32yeYteUJQ2syKq83SXpboVzA4Bw3f0KQozuc3jo3pqRc1hT7UqogU8vqw6C99zN_6XpEbeaei9FrKBLvx4hf-vQoSXfoy9b2NuZxM3N-GpYJJgsDd01YhQ2a6vrt5TsqhigFF-CMxJGjcj6tz_wsjive509UlQe4SORq6I2UF4LzOgtxEuol9WiaEOY-Qyk&c=81aqXL3xIuj1xD8wlmvFweLiWAMy5M5-Kwi1TpJKJPeNHkaSlRxUkg==&ch=7vyua977wV7MXAuJZ2vKGt038YDEX60V7e2eFlUufzuHAtNBlzgwtQ==">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Falling short on our egalitarian system</div>
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<div style="color:#454545;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span>In
the national mythology, few ideas are more revered than education's
power to overcome entrenched inequality, writes Eduardo Porter in The
New York Times. While often falling short of the ideal, the United
States at one time aimed to provide universal, comprehensive education,
an egalitarian system to put elite European systems to shame -- but no
longer. Not only do American standards trail those of other industrial
countries, but we have a persistent gulf in results between rich and
poor. Only one in 20 children from the most disadvantaged quarter of the
population manages to excel at school. Americans may protest this
reflects the United States' more heterogeneous population and greater
income inequality, but the truth, noted by the O.E.C.D., is that
"socioeconomic disadvantage translates more directly into poor
educational performance in the United States than in many other
countries." The way schools are funded -- mainly through local real
estate taxes -- creates a built-in advantage for schools in rich
communities, where they hire the best teachers, build the best labs, and
buy the best computers, and where the wealthy surround their children
with the children of other wealthy people. Closing disparities in
education requires addressing school funding, teacher quality, and
teacher salaries, and truly implementing common standards. As long as
the performance gap remains so wide, education cannot level the playing
field of opportunity.</span> </span><a style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0010EIySKISCxnwxI68rV-k2wXHnTAxZmMn3U_-xZrobiHmPp-3X8YImgINoYr3mYbZS7mCF7htiFYpoaIfT4aEtGtiBbasV5gizrTH5AiXlpFEym9D1jNLfyHLpQChy-kJJEz_k_HQvx9x-PJ1nRD3qCYJ7lPlTge8SmyNS7Pa1mzqOnhyoM9e1gQBdswNDCby8atcbiD5_1XEd3KoNY65-5IGg4BoWKBsfMHAvc9-loNO8qaeRb_KdYty-sQWV63Y8lYc1jfcRl1HdAIJSW3Sexd8JSwf5gRGK2ydDnAywKNYN7804FlI2TWM62RjwugHZgXNCY-vbdqRN1AU2XsL9w==&c=81aqXL3xIuj1xD8wlmvFweLiWAMy5M5-Kwi1TpJKJPeNHkaSlRxUkg==&ch=7vyua977wV7MXAuJZ2vKGt038YDEX60V7e2eFlUufzuHAtNBlzgwtQ==">More</a></div>
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<div style="color:#454545;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span>The
"new character education" has thousands of administrators, teachers,
and parents convinced that qualities such as perseverance, discipline,
and self-control trump IQ in determining academic success, writes
Jeffrey Aaron Snyder for The New Republic. Yet Snyder finds major
problems with this premise. First, we don't know how to teach character.
We have an increasingly cogent "science of character," but no "science
of teaching character." Many so-called desirable traits may be largely
inherited and resistant to educational intervention. We already know,
for instance, that grit is strongly correlated with "conscientiousness,"
which psychologists view as stable and hereditary. The second problem
is that the new character education unwittingly promotes an amoral and
careerist "looking out for number one" point-of-view, completely
untethered from values and ethics. It takes grit and self-control to be a
successful heart surgeon, but the same could be said of a suicide
bomber. Bernie Madoff was, by most accounts, extremely hard-working,
charming, and wildly optimistic. The third and final problem is that the
new character education limits the purpose of education to preparation
for college and career. This is admirable given that for too long, black
and Hispanic students, especially those living in poverty, have not
been perceived as "college material." But is it is wise?</span> </span><a style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0010EIySKISCxnwxI68rV-k2wXHnTAxZmMn3U_-xZrobiHmPp-3X8YImgINoYr3mYbZdu7yThuKOPDYtx0IvVsSpEeR6xDAux2Qi8p08vplMeKABDm7ihlulGLpZ4y_2Os3VTGr6qB0tlJ9Z7KxuhPLQLztTuEXGUMguJug_e7Yc0DdHmr2h1AaBcTO4y6OpJBrQD2ZFQduB3gjvGpEVOws_kEoL8B672nckrSCjJ4UQMPW4RkRLC38O95H20JQKgA9DAT42VKG-Cg=&c=81aqXL3xIuj1xD8wlmvFweLiWAMy5M5-Kwi1TpJKJPeNHkaSlRxUkg==&ch=7vyua977wV7MXAuJZ2vKGt038YDEX60V7e2eFlUufzuHAtNBlzgwtQ==">More</a></div>
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new national report finds that rural schools in Mississippi are
expanding, serving more low-income and minority students, writes Jackie
Mader in The Hechinger Report. Fifty-six percent of public school
students in the state attend rural schools, a 12 percent increase since
2002-03 and higher percentage than in all but two states. Since 2008-09,
Mississippi's rural students who qualify for free or reduced lunch have
increased from 63 to 65 percent, far higher than the national average.
While overall minority students in Mississippi's rural schools have
increased by half a percent since 2008-09, rural Hispanic students in
the state increased by 530 percent between 1999 and 2009. Nationwide,
Hispanic students account for 93 percent of new rural students. Rural
students in Mississippi posted the worst eighth-grade math scores and
the third worst eighth-grade reading scores on a 2011 national
standardized exam. Its rural teachers are paid the seventh lowest salary
of all states, and it ranks in the bottom five in rural per-pupil
funding. Nationwide, rural enrollment is growing faster than in
non-rural areas, with a third of all public schools rural; more than 20
percent of the nation's children are enrolled in rural schools.
Percentages vary greatly by state, with Vermont serving 57 percent of
students in rural schools, while Massachusetts serves 4 percent.</span> </span><a style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0010EIySKISCxnwxI68rV-k2wXHnTAxZmMn3U_-xZrobiHmPp-3X8YImgINoYr3mYbZkXSX4M3ZhkxHOVaRPDCF8f0JKAXVt6J3J7ESbyn43PCCF4z3GnCisAZQ4_Xp5wES8lNhdXk46RgHNBBQClhDfEu70o8I7sLQMHbK-Kzp9GwzsWhIYDP3kB3rPR-rui2LmReQEdhgN3_NLec-9tLS81QqL-1JhhBbBSeQ3bkAZdS4DEauW12_5egvwyN1Wqj4_JZVCJvVjXVyI4TNt62iaQ==&c=81aqXL3xIuj1xD8wlmvFweLiWAMy5M5-Kwi1TpJKJPeNHkaSlRxUkg==&ch=7vyua977wV7MXAuJZ2vKGt038YDEX60V7e2eFlUufzuHAtNBlzgwtQ==">More</a></div>
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<div style="color:#454545;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">An
artfully devised curriculum means little to a student whose mind is
fixed on last night's shooting outside or violent fight between parents,
writes Laura Pappano in The Harvard Education Letter. Years of research
reveal the prevalence of "adverse childhood experiences" (ACEs) in the
United States -- more than 68 percent of children have experienced a
traumatic event by age 16 -- with higher ACE scores correlating to
health, education, and social problems. Federal data show 686,000
children were victims of abuse or neglect in 2012, the most recent
information. A growing interest in "trauma-sensitive" schools has
educators checking raised voices, discarding detention slips, and
looking not at bad behavior but what triggered it, Pappano reports. In
trauma-sensitive schools, staff let traumatized students exit class
mid-lesson if they feel overwhelmed, or change "automatic thoughts"
when confronting a student acting out. A number of available resources
urge weaving trauma-sensitive thinking into school culture and staff
training, tapping mental health experts, teaching in ways that make
students feel safe, and building nonacademic relationships and rules
that reflect the role of trauma in misbehavior. In an era of
high-pressure performance, sensitivity and leeway feels
counterintuitive, but giving students flexibility lets them stay
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">A new report from
America's Promise Alliance details experiences that lead youth away from
school before graduating. It expressly avoids the term "dropout," since
participants said it doesn't describe their experience of leaving
school, and because most kids surveyed eventually completed their
education. Researchers found respondents across 16 cities frequently
mentioned 25 factors that influenced decisions about school, including
support and guidance from adults, incarceration, family deaths, family
heath challenges, gangs, homelessness, school safety, school policies,
peer influences, and parenthood. They also indicated common toxicities:
violence at home, in school, or in their neighborhoods; personal or
family health trauma; and unsafe, unsupportive, or disrespectful school
climates and policies. Youth also were often caregivers or wage-earners
for ill parents. The presence or absence of connections with parents,
family members, school professionals, peers, and participants' own
children drove many choices. The authors argue that students who leave
school are stronger than popular opinion and current research describe.
These strengths could, with the right supports, allow them to stay in
school, and these abilities do help many to re-engage. Young people who
leave high school need fewer easy exits and more easy on-ramps back into
education. Everyone in a young person's life and community can do
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<div style="color:#ee5624;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: #f14e23;"><b>Kids in foster care are a distinct subgroup</b></span></div>
<div style="color:#454545;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span>A
new report from the California Child Welfare Indicators Project
describes important associations between foster-care placement types and
disability diagnosis, school changes, standardized-test performance,
and dropout and graduation rates. The second part of a larger study, it
linked child welfare and state education data and found that students in
every type of foster care lagged significantly behind their low-SES
(socioeconomic status) peers. School mobility was tied to recent entry
into foster care and the restrictiveness of the foster care placement
setting. Students in foster care were more likely than the general
population of students to be enrolled in the lowest-performing schools
and to be enrolled in nontraditional schools. They had the lowest
participation rate in California's statewide testing program, and
participation was tied to placement instability. Educational
disadvantage was greatest in upper grade levels, among students in group
homes, and for students who experienced three or more placements. Among
all high school students, those in foster care had the highest dropout
and lowest graduation rates; students in more stable placements showed
better performance for both of these education outcomes. Altogether, the
report's findings suggest that despite recent state legislative
efforts, additional and specific supports are needed for this subgroup
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outbreaks of preventable diseases have spread around the country in
recent years, some states have been re-evaluating how and why they allow
parents to opt their children out of vaccines, reports Evie Blad for
Education Week. Requiring vaccines before school admission has been a
key component of a decades-long campaign that nearly rid the United
States of many severe illnesses, from the measles to whooping cough.
Public health experts find the most fault with personal exemptions, also
known as philosophical exemptions, in place in 19 states and typically
allowing parents to opt out by signing a one-time form and without
disclosing a reason. The number of such exemptions has grown over the
last decade, with high concentrations in states that have especially
permissive policies. The movement to opt out has spiked in part because
of scientifically unproven claims that vaccines are linked to autism and
because of misinformation spread online. And as vaccines have largely
wiped out the diseases they're designed to prevent, the public has grown
less concerned. Since 2011, Washington, Oregon, California, and Vermont
have revised their personal exemption processes toward greater
stringency, and Colorado has advanced a bill to require schools to
collect information about their vaccination rates and provide it to
parents upon request.</span> </span><a style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0010EIySKISCxnwxI68rV-k2wXHnTAxZmMn3U_-xZrobiHmPp-3X8YImgINoYr3mYbZOOf2tVcn_kpz2HA8RmSmc1ThA8g10wbVcyz126Kz1S8rfiidR5PGme9TJT5W0geD0a9lgxKdoJfHg6fQKwhLOZ5DxhAy9QDeJOVfHghYUYy6fDtPNQnwwxI027tq9fY8P_Y25f__H7KwIZsaZKqFwGZB8UXU4BGvzJh8eADUbsOz-AFa6_NN2Q==&c=81aqXL3xIuj1xD8wlmvFweLiWAMy5M5-Kwi1TpJKJPeNHkaSlRxUkg==&ch=7vyua977wV7MXAuJZ2vKGt038YDEX60V7e2eFlUufzuHAtNBlzgwtQ==">More</a></div>
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<div><b>BRIEFLY NOTED CALIFORNIA</b></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ee5624;"><strong>Adequate?</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The U.S. Justice
Department's Civil Rights Division is looking into whether California is
adequately overseeing the education of 1.4 million students in the
state who are still learning English. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0010EIySKISCxnwxI68rV-k2wXHnTAxZmMn3U_-xZrobiHmPp-3X8YImgINoYr3mYbZcij4hY9BvUkUQXTGnZAS907p6gKkHPdmg3QTTZ8t2f-9NkZ-fHN_Gw6VFlUSkRG5irvXoAi-IgiP__GhmQeYkiqOQYKyApySdjxGyAPX0TjEfC9SRFjB6ESwYZYV2rKctAWX853aUeXpxl9o2q4Z8tQE9xMYjUheD2keGMlYHDuaNZQFqxwbLkNW1n-QrzsxqFNpM9dqPPb2Nn0CC4pGxDzrLdSWg54xNYr3hhorBV8=&c=81aqXL3xIuj1xD8wlmvFweLiWAMy5M5-Kwi1TpJKJPeNHkaSlRxUkg==&ch=7vyua977wV7MXAuJZ2vKGt038YDEX60V7e2eFlUufzuHAtNBlzgwtQ==" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ee5624;"><strong>Artful</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">A new federal program
called Turnaround Arts that uses the arts to improve academic
performance will now include 10 of California's lowest-performing
schools, including Warren Lane Elementary in Inglewood and Martin Luther
King Jr. Elementary in Compton. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0010EIySKISCxnwxI68rV-k2wXHnTAxZmMn3U_-xZrobiHmPp-3X8YImgINoYr3mYbZ6I46dYMNjlb9zZ1eSOxh3W-LbnFD3BfEt3V_lOeoLsawaGHPVj09YpBFlMFVPP5x9fxsEKfyrbFT5N422ZmexaxBOtNWTYt14pCiZ-uzmf8LGm_zGN50EXjpRvcwY3Y07UlES8VqXAmvS0V6w6-_GttE58U4gLUcUcyoX2ZMVXoo2JQBu1j5U4b_7tUvTS2ztV5TjmfC1oZj3Pf4v68QLqR5Zxxo-JgAjSx3rAGJUUw=&c=81aqXL3xIuj1xD8wlmvFweLiWAMy5M5-Kwi1TpJKJPeNHkaSlRxUkg==&ch=7vyua977wV7MXAuJZ2vKGt038YDEX60V7e2eFlUufzuHAtNBlzgwtQ==" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ee5624;"><strong>A living wage</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Hundreds of education
workers rallied in Lafayette Park, calling on the LAUSD to increase the
minimum wage to $15 an hour and improve school services for students. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0010EIySKISCxnwxI68rV-k2wXHnTAxZmMn3U_-xZrobiHmPp-3X8YImgINoYr3mYbZxEJ41mweoTYeCIPO-ud1iTATyzsQA5CDy9ZjQcVZytyHnBWmF7z6Ve58VEFY2BehIuSIWyG0DChyE8r_V5PQQX892vWR-y9suX4P-qpdWPiE6aCAc8sxSFDxSJzCyAhQTiQTggpUaOxmctFWTfJ5AGgstczcsggxJMHURMgG-ZyhLtqrxwX5nOM166J66lGr&c=81aqXL3xIuj1xD8wlmvFweLiWAMy5M5-Kwi1TpJKJPeNHkaSlRxUkg==&ch=7vyua977wV7MXAuJZ2vKGt038YDEX60V7e2eFlUufzuHAtNBlzgwtQ==" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ee5624;"><strong>Money well spent</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Los Angeles Unified is
poised to expand its efforts to make access to health care easier for
schoolchildren, with an allocation of $50 million for wellness centers
on campuses. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0010EIySKISCxnwxI68rV-k2wXHnTAxZmMn3U_-xZrobiHmPp-3X8YImgINoYr3mYbZlH7ivR-qVTuw8hQYDZTp9053NJPeerguS8dLlH353kEXVq2nyIxfb-DdbUC-PK0FWlBDjTMqGhNzT9Etie9DxS8x9pXtq3jtjhpg_SKQmD-rmluv5oNRC_aoJjGl0UAsjRAotSdgPbHVMSp0rzGTFbswDNtGDwn9MOxFfNa7YRAszX9kEsya6XTZ2ed3wbIOGrE9z21zHj8BYs6R1zd4Jg==&c=81aqXL3xIuj1xD8wlmvFweLiWAMy5M5-Kwi1TpJKJPeNHkaSlRxUkg==&ch=7vyua977wV7MXAuJZ2vKGt038YDEX60V7e2eFlUufzuHAtNBlzgwtQ==" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ee5624;"><strong>Neck and neck</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The top contenders to be
California's public schools chief are neck-and-neck in campaign funds
leading into the June primary, according to finance reports. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0010EIySKISCxnwxI68rV-k2wXHnTAxZmMn3U_-xZrobiHmPp-3X8YImgINoYr3mYbZDy5DNxze03vS7hqDgtBslk5mqmQx3i96JMMYjWs4GD6I1zIH-zPAd5-4sbOKqNURDwgc-fSFvKXP1LcdjgqzMG_0FXVnsE8jmFk6U7GbTmqEJfg5xZShQPcx5vHapmbMdtYNyDVysuqyRCme0FU5nIn2W8ULuPvXu1CgtNJ9sw-Zq94nJ3inj890rqhsl2Qc15UNZ_KYFus=&c=81aqXL3xIuj1xD8wlmvFweLiWAMy5M5-Kwi1TpJKJPeNHkaSlRxUkg==&ch=7vyua977wV7MXAuJZ2vKGt038YDEX60V7e2eFlUufzuHAtNBlzgwtQ==" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ee5624;"><strong>Penny wise, pound foolish</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The Missouri Legislature
sent a bill for delayed and limited state funding for public preschool
programs to the governor on the final day of the session. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0010EIySKISCxnwxI68rV-k2wXHnTAxZmMn3U_-xZrobiHmPp-3X8YImgINoYr3mYbZXDBor27vUFoZQceZlUQjZGWWqAphScjvUJkRQagFmciA2Zc6vGknVwMjxUjvCC4ZJZ7_27b0gbPesLYDZuyI66ZWZwgW5XCO8rx2MUMO0oXNwS8T5wfyz4ckYz0yYJ8nfm6P0UVC7E7qjI1-gBWaSEQCJL_UuT2chbTHZHcZyOhhsaQlESwTZq0Z4UkUhGax1ja2XmL8VpDCgxPHYueuhRTMR7FTv-DZ0MG2KCxP2XCM9QzWJ7XMsh1Vetq7OHAL4CJgjRNOgNrh7nyemPTHixYEjMPHQd9pMrHWu717aEeMDBHXJngoIAdlUEQDv63EX-T31Vi7IRE=&c=81aqXL3xIuj1xD8wlmvFweLiWAMy5M5-Kwi1TpJKJPeNHkaSlRxUkg==&ch=7vyua977wV7MXAuJZ2vKGt038YDEX60V7e2eFlUufzuHAtNBlzgwtQ==" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ee5624;"><strong>Not so fast, pardner</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">A North Carolina
Superior Court judge has ruled that a 2013 law dismantling the state's
system of "career status" -- tenure -- for teachers is unconstitutional.
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ee5624;"><strong>Sounds good</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Utah's push to see
two-thirds of adults holding a degree or certificate by 2020 will add
$14.4 billion to the state's economy over 30 years through increased
wages, and generate $1.4 billion in new tax revenue, according to Gov.
Gary Herbert. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0010EIySKISCxnwxI68rV-k2wXHnTAxZmMn3U_-xZrobiHmPp-3X8YImgINoYr3mYbZzXr6LfFlJlYsdeB8HTVQb-6MvhQXTH-S4qj8rVptaBrK8oUYaBPhWMV2MLCS65xa-MterV-YpY5LWX2DE17uMIXu3J2qsFZ_n36uG4tXSSL32C8ikg_oGU_-JPJBHbYYFVFgR0RLwHpekBpdVoR78V38LaVsINcqBI26qmgDtJJ9Ectea090tEY-lNJFxGOk5hw_qsXkbZ9aYTSocBRlIEHV-8V_FIKxmr-E5ts-jsa0CjCg-PuPXbWAB9miKJb-&c=81aqXL3xIuj1xD8wlmvFweLiWAMy5M5-Kwi1TpJKJPeNHkaSlRxUkg==&ch=7vyua977wV7MXAuJZ2vKGt038YDEX60V7e2eFlUufzuHAtNBlzgwtQ==" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ee5624;"><strong>Cui bono?</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Seventy-five percent of
eligible students who applied for taxpayer-funded subsidies to attend
private and religious schools this fall in the Wisconsin voucher program
already attend private schools, according to data. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0010EIySKISCxnwxI68rV-k2wXHnTAxZmMn3U_-xZrobiHmPp-3X8YImgINoYr3mYbZp2WJeqRE_sU19Armn84hNz0ba4pV48hVU6gEt7XdhY5qZhFM5yFJ7lXHTr6MIRcEWn8kgXfDLVhc4DFitYxmID_he1kgg024GS4cSnn9tnF1S7OrWFByTl-KMz9Np_I-bcp-jdNJodyjHS1tChEOq3YUNPktM0vcWCc_1pBAZGInO3cpg0GZ1SXKz5-4aKC-MovytNOaLpb_x5juSNt7ndR5yU7wvawgqQyHHTXcw_nXbGZ55KGFDIQzmfYlP8gVdEU36CiyMz8=&c=81aqXL3xIuj1xD8wlmvFweLiWAMy5M5-Kwi1TpJKJPeNHkaSlRxUkg==&ch=7vyua977wV7MXAuJZ2vKGt038YDEX60V7e2eFlUufzuHAtNBlzgwtQ==" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ee5624;"><strong>Chilly reception</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The Oklahoma Board of
Education has blasted the passage of legislation that gives parents and
teachers a say in the decision about whether to hold back struggling
readers, calling it a "true setback" that will restore social promotion
in public schools. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0010EIySKISCxnwxI68rV-k2wXHnTAxZmMn3U_-xZrobiHmPp-3X8YImgINoYr3mYbZ8CelO6TP7erOWIs922MUPtIcU-S-hXcy38zP0mWRqNMSdOLwgYfEvqELr4od0iiE-CC9ek_bnYA_CActT3Luuj-ooWuYJTJhtSvQFLVtOCPAWFbzmvEBO1YYrLxrHWv1QnpW2F3wC6Xo_rsqppCWD8oSmM8LBGFpmVtcStAuPpM3CtqtHyQAgVgP29t61fDUexTKW2Jc-SUwdx6rHDOKglWbMy-vILg_a_WPR39dIRrvveIRaF5c8DXtxzU3foGaU0wz5VngFdt6qiUctLSy1Ed6LJ5W34tx&c=81aqXL3xIuj1xD8wlmvFweLiWAMy5M5-Kwi1TpJKJPeNHkaSlRxUkg==&ch=7vyua977wV7MXAuJZ2vKGt038YDEX60V7e2eFlUufzuHAtNBlzgwtQ==" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ee5624;"><strong>Fueling demand</strong></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">New York City is
spending $600,000 on a print, radio, web, and outdoor ad campaign meant
to boost enrollment in prekindergarten programs at community-based
organizations around the city. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0010EIySKISCxnwxI68rV-k2wXHnTAxZmMn3U_-xZrobiHmPp-3X8YImgINoYr3mYbZghwlLSD6AWKfsp3MXdfp_M5KqEch0z2BiB9hP9Pst6_Fvv-fFZfKBCbVyFc1FDgA34NAUF9Xcb1to3DgnIXEIDd4qUaarTROycY4LfCewty3p-q_Ut4brJ3dWh0i44fECe_pFqH6YGuyYaIoXj1exg231jmZWrq8NOIblHAvBFXOgpRuRGklhTVLMhAtEmylS2FxBOtshwwdjNKvNXSTFblNx3H9Y_8NmA7YTI74K4TVIGgu2jYNZXGshbOMmEZE&c=81aqXL3xIuj1xD8wlmvFweLiWAMy5M5-Kwi1TpJKJPeNHkaSlRxUkg==&ch=7vyua977wV7MXAuJZ2vKGt038YDEX60V7e2eFlUufzuHAtNBlzgwtQ==" shape="rect">More</a></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The Lois Lenski Covey
Foundation, Inc. annually awards grants to libraries and other
institutions that operate a library for purchasing books published for
young people preschool through grade 8. Maximum award: $3,000.
Eligibility: school libraries, non-traditional libraries operated by
charitable [501(c)(3)] and other non-taxable agencies, and bookmobile
programs. Deadline: June 16, 2014.</div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0010EIySKISCxnwxI68rV-k2wXHnTAxZmMn3U_-xZrobiHmPp-3X8YImnE5mEHj6ROvmx452ENgV6ThE5Wz5FdpdQjwMTxNq377LNi-A9PvHUcGVOXiybrF_GR4aKlewOZwcnoI5gm4amstFsFImpAVRIycAw7i4zFTUNrCSojLEzSKhjhXz3r4FUkescRLf9Gkz5qrfHsMwtthcysTfiXyWZ46uOlUUnO6&c=81aqXL3xIuj1xD8wlmvFweLiWAMy5M5-Kwi1TpJKJPeNHkaSlRxUkg==&ch=7vyua977wV7MXAuJZ2vKGt038YDEX60V7e2eFlUufzuHAtNBlzgwtQ==">ASIS&T/ Thomson Reuters: Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award</a></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The Thomson Reuters
Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award recognizes the unique
teaching contribution of an individual as a teacher of information
science. Maximum award: $1,000; $500 towards travel or other expenses to
the grant recipient, contingent upon the recipient's attending the
ASIS&T annual meeting. Eligibility: individuals directly engaged in
teaching some aspect of information science on a continuing basis, in an
academic or a non-academic setting; nominees need not be associated
with an educational institution; however, teaching information science
must represent a significant work responsibility although it need not
occur within the traditional classroom. Deadline: August 1, 2014.</div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0010EIySKISCxnwxI68rV-k2wXHnTAxZmMn3U_-xZrobiHmPp-3X8YImgINoYr3mYbZsn5wTcNCrck8Sn64qkdD8cHrxXkD_ZTxStj_3W8cDG3bBT1MROQQJwtlb2eGTt9wkRVME_S5Vr2HEeZKfAGX43d5ngKf0j__lYN9Z4Nlqg5YgT-I0Fgzyt8MkGuUFaOF&c=81aqXL3xIuj1xD8wlmvFweLiWAMy5M5-Kwi1TpJKJPeNHkaSlRxUkg==&ch=7vyua977wV7MXAuJZ2vKGt038YDEX60V7e2eFlUufzuHAtNBlzgwtQ==">The Awesome Foundation: Grants for Projects</a></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The Awesome Foundation
funds projects that challenge and expand our understanding of our
individual and communal potentials, bringing communities together,
casting aside social inhibitions and boundaries for a moment. Maximum
award: $1,000. Eligibility: all people and organizations; there are no
prerequisites. Deadline: rolling.</div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #ee5624;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>QUOTE OF THE WEEK:</strong></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">"Mister Rogers is now a
twinkle-eyed YouTube ghost, still broadcasting his love into the dark,
empty cosmos. But, in a way, that's all he ever was. And that's another
reason he's such a pivotal figure in today's education debate. Though he
was passionate about creating quality media for children, Rogers would
probably be the first to warn against the dangers of relying on
technology to do what only humans -- namely parents and teachers -- can
do." -- <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(238, 86, 36); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0010EIySKISCxnwxI68rV-k2wXHnTAxZmMn3U_-xZrobiHmPp-3X8YImgINoYr3mYbZ67rxTCd786p7f7WQ-qVA6qWC7uN4X8pkSLCZPJclu8vS9vHjk3hQB__AVBD_b7lq7udmbL8TvWaJG8RNFe4u-V_wuFqK-Dg8S41hi4WwFyWaeOGr9vQ3Z2mj6mV1fWyjrTbeT9j0vIsQZ33hZnEi2eWflOuKMVx3LV6JLeRn2I9kglK_XuxPDBFLLX1Ob1tDKwh37frrEK9nff28DekZ74hbA4ATszTtXuvfy1il3YTfsXOqBiePzylpmeVf_snY&c=81aqXL3xIuj1xD8wlmvFweLiWAMy5M5-Kwi1TpJKJPeNHkaSlRxUkg==&ch=7vyua977wV7MXAuJZ2vKGt038YDEX60V7e2eFlUufzuHAtNBlzgwtQ==">Anya Kamenetz</a> on NPR, about the currency of Fred Rogers's work.</div>
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