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Edward James Olmos on Stand and Deliver's 25th Anniversary & the Release of Filly Brown

Vanessa Erazo | Posted 04.15.2013 | Latino Voices
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Vanessa Erazo

"It's an issue. Studios want to tell universal stories. We want to do the same thing. But, we want to use Latino stories with Latino faces to tell universal stories. We're all part of one group. We are all humans and we all want to tell human stories."

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Another Guilty Plea In Tennessee Teacher Cheating Case

Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.13.2013 | Home
Read More: Education News, Teacher Cheating Ring, Praxis, Teacher Cheating, Memphis Teacher Cheating Ring, Standardized Testing, Cheating Ring, Education, Teachers, Educational Testing Service, Joy Resmovits on Education, Teacher Licensing, Memphis Teacher Investigation, Joy Resmovits, Clarence Mumford, Clarence Mumford Sr, Home News
Joy Resmovits

In November, we reported on a major teacher cheating ring that was unfolding in Memphis, Tenn. Now, there's a new guilty plea.

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Joy Resmovits

Testing Exec: We Haven't Updated Security Procedures Since Major Breach

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 11.27.2012 | Home
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The teacher cheating ring that operated in Memphis for 15 years shines a light on the murky world of teacher licensing, experts say. Federal prosec...

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SAT Officials To Testify At New York Cheating Hearing

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 12.25.2011 | Home
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FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — A security firm run by the former director of the FBI has been retained to review security – and will recommend change...

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Giving Black Boys a Strong Start

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 08.24.2011 | Impact
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Marian Wright Edelman

President Obama has called education the civil rights issue of our time. Now is the time for the next transforming freedom moment and movement -- to set our children free from illiteracy, low expectations, and jobless, hopeless futures.

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Cheating SAT-style (Part II)

Cari Shane | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Cari Shane

With security measures put in place by the Educational Testing Service, there's very little cheating on the SAT -- 99-percent of the students who take the test follow the rules.

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