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MF Global To S&P Before Collapse: We've 'Never Been Stronger'

Reuters | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Video, Bankruptcy, House Financial Services, Credit Downgrade, European Sovereign Debt, Reuters, MF Global, Credit Rating Agencies, Standard & Poor's, Securities and Exchange Commission, Fitch, McGraw Hill, Moody's, Business News

* S&P says MF Global touted capital, liquidity strength * One week after email to S&P, MF Global failed * House lawmaker...

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A Modest Proposal to Save Test Prep

John Merrow | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Testing Companies, Pbs, Education, Pbs Newshour, Jerry Brown, Test Prep, Standardized Testing, John Merrow, Mcgraw-Hill, Pearson, Testing, California, Video, Education News

When California Governor Jerry Brown recently called for fewer standardized tests and less time on test preparation, he probably expected to be praised. Instead, his proposal has been greeted with cries of outrage from teachers, administrators, and students.

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Education "Reform" -- Garbage In, Garbage Out

Steve Nelson | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Pearson Education, Education, Racism, Meritocracy, Kaplan University, Education Reform, White Privilege, McGraw Hill, Education News

The problems with education in America will be addressed only when we recognize that it's all about race, class and inequity.

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I'll Miss Arne's Trip to Joplin: We're Testing That Day

Randy Turner | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Joplin, Arne Duncan, Joplin Tornado, Acuity, Standardized Testing, Mcgraw-Hill, Education News, Race to the Top, Education News

If Secretary of Education Arne Duncan steps into my 8th grade classroom when he visits tornado-stricken Joplin, he will have an opportunity to see a man-made disaster that he made possible.

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Stock Of S&P's Parent Company Tumbles Following Downgrade

AP | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Mcgraw-Hill, Moody's Investors Service, Wall Street, Dow Jones Industrial Average, J.D. Power and Associates, Stock Market, Standard & Poor's, Credit Rating, AAA Rating, U.S. Credit Downgrade, Business News

NEW YORK (AP) -- McGraw-Hill took a little friendly fire Monday, seeing its stock tumble nearly 8 percent after its Standard & Poor's agency downgrade...

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Credit Raters Spend $1.76 Million To Lobby Washington

AP | STEPHEN BRAUN | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Regulations, Dodd-Frank, Lobbying, Standard and Poor's, US Debt, Downgrade, Credit Rating, Credit Rating Agency, McGraw Hill, Moody's, Business News

WASHINGTON — The three major credit rating companies poised to decide whether to downgrade the nation's top-ranked debt standing are at the same...

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Exams Too Easy? State Drops $32 Million For New Tests

New York Post | Susan Edelman | Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: New York Schools, Standardized Testing, New York Department of Education, New York Standardized Testing, Pearson, McGraw Hill, New York Exams, McGraw Hill Testing, Education News

The state has hired a different testing company to produce its standardized exams for grades 3 through 8, replacing a firm whose too-easy tests led to...

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Slavery Ended in 1865? That Myth Puts our Kids in Danger

Tina Frundt | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Mcgraw-Hill, Human Trafficking, Slavery, Impact News

Modern-day slavery, now called human trafficking, still exists across America. The U.S. State Department estimates up to 17,000 people are trafficked -- enslaved -- in the U.S. each year.

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SEC Considers Charges Against Credit-Rating Agencies For Role In Crisis

Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Standard and Poors, Financial Crisis, Credit Rating Agencies, Sec, Mortgage Bond Deal, Securities and Exchange Commission, US Regulators, McGraw Hill, Business News

U.S. regulators could file civil fraud charges against some credit-rating agencies for their role in developing mortgage-bond deals that helped br...

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Why We Can't Rely On Standardized Tests -- And The Companies That Create Them

Todd Farley | Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: Standardized Testing, No Child Left Behind, Drc, ETS K-12, Pearson Education, Riverside Publishing, Mcgraw-Hill, Education Reform, Education News

For the last ten years in this country we've regularly seen standardized tests results that can't be believed and standardized testing companies that can't be trusted.

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Teaching to the Test

Randy Turner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Mcgraw-Hill, Standardized Testing, Teacher, Missouri, Tenure, Public Schools, Acuity, Education News

Spring parent-teacher conferences were held this morning at the school where I teach and my belief, that in my dozen years as a teacher I had heard everything, was shattered to the core

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Four Days IN Education Nation

John Merrow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: K-12 Education, Michelle Rhee, Public Schools, Arne Duncan, Randi Weingarten, Race to the Top, David Gregory, Washington DC, New York, New York City, McGraw Hill, Larry Rosenstock, Texas, Learning Matters, Waiting for Superman, Education, KIPP Charter Schools, Tom Brokaw, Education Nation, Charter Schools, Steven Brill, Chris Cerf, Texas Board of Education, John Merrow, Education Reform, Nbc, Bob Mendenhall, Education News

NBC says it's going to do Education Nation again next year. Let's hope so. There's certainly room for improvement.

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United States - India Business Council Celebrates Its 35th Anniversary

Sunil Chacko | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dr. Hatoyama, Ron Somers, Indian Minister for Human Resource Development Mr. Kapil Sibal, Indian Miniser for Extenal Affairs Mr. S.M. Krishna, Pepsico, Prime Minister Mr. Kan, Larry Summers, Mcgraw-Hill, US-India Business Council, Indra Nooyi, Japan, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Terry McGraw, Usibc, Business News

Hundreds of US and Indian participants celebrated the 35th anniversary of the US-India Business Council (USIBC) in Washington, DC. The sessions this year were focused on the themes of "Education, Infrastructure & Inclusive Growth."

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Writing a Best Selling Book

Grant Cardone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sell to Survive, Social Media, Business Books, Twitter, Sales Books, McGraw Hill, Writing Best Seller, Barnes and Noble, Linked In, Bes Selling Book, Wiley, Facebook, Grant Cardone, Amzon, Business News

Getting a book published and then to hit the Best Sellers list takes a lot of guts, even more determination, tremendous amounts of creative networkin...

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Harold W. McGraw Jr. Dead: McGraw-Hill Chairman Dies at 92

The New York Times | CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: McGraw-Hill CEO, Harold W. McGraw, Mcgraw-Hill, Books, McGraw-Hill Chairman, Book Publishing, Books News

Harold W. McGraw Jr., who as leader of McGraw-Hill, his family's publishing business, helped build it into a billion-dollar enterprise in the 1970s an...

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Lost Premier Hits Web Before TV: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer February 3, 2010

Shelly Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Iphone, Test-Prep, Google Maps, Kaplan, Hawaii Premier, Shelly Palmer, Scroll Motion, McGraw Hill, Nexus One, Multi Touch, Media, Premier, Abc, Mediabytes, Ipad, Lost, Media News

Last night was the scheduled premier of the final season of Lost. However, a sneak preview of the mysterious show was held Monday night in Hawaii a...

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Textbook Publishers Begin To Adapt Textbooks For The iPad

The Wall Street Journal | JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Houghton Mifflin, Textbook Publishers, Book Publishing, Textbooks, Kaplan, Pearson, Mcgraw-Hill, Books, Ebooks, Ipad, Ereaders, Scrollmotion, Apple, Books News

Major textbook publishers have struck deals with software company ScrollMotion Inc. to adapt their textbooks for the electronic page, as the industry ...

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eBooks May Cost $12.99 on the Apple Tablet : MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer January 27, 2010

Shelly Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Ereader, Trillions of Colors, Islate, Itunes App Stores, Google Voice App, Media, Lcd Tv, Sharp, Mediabytes, Amazon, Tablet, Iphone, Apple, Shelly Palmer, Kindle, McGraw Hill, Voice, Ebooks, Apple Tablet, Technology News

On the eve of the arrival of Apple's new tablet, McGraw-Hill CEO Terry McGraw announced that 95% of his company's content would be available on the new device.

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Corporate America Goes Green and Leads the Way

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sustainability, Mcgraw-Hill, Green Business, Siemens, Business News

A new study conducted by Siemens Building Technologies Inc. and McGraw-Hill Construction reports that 76% of the largest corporations in the U.S. are ...

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BusinessWeek Sale: 93 Buyers Interested In Magazine

Bloomberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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BusinessWeek magazine has generated interest from 93 potential buyers, McGraw-Hill Cos. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Terry McGraw said. ...

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BusinessWeek Sale: Bidders Emerge For McGraw-Hill Magazine

BusinessWeek | Jon Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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The McGraw-Hill Companies' (MHP) exploration of its strategic options for BusinessWeek has drawn several potential bidders, executives familiar with t...

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BusinessWeek Sale: McGraw-Hill May Give Away For $1

FT | Posted 05.25.2011

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McGraw-Hill might reap only a nominal $1 by selling Business Week, according to people familiar with the 80-year-old financial magazine's record of lo...

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BusinessWeek Up For Sale

Bloomberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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July 13 (Bloomberg) -- McGraw-Hill Cos. hired Evercore Partners Inc., the boutique investment bank founded by Roger Altman, to sell BusinessWeek magaz...

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Joy, Cautious Optimism Permeate Arab Media

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Azzaman, Al Jazeera International, An-Nahar, Al Jazeera, The Yemen Times, Asharq Al-Awsat, Al Ahram, Mcgraw-Hill, LBCI TV, The Sudan Tribune, Barack Obama, Al Akhbar, Tishreen, Elaph, President Obama, Obama Election Day, HuffPost Election Analysis, Election Day, Sarah Palin, HuffPost Election Reaction, Obama Presidency, Obama President, Election Analysis, John McCain, Obama Wins, Election Day 2008, World Reaction Obama, Election Results, Joe Biden, 2008 Election, Election, Presidential Results, Election Reaction, Presidential Election, Politics News

"Americans Chose Change" was the striking blue headline in Wednesday's An-Nahar daily of Lebanon.

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Why Book Publishing Is Dead (Part One)

Richard Laermer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kindle, 2011: Trendspotting, Book Editing, Small Publishers, Laermer.com, Mariah Shriver Oprah Winfrey, Mcgraw-Hill, Laermer.com Stephen King, Philip Roth, Punk Marketing, Penguin-Putnam, Grisham, Business News

It's starting to make little sense why I would write something that while widely read could be given out in a "cleverer" format.

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