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Rich Kid, Poor Kid: How Mixed Neighborhoods Could Save America's Schools

| Sarah Garland | Posted 07.26.2012 | Home
Read More: Coleman Report, Student Poverty, Poor Students, Atlanta, Georgia Schools, Rich Kids, East Lake, Student Diversity, Rand Corporation, Mixed-Income, Charter Schools, Diverse Schools, Atlanta Schools, Poor Kids, Education Reform, Mixed-Income Schooling, School Diversity, Mixed Neighborhoods, Video, Home News

This piece comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report. During the half century that Theresa Cartwright has lived in the East Lake neighborhood of...

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The Global Search for Education: A Life of Learning

C. M. Rubin | Posted 04.15.2012 | Home
Read More: University of Oxford, Student Diversity, Global Education, C. M. Rubin, Global Campus, The Global Search for Education, The Engaged University, Learning Through Life, Standardized Testing, Higher Education, United Nations Millennium Goals, Lifelong Learning, Sir David Watson, University Admissions Criteria, Home News
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In 2009, Sir David Watson received the Times Higher Education Lifetime Achievement Award. I had the opportunity to get Sir David's views on higher education and a life of learning.

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Principal Bans Halloween Costumes, Says Holiday Is 'Problematic'

Posted 12.14.2011 | Home
Read More: Public Schools, Holidays, Video, Halloween, Student Diversity, Halloween Costumes, Halloween Ban, Religion in Schools, National Holidays, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving, School Dress Codes, Halloween in Schools, School Holidays, New York Schools, Schools, Massachusetts Schools, Holidays in School, Home News

A Massachusetts elementary school principal has lashed out against traditional American holidays, banning costumes in school for Halloween and telling...

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