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New Haven's White Firefighters Win Promotions

AP | Posted 12.01.2009 | New York

Read More: New Haven Firefighters, White Firefighters, Civil Rights, Affirmative Action, New Haven 20, New Haven Fire Fighters, Race, Promotions, Aptitude Tests, New Haven, Connecticut, Supreme Court, Discrimination, Tests, Black Firefighters, Sonia Sotomayor, Ricci, Destefano, Ricci v. Destefano, New York News

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP)-- A federal judge has ordered Connecticut officials to promote 14 firefighters who won a reverse discrimination case in a landma...

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Caster Semenya HERMAPHRODITE?: Tests Reveal South African Sprinter Has Both Male, Female Characteristics: REPORT

New York Daily News | By Oren Yaniv | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Semanya, Sexual Organs, Ovaries, Caster, Testes, Sprinter, Man or Woman, Gender, Is Caster Semenya a Hermaphrodite, Sports, South Africa, Track, Reproductive Organs, Track and Field, Male or Female, Caster Semenya, Tests, Iaaf, Semenya Hermaphrodite, Caster Semenya XXY, South African Hermaphrodite, Castor Hermaphrodite, Hermaphrodite, Caster Semenya Gender, Hermaphrodite Runner, Caster Semenya's Sex, Caster Semenya Hermaphrodite, South African Female Runner, South African Runner, World News

Tests show that controversial runner Caster Semenya is a woman ...and a man! The 18-year-old South African champ has no womb or ovaries and her testo...

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Shouldn't Every Child Have an Education Like the President's Daughters'?

Gerald Bracey | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Test-Prep, Education, Post-Modern, Sidwell, Duncan, Obama, Tests, Interdisciplinary Curriculum, Politics News
Gerald Bracey

The president sends Malia and Sasha to a post-modern school focused on the personalization of learning. Isn't it time that every family in the nation has the same opportunity?

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Robots in Education

Gerald Bracey | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arne Duncan, Education, Standards, Tests, Education Reform, Governors, National Press Club, Politics News
Gerald Bracey

Engineers have made great advances in robotics in recent years. Everyday-robots can vacuum rugs and mop floors. More advanced models can act as secretary of education.

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International Comparisons: More Fizzle than Fizz

Gerald Bracey | Posted 01.09.2009 | Home

Read More: International Comparisons, Science, Tests, Math, Economy, Global Competitiveness, Home News
Gerald Bracey

Principle 23 of the "principles of data interpretation" that organize "Reading Educational Research: How to Avoid Getting Statistically Snookered," r...

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Is TIMSS Meaningful?

Gerald Bracey | Posted 01.02.2009 | Style

Read More: Internatonal Comparisons, Validity, Competitiveness, Tests, Economy, Global Competitiveness Report, Style News
Gerald Bracey

The next round of Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study hits the street a week from today. It might be good to keep a few things in mind when considering the data.

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