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States to government: hands off education (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

As the U.S. government discusses reauthorizing a sweeping education law and prepares to distribute billions of stimulus dollars for school reform, state legislatures are sending it a strong message: hands off.

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Education’s Perfect Storm (New York Post)

“I think the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans was Hurricane Katrina. That education system was a disaster, and it took Hurricane Katrina to wake up the community to say that ‘we have to do better.’ ” — Education Secretary Arne Duncan, in an interview with…

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MLK Breakfast: Christie says education is opportunity (Daily Record)

MORRISTOWN — Had Martin Luther King Jr. lived to see his 81st birthday, New Jersey’s new governor said the civil rights pioneer likely would have championed education as a primary means to give hope and opportunity to disadvantaged people.

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Patrick signs education overhaul (Boston Globe)

By Brian MacQuarrie, Globe Staff Sitting on a child’s stool at the Children’s Museum, Governor Deval Patrick today signed a sweeping education bill that will greatly increase the number of charter schools, grant superintendents broad powers to overhaul underperforming districts,…

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Ahead Of Signing, Patrick Lauds Education Bill (WBUR Boston)

On Monday, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick signs a major education reform package that paves the way for the creation of additional charter schools and grants the state more power to turn around under-performing schools.

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Lawmakers approve education bill (Boston Globe)

Governor Deval Patrick predicted last night that the Legislature’s approval of a sweeping education bill would bring to an end a chronic achievement gap between students of different socioeconomic backgrounds and would probably enhance the state’s chances of receiving $250 million in new federal stimulus money.

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Schwarzenegger signs education reforms that will let Calif. to compete for federal money (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

SACRAMENTO, Calif.

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Indian education rapidly embracing technology (Express India)

Education in the country is fast becoming open to online exams and e-assessment, according to a recent research by ValueNotes.

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Indian education rapidly embracing technology (Express India)

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Lawmakers form education PAC (Detroit News)

Lansing — House and Senate Democrats chided their Democratic colleagues today to get on board with sweeping education reforms needed to win up to $400 million in federal Race to the Top funds.

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Lawmakers form education PAC (Detroit News)

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Mass. Senate passes sweeping education overhaul (Boston Globe)

The Massachusetts Senate has passed a sweeping education overhaul bill designed to expand access to charter schools and give a boost to underperforming schools.

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