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Construction of a new building for Alexandria’s Jefferson-Houston School broke ground this week, an event officials said heralds a brighter future for a school that is under tremendous pressure to improve academically.

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Organizers of a petition drive to block Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III’s plan to restructure the public school system from taking effect said during a news conference Tuesday that they have a couple of hundred canvassers collecting signatures at megachurches, graduations and community gatherings as their deadline approaches.

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George Wood is retiring this year after serving as principal of Federal Hocking Secondary School in Stewart, Ohio, for 21 years. He will stay on as superintendent of the Federal Hocking District. Wood is a nationally known author, educator, activist and school reform leader, and founder of the Forum for Education and Democracy. This is his last weekly letter to his staff.

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US - CA - Orange, Minimum requirements include an MA in Art History and record of successful teaching at the college level. A doctorate in Art History is preferred. The Department of Art in Wilkinson College of Humanit

Where, according to this article, is the “emotional and physical focal point of one of the most destructive tornadoes to strike Oklahoma”?    

US - CA - Palo Alto, Social Science Research AssociateThe Suppes Brain Lab, Center for the Study of Language and Information, is seeking a Social Science Research Associate for the brain research group. Responsibilities:

US - VA - Lexington, Department: Business AdministrationPosition Summary:The Department of Business Administration in the Williams School of Commerce, Economics & Politics at Washington and Lee University invites app

US - CA - La Jolla, University of California San DiegoTemporary Lecturer (10-564)The Anthropology Department (http://anthro.ucsd.edu) at the University of California, San Diego is committed to building an excellent and

How's this for a trick? Jeb Bush's "Chiefs for Change," a group of former and current state education superintendents, have attacked American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten for something she didn't say -- without even mentioning her name!

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Do you use Urban Dictionary? How much slang do you use in general, and how much of the latest slang do you tend to adopt?    

Can you calculate the amount of sales cellphone companies made per hour in 2012?    

An annual national survey of school curriculum concludes that there is a "large gap" between how high school teachers perceive their graduating students' readiness for college and what professors expect freshmen to know.

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A CNN video:

In this CNN story, second-grade teacher Tammy Glasgow talks about the Oklahoma tornado that demolished her school, Briarwood Elementary. Nobody died in the school, thanks to the efforts of the teachers. The story says in part:

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