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Charter and virtual schools need more oversight
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsFor my Broward print column today, I wrote about the dark side to the explosion of charter and virtual schools that's been encouraged by our choice-happy Legislature. There are now 84 charter schools operating in Broward (serving some 33,000 students),......Tags: Schools, Teaching and Learning, Palm Beach County, Students
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Ag Reserve school development fight goes to Palm Beach County Commission
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsThe fight over the future of Palm Beach County???s Agricultural Reserve goes before the County Commission on Tuesday. Residents living in neighborhoods that spread to prime farmland west of Boynton Beach and Delray Beach want permission to build charter...Tags: Palm Beach County Commission, Wildlife, Palm Beach County, Natural Resources, Boynton Beach
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Jeb Bush, citizen, reformer: Summit
The Swampby Mark Silva Jeb Bush, old governor of Florida, has not faded away. Bush, founder and chairman of the Foundation for Excellence in Education, is rounding up a two-day summit of educators for a conference featuring New York Mayor......Tags: Schools, Political Candidates, George W. Bush, National Government, Jeb Bush
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DLC leaders embrace Obama
The Swampby Rick Pearson The Democratic Leadership Council's hierarchy on Monday sought to reconcile divided presidential preferences with its core centrist-themed mission as it embraced Sen. Barack Obama as a candidate to further the group's moderate agenda in...Tags: White House, Schools, Chicago, Political Candidates, National Government
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Al Sharpton on responsibility, civil rights
The Swampby Rick Pearson Rev. Al Sharpton says anybody who believes Sen. Barack Obama is speaking down to African Americans by calling for more parental responsibility isn't reflecting the modernization of the civil rights movement in America. Sharpton, who...Tags: Schools, Political Candidates, Global Change, National or Ethnic Minorities, Don Imus
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Paterson: Call me Mr. Special Interest
Spin CyclePaterson's campaign finance disclosures come in late last night -- wonder why? -- and show that he went to a bevy of special interests to accumulate his $3 million total. The Times: "His contributors span the gamut of Albany???s......Tags: New York Racing Association, Schools, Unions, Real Estate, George W. Bush
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Hollywood vote: New faces, same old result
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsBy a 4-3 vote late Tuesday, the Hollywood city commission voted to approve a 22-story residential complex on Young Circle that included some major concessions and incentives for the developer. The $120 million project has been cut from 25 stories......Tags: Schools, State Budgets
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Katrina plus three: 'Hopeful progress'
The Swampby Mark Silva Nearly three years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast, blasting the shore towns of Louisiana and Mississippi and inundating New Orleans, President Bush plans to return to the scene of the storm today. Bush......Tags: White House, Government Health Care, Baptist, Basketball, Christianity
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Hofstra debate: A few other views
Spin CycleA few other views on the debate: Powerline: "John McCain opened strongly in his debate with Barack Obama tonight, but he faded in the second half. Ultimately, it seems unlikely that McCain cut into Obama's lead through this performance.......Tags: Schools, Chuck (tv program), Barack Obama, John McCain
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D. Wade???s shools blocked; maybe it was the name
The Business of Sports | Sun-Sentinel BlogsOK, so maybe designing a PlayStation and Xbox curriculum isn???t the best move for a charter high school. Concerned plans for the curriculum at the schools was lacking, the Broward School Board this week denied an application to open three......Tags: Schools, National Basketball Association, Academic Progress, Dallas Mavericks, Dwyane Wade
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Arne Duncan inspires Republican lovefest
The Swampby Frank James Arne Duncan's confirmation hearing to be the incoming Obama Administration's Education Secretary could have easily been confused for a lovefest. Or the peaceable kingdom with the lion laying down with the lamb. Because the atmosphere was...Tags: Schools, Chicago, Upper House, Arne Duncan, Parliament
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Bush: Farewell address
Spin CycleHe's delivering it now. Prepared remarks are after the jump.......Tags: White House, Philosophy, National Security, Terrorism, Values
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