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You have to hand it to Mitt Romney and his team. Starting in the first debate, he pivoted almost effortlessly to the center, which is where elections are won. If he beats President Barack Obama, it will be because he Etch-A- Sketched his earlier positions and convinced enough people that he would be a moderate president.
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The end of the Chicago teachers’ strike adds to a groundswell favoring a new way to judge classroom instructors -- grade them based on students’ standardized test scores.
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Michelle Rhee , the public schools chancellor of the District of Columbia who drew attacks from unions for firing more than 200 teachers, mostly over student performance, may move closer to the unemployment line herself.
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The first Chicago teacher strike in 25 years has both sides saying the fight is about assuring that classrooms are led by good educators. They just disagree over how that should be done.
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Of the 50 million U.S. students who returned to public elementary and secondary schools in recent days, more than 2 million did so at charter schools.
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Michelle Rhee , the public schools chancellor of the District of Columbia who drew attacks from unions for firing more than 200 teachers, mostly over student performance, has resigned, effective at the end of the month.
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Michelle Rhee , who resigned as schools chancellor of the District of Columbia, is “seriously considering” becoming New Jersey’s next education commissioner, the Star-Ledger reported, citing two unidentified people familiar with the negotiations.
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In New Jersey Governor Chris Christie ’s perfect world, the worst unionized teachers would forfeit raises or even lose tenure rights they have enjoyed for more than a century.
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Michelle Rhee , the former District of Columbia schools chancellor, is starting a nonprofit advocacy group of parents, pupils and teachers to work with politicians to improve education in districts across the U.S.
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U.S. public-school teachers are facing the biggest challenge to their job security in more than half a century as politicians target seniority rules that make the last hired the first fired when jobs are cut.
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