The Texas school board held hearings on proposed changes to the state’s social studies curriculum that would portray conservatives in a more positive light.
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March 11 2010
Texas Hearing Considers Deeper Conservative Stamp on Textbooks
March 11th, 2010 
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March 10 2010
Pressed by Charters, Harlem Public Schools Turn to Marketing
March 10th, 2010 Tommy Principals in Harlem are using firms to help lure students with Web sites, brochures and open houses.
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March 9 2010
College Acts to Disregard Fiscal Need in Admissions
March 9th, 2010 Tommy As some schools favor applicants who do not require financial aid, Hamilton College has decided to swim against that tide.
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March 8 2010
Officials Step Up Enforcement of Rights Laws in Education
March 8th, 2010 Tommy Education Secretary Arne Duncan plans to say an office “has not been as vigilant as it should have been” on discrimination.
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March 7 2010
School’s Shake-Up Is Embraced by the President
March 7th, 2010 Tommy A Rhode Island school board’s decision to fire the entire faculty of a failing school may have lasting ripples on the nation’s education debate.
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March 6 2010
Special Report: The Female Factor: After Harvard Controversy, Conditions Change but Reputation Lingers
March 6th, 2010 Tommy 
Tags: after, change, conditions, controversy, Factor, female, Harvard, Lingers, report, Reputation, specialHarvard has changed in the five years since Lawrence H. Summers suggested that innate differences might explain why fewer women than men succeed in science and math.
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March 5 2010
New York Is Among Finalists for U.S. School Grants
March 5th, 2010 Tommy The competition, known as Race to the Top, offers states a chance at a share of $4 billion in school improvement money.
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March 4 2010
California Students Protest Education Cuts
March 4th, 2010 Tommy The demonstrations, which are backed by a range of groups, are taking place on college campuses and at public schools.
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March 4 2010
Darwin Foes Add Warming to Targets
March 4th, 2010 Tommy Critics of the teaching of evolution are gaining ground by linking the issue to global warming, arguing that dissenting views on both should be taught in public schools.
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March 3 2010
Leading Scholar’s U-Turn on School Reform Shakes Up Debate
March 3rd, 2010 Tommy The historian Diane Ravitch’s reversal on reform strategies, like standardized testing and charter schools, has angered critics and heartened admirers.
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