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Mich. Board of Education: No Consensus on Proposed Charter School Bills

Submitted by Marion Herbert on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 11:15pm

An unusually divided Michigan State Board of Education couldn’t come to an agreement on how to weigh in on a package of bills in the Michigan Legislature that would in part allow an unlimited number of charter schools to open statewide.

Detroit Free Press

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Wake (N.C.) School Board Race Reaches New Political Heights

Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Mon, 10/10/2011 - 7:29pm

With Wake County having experienced exponential growth and debate raging over school assignment policy, the campaigns for five seats on the Wake County Board of Educationhave gone into overdrive.

ReeseNews.com

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The 11th Annual Salary Survey: They Work Hard for the Money

Feature

While CEOs in the private sector are raking in millions, school superintendents in 2011 are having to defend their earnings.

Marion Herbert

District Administration, September 2011

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A School District's Rise from Mediocrity

News Update

A North Carolina district, which was plagued with underperforming schools in the 1990s, revamped its leadership, instruction and culture to be a class act for the 21st century—and an example for other districts.

Angela Pascopella

District Administration, Nov 2010

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