Legal troubles over state takeover. 101 Birmingham, Ala., school employees, who were either fired to transferred during a state takeover of schools, are suing to get their jobs back. They say the board didn’t approve the job cuts, and that the state superintendent wrongfully stepped in to override its decision. (Birmingham News)
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Seeing Frank Lloyd Wright’s plan for Baghdad. Visiting a museum. And why Gay Talese thinks typing was the best thing he ever learned. What were the educational experiences that changed lives? (New York Times)
How are the Las Vegas turnarounds going? Principal Antonio Rael of Mojave High School is out knocking on doors to find out what’s become of the students who simply disappeared overContinue Reading »
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