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School brings farming to Big Apple (AP)

Published on November 5, 2010 By rohit

NEW YORK – No one expects to find beets and carrots in a sliver of the South Bronx wedged between Metro-North Railroad tracks and a busy elevated highway.

Ed Dept: Lift a community, raise a school (AP)

Published on September 19, 2010 By

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Tesheda Mansfield grew up in the protective walls of Sunland Park Elementary, participating in beauty pageants and field day, and walking home from school in the afternoons.

Obama defends education policies to critics (AP)

Published on July 30, 2010 By rohit

WASHINGTON – Challenging civil rights organizations and teachers’ unions that have criticized his education policies, President Barack Obama said Thursday that minority students have the most to gain from overhauling the nation’s schools. “We have an obligation to lift up every child in every school in this country, especially those who are starting out furthest behind,” Obama told the centennial convention of the National Urban League.

Heated debate expected over Texas curriculum plans (AP)

Published on May 21, 2010 By rohit

AUSTIN, Texas – Discussions remained mild Thursday as the State Board of Education made final edits to new social studies guidelines for Texas schools. But debate over several controversial plans — including a proposal to tone down criticism of McCarthyism — was expected to heat up as the meeting stretched into the evening. The board’s decisions will set the standards for teaching history and social studies to some 4.8 million public school students for the next 10 years.