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Action in a Shared World - 1 views

Action in a Shared World http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=15739 by Geoffrey Hinchliffe - 2010 Background/Context: The background of the article is the continued interest in ...

Education as a part of the shared world should extend capabiliry for action

started by Bonnie Sutton on 21 Oct 11 no follow-up yet

Best part of 'schools-threaten-national-security' report - 1 views

Best part of 'schools-threaten-national-security' report: The dissents By Valerie Strauss Best part of 'schools-threaten-national-security' report The most interesting part of the new Condoleezza...

Schools threaten national Security report

started by Bonnie Sutton on 22 Mar 12 no follow-up yet

Frankenstein, Letter1 - 1 views

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gutenberg fantasysf frankenstein letters

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- Vanessa Vaile on 19 Aug 12
  
  setting tone of exploration and discovery, extremes, benefiting "all mankind" Note parallels to Victor F's purposes and experiment. Image of scientific discovery as a northern passage Compare to history, obsessions and loss of associated with the Northwest Passage ~ for that matter, bear in mind the Columbus was search for a passage to the East. Explorations = the history of unintended consequences
  
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discovering a passage near the pole to those countries
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ascertaining the secret of the magnet,
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This expedition has been the favourite dream of my early years.
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a history of all the voyages made for purposes of discovery composed the whole of our good Uncle Thomas' library
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my father's dying injunction had forbidden my uncle to allow me to embark in a seafaring life.
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I also became a poet and for one year lived in a paradise of my own creation;
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- Vanessa Vaile on 19 Aug 12
  
  oh Shelley, self-elected and unacknowledged legislator of the world (see Defence of Poetry)
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">oh Shelley, self-elected and unacknowledged legislator of the world (see Defence of Poetry)</div>
  
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my failure
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Six years have passed since I resolved on my present undertaking. I can, even now, remember the hour from which I dedicated myself to this great enterprise.
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Letter 2 Archangel, 28th March, 17— To Mrs. Saville, England
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How slowly the time passes here, encompassed as I am by frost and snow
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I have one want
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I have no friend
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I shall commit my thoughts to paper, it is true; but that is a poor medium for the communication of feeling. I desire the company of a man who could sympathize with me
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it is a still greater evil to me that I am self-educated
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My lieutenant, for instance, is a man of wonderful courage and enterprise; he is madly desirous of glory, or rather, to word my phrase more characteristically, of advancement in his profession.
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I heard of a mariner equally noted for his kindliness of heart and the respect and obedience paid to him by his crew, I felt myself peculiarly fortunate in being able to secure his services
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"What a noble fellow!" you will exclaim. He is so; but then he is wholly uneducated: he is as silent as a Turk, and a kind of ignorant carelessness attends him, which, while it renders his conduct the more astonishing, detracts from the interest and sympathy which otherwise he would command.
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I cannot describe to you my sensations on the near prospect of my undertaking. It is impossible to communicate to you a conception of the trembling sensation, half pleasurable and half fearful, with which I am preparing to depart. I am going to unexplored regions
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I shall kill no albatross; therefore do not be alarmed for my safety or if I should come back to you as worn and woeful as the "Ancient Mariner."
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Continue for the present to write to me by every opportunity: I may receive your letters on some occasions when I need them
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Letter 3 July 7th, 17— To Mrs. Saville, England
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I write a few lines in haste to say that I am safe—and well advanced on my voyage. This letter will reach England by a merchantman now on its homeward voyage from Archangel
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No incidents have hitherto befallen us that would make a figure in a letter
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Adieu, my dear Margaret
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Letter 4 August 5th, 17— To Mrs. Saville, England
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So strange an accident has happened to us that I cannot forbear recording it, although it is very probable that you will see me before these papers can come into your possession.
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we were nearly surrounded by ice, which closed in the ship on all sides
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we beheld, stretched out in every direction, vast and irregular plains of ice, which seemed to have no end.
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a strange sight suddenly attracted our attention and diverted our solicitude from our own situation
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a being which had the shape of a man, but apparently of gigantic stature, sat in the sledge and guided the dogs
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by ice, it was impossible to follow his track,
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- Vanessa Vaile on 19 Aug 12
  
  first sighting of the creature
  
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before night the ice broke and freed our ship.
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talking to someone in the sea. It was, in fact, a sledge, like that we had seen before, which had drifted towards us in the night on a large fragment of ice. Only one dog remained alive; but there was a human being within it
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- Vanessa Vaile on 19 Aug 12
  
  1st appearance of Victor Frankenstein, in futile pursuit of his creation / criado
  
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will you have the kindness to inform me whither you are bound?"
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His limbs were nearly frozen, and his body dreadfully emaciated by fatigue and suffering. I never saw a man in so wretched a condition
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Two days passed in this manner before he was able to speak, and I often feared that his sufferings had deprived him of understanding.
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I never saw a more interesting creature: his eyes have generally an expression of wildness, and even madness, but there are moments when, if anyone performs an act of kindness towards him or does him any the most trifling service, his whole countenance is lighted up, as it were, with a beam of benevolence
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generally melancholy and despairing, and sometimes he gnashes his teeth
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- Vanessa Vaile on 19 Aug 12
  
  sounds more like Creature than Victor
  
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"To seek one who fled from me."
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a multitude of questions concerning the route which the demon, as he called him, had pursued
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a new spirit of life animated the decaying frame of the stranger.
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- Vanessa Vaile on 19 Aug 12
  
  Interesting choice of words, animated, decaying
  
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He must have been a noble creature in his better days,
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attractive and amiable
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How can I see so noble a creature destroyed by misery without feeling the most poignant grief?
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One man's life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of the knowledge which I sought, for the dominion I should acquire and transmit over the elemental foes of our race.
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- Vanessa Vaile on 19 Aug 12
  
  weaponization of knowledge?
  
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"we are unfashioned creatures, but half made up, if one wiser, better, dearer than ourselves—such a friend ought to be—do not lend his aid to perfectionate our weak and faulty natures. I once had a friend, the most noble of human creatures, and am entitled, therefore, to judge respecting friendship.
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You seek for knowledge and wisdom, as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been.
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the stranger said to me,
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exposing yourself to the same dangers which have rendered me what I am, I imagine that you may deduce an apt moral from my tale,
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- Vanessa Vaile on 19 Aug 12
  
  Victor prepares to tell his story a cautionary tale
  
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my fate is nearly fulfilled. I wait but for one event, and then I shall repose in peace
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he would commence his narrative the next day
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Strange and harrowing must be his story, frightful the storm which embraced the gallant vessel on its course and wrecked it—thus!
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Vanessa Vaile on 19 Aug 12

Letters from Walton to his sister, opening the book, frontispiece or front bookend framing the story.

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Michelle Rhee's empty claims about her D.C. schools record - 1 views

Michelle Rhee's empty claims about her D.C. schools record http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/michelle-rhees-empty-claims-about-her-dc-schools-record/2012/01/30/gIQAATFjdQ_blo...

Rhee false test data reporting Shanker Institute

started by Bonnie Sutton on 31 Jan 12 no follow-up yet

Google to Reindex Belgian Newspapers Amidst 'Boycott' Complaints | News & Opinion | PCM... - 0 views

www.pcmag.com/...0,2817,2388635,00.asp

Copiepress_v_Google Belgium copiepresse google

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Claude Almansi on 31 Jul 11

"Chloe Albanesius July 18, 2011 "We are delighted that Copiepresse has given us assurances that we can re-include their sites in our Google search index without court-ordered penalties," Google said in a Monday statement. "We never wanted to take their sites out of our index, but we needed to respect a court order until Copiepresse acted. We remain open to working in collaboration with Copiepresse members in the future.""

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Chloe Albanesius July 18, 2011 "We are delighted that Copiepresse has given us assurances that we can re-include their sites in our Google search index without court-ordered penalties," Google said in a Monday statement. "We never wanted to take their sites out of our index, but we needed to respect a court order until Copiepresse acted. We remain open to working in collaboration with Copiepresse members in the future.""</div>

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Murdoch-Owned Wireless Generation's Contract Should Be Scratched, Teachers' Union Leade... - 0 views

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Murdoch eg8 Wireless generation datamining database New York Huffington Post Huffington Resmovits

shared by Claude Almansi on 15 Aug 11 - No Cached

Claude Almansi on 15 Aug 11

Joy Resmovits Aug. 5, 2011 ""We have become increasingly concerned with the proposed contract," Michael Mulgrew and Richard Iannuzzi, who respectively head New York City's and the state's teachers' unions, wrote in the note. The letter is addressed to New York State Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch, state Commissioner of Education John King, Jr., and copied to State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. "It is especially troubling that Wireless Generation will be tasked with creating a centralized student database for personal information even as its parent company, News Corporation, stands accused of engaging in illegal news gathering tactics, including the hacking of private voicemail accounts," the letter reads. Murdoch acquired 90 percent of Wireless Generation for about $360 million last November. At the time of the acquisition, Murdoch said he saw K-12 education as a "$500 billion sector." Murdoch's first general move in the education sector had come just a few weeks earlier, when he tapped Joel Klein, then the chancellor of New York City's schools, to lead his education ventures. The Wireless Generation contracts were approved while Klein still ran the district, leading to speculation about the chancellor's intentions."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Joy Resmovits Aug. 5, 2011 ""We have become increasingly concerned with the proposed contract," Michael Mulgrew and Richard Iannuzzi, who respectively head New York City's and the state's teachers' unions, wrote in the note. The letter is addressed to New York State Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch, state Commissioner of Education John King, Jr., and copied to State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. "It is especially troubling that Wireless Generation will be tasked with creating a centralized student database for personal information even as its parent company, News Corporation, stands accused of engaging in illegal news gathering tactics, including the hacking of private voicemail accounts," the letter reads. Murdoch acquired 90 percent of Wireless Generation for about $360 million last November. At the time of the acquisition, Murdoch said he saw K-12 education as a "$500 billion sector." Murdoch's first general move in the education sector had come just a few weeks earlier, when he tapped Joel Klein, then the chancellor of New York City's schools, to lead his education ventures. The Wireless Generation contracts were approved while Klein still ran the district, leading to speculation about the chancellor's intentions."</div>

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EUROPA - Press Releases - Orphan works - Frequently asked questions - 0 views

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shared by Claude Almansi on 22 Jun 11 - No Cached

Claude Almansi on 22 Jun 11

Reference: MEMO/11/333 Date: 24/05/2011 "What does the proposal for a Directive on orphan works say? The Commission's proposal, which takes the form of an EU Directive, rests on three pillars. First, the proposal contains rules on how to identify orphan works. It provides that the user has to conduct a diligent search to find the copyright holder. In this search, the user should rely on sources such as databases and registries. One such tool that exists in the book publishing sector is ARROW, the Accessible Registry of Rights Information and Orphan Works. It is hoped that other sectors will also develop similar central rights information databases. Doing so would greatly simplify and streamline the conduct of a reliable diligent search. Secondly, the proposal establishes that if the diligent search does not yield the identity or location of the copyright holder, the work shall be recognised as an orphan work. This status shall then, by virtue of mutual recognition, be valid across the European Union. This implies that once a work is recognised as an orphan work, it shall be recognised as such across the European Union. The proposal also foresees that there will be a generally accessible record of all recognised orphan works. Thirdly, the proposal establishes the uses that can be made of the orphan works and the conditions for such uses depending on their nature. Thus, the current proposal should make a major contribution to the development of various European digital library initiatives and their accessibility for everyone throughout the European Union. Clear rules on what works can be posted online as orphan works will also provide the beneficiaries of the Directive - not only libraries, museums and archives but also film heritage institutions and public service broadcasters - with a sound legal framework that safeguards them against claims of copyright infringement. In this respect, a degree of legal certainty can be achieved that will exceed the one th

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Reference: MEMO/11/333 Date: 24/05/2011 "What does the proposal for a Directive on orphan works say? The Commission's proposal, which takes the form of an EU Directive, rests on three pillars. First, the proposal contains rules on how to identify orphan works. It provides that the user has to conduct a diligent search to find the copyright holder. In this search, the user should rely on sources such as databases and registries. One such tool that exists in the book publishing sector is ARROW, the Accessible Registry of Rights Information and Orphan Works. It is hoped that other sectors will also develop similar central rights information databases. Doing so would greatly simplify and streamline the conduct of a reliable diligent search. Secondly, the proposal establishes that if the diligent search does not yield the identity or location of the copyright holder, the work shall be recognised as an orphan work. This status shall then, by virtue of mutual recognition, be valid across the European Union. This implies that once a work is recognised as an orphan work, it shall be recognised as such across the European Union. The proposal also foresees that there will be a generally accessible record of all recognised orphan works. Thirdly, the proposal establishes the uses that can be made of the orphan works and the conditions for such uses depending on their nature. Thus, the current proposal should make a major contribution to the development of various European digital library initiatives and their accessibility for everyone throughout the European Union. Clear rules on what works can be posted online as orphan works will also provide the beneficiaries of the Directive - not only libraries, museums and archives but also film heritage institutions and public service broadcasters - with a sound legal framework that safeguards them against claims of copyright infringement. In this respect, a degree of legal certainty can be achieved that will exceed the one th</div>

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Claude Almansi on 22 Jun 11

-> piece on British Library + Google and this EC directive?

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Is Everyone Really Equal? An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education - 15 views

Is Everyone Really Equal? An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education reviewed by Simon Funge - December 21, 2011 Title: Is Everyone Really Equal? An Introduction to Key Concepts ...

social justice equity education

started by Bonnie Sutton on 20 Jan 12 no follow-up yet

Media Diversity Why No One Cares - 2 views

Media Diversity: Why No One Cares by Joseph Miller, Esq. Media advocacy has always focused on the shortcomings of regulators and media giants. Although the faults of both regulators and the media...

Diversity media perspectives different ways of thinking and understanding

started by Bonnie Sutton on 06 Nov 12 1 follow-up, last by Bonnie Sutton on 06 Nov 12

Jamming the System: Standardized Tests, Automated Grading and the Future of Writing - 2 views

View slide show on original site. | View on Flickr on original site. Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning http://spotlight.macfound.org/blog/entry/jamming-the-system-standardized-t...

Ja the System: Standardized Tests Automated Grading Future of Writing robotic evaluation

started by Bonnie Sutton on 29 Apr 12 no follow-up yet

Subject: Teacher Depreciation Week | NationofChange - 1 views

Subject: Teacher Depreciation Week | NationofChange Date: May 13, 2012 10:05:09 AM EDT http://www.nationofchange.org/teacher-depreciation-week-1336829721 Sent from my iPad Teacher Depreciation ...

NATION OF CHANGE TEACHER DEPRECIATION CHARTER SCHOOLS OBAMA

started by Bonnie Sutton on 14 May 12 no follow-up yet

the whole child - 1 views

"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." -- Einstein Learn what's really happening in the world of education with veteran education writer Valerie Strauss and her guest ...

whole child school reform

started by Bonnie Sutton on 09 Feb 12 no follow-up yet

The War on Teachers, - 1 views

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/the-war-on-teachers-why-the-public-is-watching-it-happen/2012/03/11/gIQAD3XH6R_blog.html The war on teachers: Why the public is watching it hap...

attack on the teaching force transforming reality of learning landscape

started by Bonnie Sutton on 12 Mar 12 no follow-up yet

The war on teachers: Why the public is watching it happen - 0 views

By Valerie Strauss This was written by Mark Naison, professor of African and African American Studies at Fordham University in New York and chair of the department of African and African-American S...

teachers war community not supporting attacks on the teaching force

started by Bonnie Sutton on 12 Mar 12 no follow-up yet

How to Rescue Education Reform - 1 views

How to Rescue Education Reform Gracía Lam By FREDERICK M. HESS and LINDA DARLING-HAMMOND Published: December 5, 2011 SHARE THE debate over renewing No Child Left Behind, the education reform ac...

Linda Darling Hammond Reform NCLB federal Goverment education

started by Bonnie Sutton on 06 Dec 11 no follow-up yet

Misunderstanding Race and the Digital Divide - 2 views

Misunderstanding Race and the Digital Divide by Joseph Miller Guest Contributor on December 16, 2011 "One of the surest signs of the Philistine is his reverence for the superior tastes of those w...

started by Bonnie Sutton on 20 Dec 11 no follow-up yet

Civil RIghts- CRP Statement on New Policy Guidance from Departments of Education and Ju... - 0 views

December 2, 2011 Today, the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice have issued long-awaited policy guidance to K-12 schools and colleges and universities across the U.S., about the ways in whi...

Dept of Justice and Education civil rights

started by Bonnie Sutton on 03 Dec 11 no follow-up yet

The New Digital Divide - 2 views

December 3, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/opinion/sunday/internet-access-and-the-new-divide.html The New Digital Divide By SUSAN P. CRAWFORD FOR the second year in a row, the Monday...

technology broadband video on demand powerful cable companies high speed wired second class wirless

started by Bonnie Sutton on 04 Dec 11 no follow-up yet

From the River to the Sea Chesapeake Bay to the Ocean - 1 views

From the River to the Sea- and Ocean Literacy By bonniebraceysutton The Chesapeake Bay Today, the Chesapeake yields more fish and shellfish than any other estuary in the countr...

ocean literacy sciences fieldscope Citizen science observing systems SERC estuarine Chesapeake Bay salinity

started by Bonnie Sutton on 10 Dec 11 no follow-up yet

Black, Latino Students Perform at Levels of 30 Years Ago - 1 views

Black, Latino Students Perform at Levels of 30 Years Ago http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/23/black-latino-students-per_n_1224790.html Teresa Wiltz First Posted: 01/23/2012 4:44 pm U...

black latino native american low level of achievement

started by Bonnie Sutton on 24 Jan 12 no follow-up yet

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