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T.H.E. Journal February 2007 Neal Starkman	eLearning :: Going the Distance Offering benefits of convenience, independence, and even improved academic performance, virtual schools promise to be here for the long haul.
Reason June 2005 Lisa Snell	How Schools Cheat From underreporting violence to inflating graduation rates to fudging test scores, educators are lying to the American public.
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Salon.com May 11, 2001 Meg Robbins	The failure of testing President Bush wants to "test every child, every year." But a growing movement of families and teachers insists this is a formula for mediocre schooling and stressed-out kids.
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BusinessWeek June 26, 2006 Greene & Symonds	Bill Gates Gets Schooled Why Bill Gates and other execs have struggled in their school reform efforts, and why they keep trying.
BusinessWeek June 26, 2006	Best Practices: A Top 10 List Frustrated by the meager payoff from its traditional efforts to improve schools, a new generation of business philanthropists is developing innovative approaches to solving this seemingly intractable problem.
Salon.com May 30, 2000 Jonathan Schorr	The charter school challenge Notes from two pioneering California charter schools -- one a success story, the other a failure.
T.H.E. Journal November 2001 Philip J. Bossert	Lessons Learned An inside look at four of the top technology school districts in the nation...
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T.H.E. Journal October 2008 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	President Ed Tech Following a rough ride with the Bush administration, only one candidate offers the policies and vision that can reinvigorate our industry and help our students gain a foothold on the future.
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Mother Jones February 2001 Eyal Press & Jennifer Washburn	Digital Diplomas Welcome to the brave new world of higher education, where profesors are 'content experts,' classes are 'courseware,' and students are customers. But just what is a dot-com degree worth?
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