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http://www.wired.com/magazine/2012/02/st_essay_genius/

Cultivating Genius in the 21st Century | Wired Magazine

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203458604577263603261494594.html By WENDY KOPP When I dropped my kids off at school last week, I had a hard time looking their teachers in the eye.

Wendy Kopp: The Trouble With Humiliating Teachers

Teacher job satisfaction is at the lowest it's been in more than two decades, likely as a consequence—at least in part—of the economic downturn and resulting cuts to education budgets, according to a national survey.

Education Week Teacher: Survey: Teacher Job Satisfaction Hits a Low Point

http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2012/03/07/metlife11.html?cmp=SOC-SHR-TW
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Does Preschool Matter? | Wired Science

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/03/does-preschool-matter/

SnappSchool

http://mashable.com/2012/03/03/snappschool/ A startup called SnappSchool is compiling a weekly rundown of the Kindergarten to 6th-grade math curriculum — for parents.
http://mashable.com/2012/03/02/mindsnacks/

MindSnacks Turns Learning a Language Into a Game

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http://www.salon.com/2012/02/25/santorum_flunks_the_history_of_home_schooling/

Santorum flunks the history of home-schooling - Education

At the Republican debate Wednesday night, Rick Santorum repeated a claim he’s been making, that the federal government, and the state governments, should “get out of the education business.” Last weekend, Santorum declared public education “anachronistic.”