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		<title>Key senator sides with charter school against Phila. enrollment limits</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Sen. Jeffrey E. Piccola, the powerful Republican chairman of the Senate Education Committee, filed documents Tuesday in Commonwealth Court siding with Walter D. Palmer Leadership Learning Partners Charter School in its lawsuit against the district and the state Department of Education. 9/29/2010, Philadelphia Inquirer, Pennsylvania  http://www.philly.com/inquirer/education/20100929_Key_senator_sides_with_charter_school_against_Phila__enrollment_limits.html<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=racetotop.com&#038;blog=10800604&#038;post=3625&#038;subd=racetotop&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Foe slams Perkins on charters</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The upstart challenger running against state Sen. Bill Perkins last night blasted the Harlem Democrat during a televised debate for his opposition to charter schools, calling him a &#8220;polarizing figure&#8221; whose knee-jerk support of public schools over charters left the community in tatters. 9/3/2010, New York Post, New York  http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/foe_slams_perkins_on_charters_IHb1dY7mwsbKxQvPPBMiXK<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=racetotop.com&#038;blog=10800604&#038;post=3606&#038;subd=racetotop&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mastery Charter Schools&#8217; big test in Philadelphia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In just over three months, Mastery not only doubled its schools to six, it hired and trained teachers. And in under a month, it refurbished three buildings.  Mastery is one of four charter operators converting seven low-performing district schools into Renaissance schools this school season as part of Superintendent Arlene Ackerman&#8217;s Imagine 2014 initiative. 9/3/2010, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=racetotop.com&#038;blog=10800604&#038;post=3603&#038;subd=racetotop&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Race to the Top Limps to the Finish Line</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By serious reformers’ rankings, Colorado and Louisiana lead the states in education reform. So how did they lose out? (A Must-Read.  Editor) 9/2/2010, National Review, All States  http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/245192/race-top-limps-finish-line-frederick-m-hess<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=racetotop.com&#038;blog=10800604&#038;post=3597&#038;subd=racetotop&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan credits NY&#8217;s &#8216;breathtaking courage&#8217; in Race to the Top effort</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Duncan praised government, school and union leaders for working together to create a plan with several reforms, including beefed-up teacher evaluations and more charter schools. 8/31/2010, New York Daily News, New York  http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/education/2010/08/31/2010-08-31_ed_czar_gives_new_york_a_for_race_to_top_effort.html<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=racetotop.com&#038;blog=10800604&#038;post=3594&#038;subd=racetotop&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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