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NYC to Release Teachers’ ‘Value-Added’ Ratings: Why It’s Not Fair

NYC to Release Teachers’ ‘Value-Added’ Ratings: Why It’s Not Fair NYC to Release Teachers’ ‘Value-Added’ Ratings: Why It’s Not Fair

Bill Gates and Wendy Kopp agree: the volatile data reports unfairly shame teachers.

Feb 24, 2012 / Dana Goldstein

Peter King Defends NYPD Monitoring, Plans More Hearings on Islam Peter King Defends NYPD Monitoring, Plans More Hearings on Islam

The New York congressman will have more hearings on Muslim radicalization in America, despite statistics that show a waning threat. 

Feb 24, 2012 / George Zornick

Rubin Agonistes Rubin Agonistes

Alter-Reviews and Reed Richardson zeros in on the flip-flop blogging of the Washington Post's Jenifer Rubin.

Feb 24, 2012 / Eric Alterman

Student Privacy and the PATRIOT Act Student Privacy and the PATRIOT Act

More than a decade after Congress passed the PATRIOT Act, its varied implications are still unraveling.

Feb 24, 2012 / StudentNation / Uzma Kolsy

Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Is Anti-Latino

Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Is Anti-Latino Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Is Anti-Latino

Would the GOP contenders feel the same about immigration if the folks trying to cross the border were Canadians?

Feb 24, 2012 / Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto

Follow the Urine! Ryan Braun Makes a Kind of History Follow the Urine! Ryan Braun Makes a Kind of History

Because a set of bizarre circumstances surrounding his drug test, reigning MVP Ryan Braunhas become the first player in history to successfully challenge a steroid-related penalty ...

Feb 24, 2012 / Dave Zirin

Sean Combs’s New Channel: Comcast’s Crumb? Sean Combs’s New Channel: Comcast’s Crumb?

Comcast’s new minority-owned channels are the direct result of a deal cut with civil rights organizations. So where are the women’s channels?

Feb 24, 2012 / Laura Flanders

Sarah Wildman: Pioneering Magazine ‘+972’ Challenges the Status Quo

Sarah Wildman: Pioneering Magazine ‘+972’ Challenges the Status Quo Sarah Wildman: Pioneering Magazine ‘+972’ Challenges the Status Quo

What makes +972 such a unique magazine with an extraordinary ability to shake up conventional ideas about Israel and Palestine?

Feb 23, 2012 / The Nation

From Nation Interns: This Week’s Top Stories (2/22) From Nation Interns: This Week’s Top Stories (2/22)

Each week, The Nation interns pick compelling stories in their areas of interest.

Feb 23, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Denied a Seat at Issa’s Hearing, Georgetown Student Has Her Day on the Hill Denied a Seat at Issa’s Hearing, Georgetown Student Has Her Day on the Hill

Democrats held a hearing on Capitol Hill today to hear about women that have been denied contraceptive access by a religious institution.

Feb 23, 2012 / George Zornick

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