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Celebrate Pi Day!

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Pi, Greek letter (π), is the symbol for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Pi Day is celebrated by math enthusiasts around the world on March 14th. Pi = 3.1415926535…

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Pi Day Rap

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Pi’s ongoing string of numbers tend to inspire people to write songs about it.

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Oklahoma not a finalist for funding

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After an eight month marathon of grant writing, Oklahoma was eliminated from the first round of the Race to the Top federal grant Thursday.

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In Harlem, Epicenter for Charter Schools, a Senator Wars Against Them

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Over the last decade, as charter schools have multiplied, Mr. Perkins has undergone a dramatic shift and emerged as their most outspoken critic in the Legislature, writing guest columns in newspapers and delivering impassioned speeches criticizing the “privatization” of public schools.

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School’s Shake-Up Is Embraced by the President

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A Rhode Island school board’s decision to fire the entire faculty of a poorly performing school, and President Obama’s endorsement of the action, has stirred a storm of reaction nationwide, with teachers condemning it as an insult and conservatives hailing it as a watershed moment of school accountability.

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Stepping up: Communities come through for schools

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Oklahoman Editorial -- "The year’s first large slate of bond issue proposals in school districts across the state left one clear message: Voters are solidly behind local school districts, despite whatever financial troubles they may be having at home."

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10 Dallas ISD high schools fail to make the grade time and again

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Ten of more than 30 Dallas ISD high schools have missed the federal academic bar so many times that they are in the worst stage of the national No Child Left Behind school rating system. They represent a third of the schools from Texas that are in such dire shape.

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TPS has used about half its stimulus cash

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Tulsa Public Schools has spent or encumbered nearly half of the $16.7 million the district received in federal Title I funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, with the salaries of 47 employees being supported by the federal stimulus bill.

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Seasonal affective disorder increasingly a workplace issue

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Some employees seek adjustments for SAD, serious depression triggered by limited daylight. One teacher sued a school district that refused to move her from a windowless basement room.

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Criminal investigation opened in grade-changing scandal at Churchill High

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The Montgomery County state's attorney has opened a criminal investigation into a grade-changing scheme at Winston Churchill High School, officials said Wednesday, elevating the digital subterfuge into a major scandal at one of the region's most prestigious public schools.

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Students Promote Reading With Black Eyed Peas Song

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Ocoee Middle School students use "I Gotta Feeling" by Black Eyed Peas to promote reading.

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Don’t count state out in reform competition

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Oklahoman Editorial -- "Oklahoma lost out on its first shot at millions of dollars in federal Race to the Top money to improve the state’s public schools. That’s no reason to panic. State officials now know much more about what it will take to impress federal education officials and tweak Oklahoma’s application before a second round of competition this summer."

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Gov. Brad Henry OKs bills to put budget deal into action

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Gov. Brad Henry quietly signed bills Friday that complete a budget agreement that takes care of a nearly $300 million projected deficit at the end of this fiscal year.

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Silver Spring students enjoy free extracurricular activities

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Students are benefiting from a new wave of extracurricular activities at East Silver Spring: free programs that aim to expose the low-income, mostly-minority students to cultures, skills and instruction not previously available to them inside or outside the classroom.

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