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=**Summer 2011**= =Professor Katina Manko =

For our last class, week 10 -- please read from Diane Ravitch, //The Death and Life of the Great American School System//, **Chapters 3, 5, 6, 11** Plus the intro if you wish. Plus anything else you wish, given that you have soooo much time on your hands. Chapters 3, 5, 6 are very much about the New York City system many of you will be working with closely in the coming months.
 * ANNOUNCEMENT UPDATE: AUGUST 11, 2011**

Please **post your research topic in the discussion page** on this Home Page. Simply click Discussion and then New Post.
Include just one or two sentences about your research question and what you hope to find.

Be sure to check out each others' topics -- you may find a research partner! Or at the very least, you may come across something in your own research that may be useful to a classmate. Sharing sources is encouraged; time is short and we need help from one another.

**Reading Schedule** for Weeks 6-10 now available on the Books page AND in Syllabus.
I've also had a lot of fun updating "In the News" -- check out the conversation.

Reading week is your prime opportunity to make good progress on your research project. Please know that you are welcome to email anytime, or to call during reasonable hours (8a-9p) on my cell (518-755-9208) to discuss topics, research, sources, goals, ideas -- whatever you need.

KM

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