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...will take years before researchers can declare this one a success or a failure. But throughout the school year, TIME has followed three individuals who have been at the center of this ambitious experiment: fifth-grade teacher Marla Blakney, seventh-grade student Shaliah Denmark and elementary school principal Anita Duke. All three spent the past nine months in Philadelphia public schools that had been taken over by for-profit operators. Their experiences tell a more nuanced story than the one predicted by privatization's cheerleaders and critics when TIME first wrote about them and their schools last fall...
...DUKE UNIVERSITY An expose of the extremes of wealth and poverty in America's public schools...
...It’s a very, very cordial relationship and absolutely vital to us,” says Connor, whose NHC is closely tied to the University of North Carolina, Duke University and other institutions...
...found a position at Duke University, but at that same time, she received a tenure offer from the University of Wisconsin at Madison...
Facing a $25 million deficit, Stanford University implemented a salary freeze for staff and faculty. Duke University made headlines by suggesting that it may cut 50 faculty positions. And public universities have been hit by tremendous budget cuts as states work to close multi-billion dollar deficits...