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Today's History Lesson...a culinary turning point Via Sharla Shults 
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The Greek writing on the walls includes text about ancient drug use that references Homer's epic poem 'The Odyssey,' archaeologists said, adding that this is the first-known structure confirmed to be a school in ancient Egypt. Via Phil On The Net, Shonda Brock
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Anything and everything related to mid-century education! This means textbooks and other educational materials from the 1940's through the 1960's. Although stuff from the 20's, 30's and 70's are okay, too. Via Catherine Smyth, Maree Whiteley
Catherine Smyth's curator insight,
October 7, 2013 9:46 PM
What was school like in the 1950s? I love these visual images that seem vaguely familiar!
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The city of Detroit took possession of 58 vacant, blighted DPS schools that were left to languish as they were gutted by scrappers under the control of the state.
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Since it was reformed 40 years ago, Finland's education system has frequently been held up as one of the best in the world. Today, that changed. Tbe OECD released its PISA global rankings that showed how students in various countries were doing in reading, science, and math. Finland ranked 12th, just behind Estonia. That's a big drop. Finland had topped the PISA rankings in 2000, 2003, and 2006, and consistently ranked near the top in other years. This year, however, Finnish students had dropped by 2.8% in mathematics, 1.7% in reading and 3% in science. "The golden days are over," Finnbay, a Finnish news organization wrote just after the results came out.
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