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Mom Defends Teach For America


This is a quick shout-out to my mom (Jane Hannaway) who had a letter to the editor published this week in the New York Times. She cited her research in response to the article "A Chosen Few are Teaching For America" by Michael Winerip. Go Mom!

(Given that my mom represents 25% of my current readership and no doubt accounts for a significant number of my page views, I thought a shout-out was only appropriate. Know your audience. Shout-outs may be doled out to my other three readers over the next couple of days. Be warned.)

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  1. DelzeradoAugust 10, 2010 at 9:18 PM

    Yay, Jane!

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  2. ~September 19, 2010 at 11:22 AM

    Strive? =)
    Couldn't you just put this blog on the homepage of your 8M users? That'd bump up the readership quite a bit!

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