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Wyo. online school faces hurdles
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Study: Arts education benefits literacy skills
--The New York Times
Opinion: All eMail should be treated equally
--St. Petersburg Times
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Stewart Mader passes on the news that Socialtext has released their core wiki engine under an open source license. I've not been following the wiki market very closely lately, but this strikes me as a big deal, potentially an excellent option for schools looking to host their own wikis. Socialtext includes its own blogging system and other tools for collaboration within organizations. It has a slightly different feel than, say, MediaWiki, which is made to run more open ended sites like Wikipedia ..."
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