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JCPenney Afterschool Donates $100 Million and Counting

Since 1999, JCPenney has continued to grow and develop a props-worthy charitable foundation around a cause that is near and dear to the hearts of the Stoked community- afterschool programming. Over the past 10 years,  JCPenney Afterschool has allocated $100 million to support, develop, and improve afterschool programs for schools and communities across America. Last [...]

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Controversial Education Reform to Incentivize Teachers Moves Forward in DC Schools

Interesting article by Washington Post staff writer Michael Birnbaum about DC’s efforts to improve its historically weak education system by implementing salary-based incentives for teachers. Its good to see the DC government aggressively push for much needed reform, but it is unclear whether they have found a probable solution…. D.C. schools unveil teacher-pay bonus plan [...]

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