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The long-anticipated death of print has two new late-September heralds: First, the imminent demise of the New York Sun, which may fold this week unless a deep-pocketed sponsor, un-scarred by market woes, leaps into the newsprint fray. And the ongoing contraction of education reporting at the Times continues, with dwindling ranks of education writers — exeunt, Sam Freeman, Will Okun — and the disappearance of the Education column.
For a dose of first-person prose by six teachers wrestling with issues of culture, instruction, and the life of the classroom, visit this Times blog. It’s not hard news — but the voices are as real as they get, and reveal much about the challenges and occasional successes inside the nation’s schools.
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