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• Education and the Obama administration
  More innovative schools, merit pay for teachers and a renewed effort to boost all student achievement. All are on the agenda for President Obama's education secretary Arne Duncan. Already stimulus money is supposed to help struggling school districts, but will reform follow?9:06 a.m.
  Guests
  Mike Petrili: Vice president for national programs and policy at the Fordham Institute.
  Andrew Rotheram: Co-founder and publisher of Education Sector.
  More from MPR
  Senate DFLers approve cuts to education funding (04/07/2009)
  School districts have nearly $1 billion in reserve (04/03/2009)
  Resources
  The Flypaper Blog, Fordham Institute
  About Mike Petrilli
  About Andrew Rotherham
• The search for a mythical lost city
  In 1925, famed British explorer Percy Fawcett disappeared while searching for clues that would prove the existence of an ancient civilization in the Amazon. A new book chronicles a reporter's journey inside the Amazon to find out what happened to Fawcett and his quest.10:06 a.m.
  Guests
  David Grann: Staff writer at The New Yorker and author of "The Lost City of Z."
  Resources
  David Grann's Web site

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