AP NewsBreak: Wisconsin to phase out student tests -- chicagotribune.com:
"MADISON, Wis. - A 17-year-old statewide test used to comply with the federal No Child Left Behind law will be replaced with a broader approach to judging how well Wisconsin students are performing, state superintendent Tony Evers said Thursday.
Education leaders heralded the move as a step toward more accountability. It may also help put Wisconsin in a better position to compete with other states for $4.35 billion in federal education stimulus money under the government's 'Race to the Top' reform program."
In Their Own Words: The New Orleans Community Wants Their Direct-run, Leah
Chase School.
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The Leah Chase School (TLC) is the only Orleans Parish public school
directly run by NOLA Public Schools under the direction of the Orleans
Parish School B...
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