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Bobb plans to close 45 Detroit schools
Detroit -- Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb revealed his vision for a leaner Detroit Public Schools on Monday night by closing 45 schools this year and building new athletic facilities, a new campus for special needs students and reviving a closed high school site
L.A. Unified panel recommends changes in teacher evaluations
The task force of about 50 parents, teachers and administrators suggests paying high-performing teachers more, using student test scores in evaluations and overhauling the tenure system. High-performing teachers should earn more pay, tenure should be more difficult to achieve and teacher reviews sho...Homework is going high-tech at some North Texas schools
Last week, fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders at Richardson's Math, Science and Technology Magnet Elementary School carried school-owned netbooks home. A few weeks earlier, students at Richardson West Junior High Magnet School were assigned similar computers. ...Schools on the brink: Districts could run out of money
A recent state survey indicates trouble for a number of school districts as tax collections and state aid shrink. ...
State firm on school quality
The Patrick administration will not adopt national academic standards if they are lower than those established in Mass., long championed as having among the most rigorous expectations, according to the state’s education secretary. ...
NCLB revamp would affect schools differently
For most public schools, the perceived heavy hand of the federal government would become a lighter touch under President Obama's plan to rewrite the No Child Left Behind law. But for some, the consequences of academic failure would stiffen considerably....
Teenagers in need of direction can turn to apprenticeships
EAGLE, Wis. — Only after he put his hands to metal on a factory floor did Jordan Vail begin to grasp the point of math, communications and other skills he was supposed to be learning in high school but wasn't....
Rewriting History in Texas
The Texas Board of Education, notorious for its past efforts to undermine the teaching of evolution in public schools, has now moved to revise the social studies curriculum to portray conservative ideas and movements in a more positive light and emphasize the role of Christianity in the nation’s founding. ...
Civil Rights in Education
Districts that have neglected disadvantaged students will have to do better if Education Secretary Arne Duncan energizes his department’s Office of Civil Rights....
Has Education Reform Gone Too Far?
3.15.10 - Has education reform failed America's children? According to outspoken education historian Diane Ravitch, the answer is yes. In her new book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education,...Teachers OK contract with San Diego Unified
SAN DIEGO: Teachers have ratified a new labor contract with the San Diego Unified School District. With more than 45 percent of union members casting ballots, 3,062 members voted for the contract and 108 voted against the agreement, according to the San Diego Education Association’s Web site. ...
Shakespeare teaching vital lessons on language
Even though William Shakespeare was born more than 400 years ago and wrote in an English we rarely use now, professor Jan Gist thinks there are still plenty of lessons to be learned from the playwright. ...Program tries to get students back on track
The Middle School Partners program provides students who are two or more years older than their academic peers with direct instruction in core eighth-grade subjects and self-paced lessons in ninth-grade classes. ...
Back to school plan cuts opening week to 1 day
This is math kids will love and parents may hate: The first week of school in September will last only one day....
Teacher's pay would depend on student performance, not tenure, if state bill passes
A proposed bill that would tie teachers' pay to student performance rather than years of experience has many educators worried. ...
The Big Idea -- it's bad education policy
One simple solution for our schools? A captivating promise, but a false one. There have been two features that regularly mark the history of U.S. public schools. Over the last century, our education system has been regularly captivated by a Big Idea -- a savant or an organization that promised a sim ...
Yearbooks No Longer 2 Good 2 Be 4-Gotten
The Internet has taken a toll on print media, from newspapers and magazines to the telephone book. Now university yearbooks are also taking a hit. A growing number of universities are no longer publishing the annual picture books....Governor’s Cup showcases finest in academics
The 25th anniversary of the Governor's Cup State Finals drew 2,600 Kentucky students in grades 6-12 to the Galt House Hotel & Suites on Saturday and Sunday to compete in areas such as math, writing, history and social studies at a time when many eyes are turning to college basketball....
No Child Left Behind overhaul: five key things that would change
3,15,10 - On Saturday, the Obama administration released its blueprint for overhauling the 2002 No Child Left Behind Act. US lawmakers are to consider the blueprint – and make their own revisions – as part of a reauthorization process for the education law....