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Bellevue schools panel gives nod to traditional math text
A Bellevue School District math-textbook committee has recommended that the district adopt Holt Mathematics, a more traditional textbook series than the district currently uses
FAME School Gets Extension of Its Charter Despite Audit
Despite a highly critical state audit, the FAME school won renewal of its charter for another five years in a vote by the Alameda County Board of Education....Phys ed classes creatively adapted for disabled students
Seated in her power chair, 17-year-old Hailee Agnew looked as if she would never stop smiling....Autism-study doctor facing grant probe
A Danish scientist involved in two major studies that debunked any linkage of vaccines to autism is suspected of misappropriating $2 million in U.S. grants at his university in Denmark....Civil suit: Arroyo failed to protect student in alleged harassment by teacher
As he prepared to plead guilty in a criminal case, a Bronx man with family ties to two pols faces a civil suit over alleged abuse at a charter school he ran. ...Student robot competition forges teamwork, engineering skills
For the students, this weekend is the culmination of countless hours of after-school work to design robots that can play a complex version of soccer - the challenge issued this year by the FIRST organization. ...MPS targets weakest schools in bid for funds
Up to $45 million in federal funding could be on the way to help turn around the lowest-performing Milwaukee schools. The catch? To get the money, MPS must implement a variety of aggressive turnaround models endorsed by the federal government: ...School board: Cutting school year could harm bid for federal grant
The Kentucky Board of Education warned state lawmakers Thursday that trimming the school year to help balance the state budget could jeopardize Kentucky's chances for a $200 million federal Race To The Top grant. ...Covington says KC district is up to the challenge
While the community and board members wrestled Wednesday night over his school closings plan, Superintendent John Covington only watched. Not until the morning after the 5-4 vote did he talk about the monstrous load of work ahead. ...Connecticut Calls New U.S. Education Standards 'A Good Match'
Proposed national education standards that, for example, would expect kindergartners to count by tens and eighth-graders to explain the Pythagorean theorem probably would not pose problems for most Connecticut students, state education officials said Thursday. ...Control of Detroit Public Schools splits community
The battle for control of Detroit Public Schools spilled into the open Thursday as opponents of a mayoral takeover expressed outrage at a key provision of an overhaul plan. - ...
Finalists Cram for Race to Top Presentations
Fifteen states and the District of Columbia prepare for next week’s high-stakes pitch for $4 billion in stimulus grants. ...
Texas education board rejects in-depth study of First Amendment
AUSTIN – Republicans on the State Board of Education Thursday soundly rejected a Marxists-backed proposal to require that Texas students be taught the reasons behind the prohibition of a state religion in the Bill of Rights...
Judge overrules jury in school bias case
A Suffolk Superior Court judge has taken the unusual step of overruling a jury that awarded a black teacher from Boston Latin School more than $300,000 after he complained that the school’s administrators had discriminated against him ...