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SD school board may ease curbs on promotions
This year could mark then end of a policy that keeps failing students in San Diego from being promoted to the next grade level unless they complete summer intervention classes.
Program that helps kids handle grief honored
An overcast sky underscored the solemnity of a ceremony Tuesday at Oak Crest Intermediate School in the East Central Independent School District, where school officials accepted the first Pacesetter Award from the South Texas Blood and Tissue Center. ...Utah students breathe life into resolution
An anti-idling campaign launched by sixth-graders at Morningside Elementary is reaping real-life lessons that extend far beyond the walls of the Millcreek classroom...Report: Teacher pension plans shaky
Pennsylvania and its school districts face a daunting enough task meeting significant hikes in teacher pension contributions....District chooses 6 nonprofits as potential Renaissance school operators
Six nonprofits have been selected to radically reform nine failing Philadelphia School District schools, officials announced Tuesday. Five organizations currently operate charters and are planning to turn district schools into charter schools. Another wants to take over schools but staff them with district teachers. ...Detroit Public Schools to end social promotion
As Detroit Public Schools prepares to end the decades-long practice of automatically passing underperforming students from one grade level to the next, officials may learn lessons from the past. ...
Gifts of a great teacher
4.14.10 - Kathleen Parker - One of President Obama's consistent education themes has been the wish that every child cross paths with that one teacher who hits the light switch and changes one's ...GOP senator worries 'No Child' revamp won't work in rural districts
The Senate's ranking Republican on education policy said Tuesday he fears that the Obama administration's strategy for turning around struggling schools will backfire in rural America. ...
Race to the Top should help desegregate schools
4.14.10 - President Obama recently promised to marshall more resources to drag into court school systems that have ignored civil rights laws and allowed schools to resegregate. ...
Holding Prom on a School Night
To try to control after-prom excess this year, Pearl River High School in suburban New York will require next-day school attendance. ...Middlebury to Develop Online Language Venture
The Vermont college, known for its rigorous foreign-language programs, is teaming up with K12 Inc. to develop courses for precollege students. ...NEW BEDFORD new schools chief promises change
Newly appointed School Superintendent Mary Louise Francis ended the first day in her new role with a calm and orderly School Committee meeting, a sharp contrast to the public recriminations that marked the last week of outgoing... ...SD school board may ease curbs on promotions
This year could mark then end of a policy that keeps failing students in San Diego from being promoted to the next grade level unless they complete summer intervention classes. ...Experts: Encourage kids to enter math, science fields
Experts: Encourage kids to enter math, science fields ...VISTA: VUSD to layoff 48 support employees
Nearly 50 Vista Unified School District support employees are expected to lose their jobs beginning this summer as part of the district's plan to close an $18.3 million budget shortfall for next year. ...
State teachers union targets education bill
The Florida Education Association is leading a battle to defeat legislation that would overhaul how teachers are paid. ...