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Senate effectively kills dropout age bill
FRANKFORT — The Senate dealt a fatal blow Wednesday night to a bill strongly backed by Gov. Steve Beshear and first lady Jane Beshear that would increase the state's dropout age from 16 to 18.
Texas autism program cuts waiting, costs
Children suspected of having autism sometimes had to wait a year to get evaluated and to be able to afford the care they needed....Gorman expects worst-case; plan for 1,030 layoffs
The worst-case scenario for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools job cuts grew to 1,030 Tuesday, as Superintendent Peter Gorman presented his 2010-11 budget plan to the school board....In Hawaii, anger, arrests over shorter school year
Parents angry about Hawaii’s shortest-in-the-nation school year aren’t giving up on a sit-in at Governor Linda Lingle’s office despite two arrests and more than a dozen trespassing tickets. ...Does Rhee's $34 million surplus exist?
So does the $34 million surplus Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee described to the D.C. Council Tuesday actually exist?...
Jay Mathews: Washington area's top education bloggers
Our favorites were a diverse bunch, with many witty teachers, incisive journalists and droll experts ...Fund Proposed to Prevent Some Teacher Firings
Senator Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat, introduced legislation on Wednesday to create a $23 billion jobs fund to prevent teachers from being fired because of budget shortfalls. ...
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. ...