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New program may prosecute S.F. teen truants
Older teens who are chronically truant from San Francisco public schools may be prosecuted if they don't...
Modified PSSA test in math offered for 1st time
Educators have complained for years that too many special education students are forced to take inappropriate state tests, resulting in frustration and results that don't reflect what they really can do....DPS may have to cancel summer school
Detroit -- Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb announced today that a judge's ruling Friday keeping him out the district's academics has forced him to shut down ...New teacher training programs lure candidates to transform Tennessee's schools
Since November, The New Teacher Project, a New York nonprofit that specializes in recruiting people to teach, has heard from 1,400 people ready to try Memphis classrooms. ...Cleveland schools CEO says central office staff to get leaner, more efficient
Cleveland schools chief Eugene Sanders says a restructuring will make his central office more efficient. He says the staff of nearly 400 also will get leaner in the next few months, though it's too early to say how much. ...Harry Potter tops list of decade's most banned/challenged books
The Harry Potter series of books were the most banned or challenged books in schools and libraries over the last decade. The list includes some literary classics. Here's the top 50. ...
Why some countries welcome children being taught at home and others don’t
UNLIKE many of the “huddled masses yearning to breathe free” that have sought refuge in America, the Romeike family comes from a comfortable place: Bissingen an der Teck, a town in south-western Germany....
Race to Top Rules Aim to Spur Shifts in Testing
Competition opened yesterday for $350 million in federal money to design new ways of assessing what students learn. Rules for the contest make clear that the government wants to leave behind multiple-choice testing more often in favor of essays, multidisciplinary projects, and other more nuanced measures of achievement.... ...Kentucky Governor Signs KCTCS-supported Transfer Legislation (HB160)
Frankfort, Ky. (April 14, 2010) – Today, Gov. Steve Beshear officially signed landmark transfer bill – House Bill 160. Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) students will greatly benefit from this legislation, which will ease the transfer of community college credits to four-year universities in the state....