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Union proposes pay cut for all employees in Clark County School District
A 1.5 percent pay cut by all 38,500 employees in the Clark County School District would prevent layoffs and resolve the...
L.A. study affirms benefits of preschool
Gains at the L.A. Universal Preschool programs were especially significant for learners of English....Education Cases One Facet of Stevens’ High Court Legacy
Opinions involving special education and religious expression were among those authored by the retiring Supreme Court justice. ...$3.5 Billion in Turnaround Aid Flowing to States
States and school districts will be under intense pressure to make dramatic—and rapid—changes at their lowest-performing schools. ...Harvard Professor Ogletree: Sharpton is Obama's Link to the Streets
The Rev. Al Sharpton is a “lightning rod” for President Barack Obama on inner-city streets, Obama's former Harvard mentor and friend Charles Ogletree said Saturday at a forum in Harlem. ...Cox to appeal ruling on Detroit Pubic Schools
State Attorney General Mike Cox plans to file an emergency appeal this morning to stop a court injunction blocking Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb from implementing sweeping academic reforms at Detroit Public Schools. ...Republicans pan Core Curriculum
Three candidates who are vying for the Iowa Republican Party's nomination for governor want to dump a new law that forces public schools to follow a statewide curriculum ...
Consolidation suggested for 18 school districts
A Colorado consulting firm on Monday identified 18 school districts - most of them in the Delta - that, if consolidated into neighboring districts, could yield cost savings and improved test scores ...
Rick Casey: Political pro wanted for HISD job
It is their job to keep their fingers on the pulses of the various constituencies that the official needs to please or at least assuage, to let the official know when trouble is brewing and what needs to be done to avoid or ameliorate it....Do the Math
A dispute over whether Washington’s schools have a budget surplus should not be used to scuttle an innovative teachers’ contract. ...
N.J. Voters Asked to Pay More for Less at Schools
Shelly Bordon, a paralegal, with her daughter, Rachel. Her son, James, attends Washington Elementary School in Edison. She plans to vote yes....
School snapped 56,000 spy images from student laptops...
Lower Merion School District employees activated the web cameras and tracking software on laptops they gave to high school students about 80 times in the past two school years, snapping nearly 56,000 images...
Should Retired College Professors Memorize Shakespeare? — An Anti-Alzheimer’s Take
4.20.1- Robert Oliphant - According to the Harris poll, over 50% of us now worry about Alzheimer’s more than about cardiac disease, stroke, or diabetes. Understandably so, since according to WHO our 5.2 million cases comprise one seventh of the planet’s total....