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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

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U.S. tapping S.F. school's recipe for success

A top education official in the Obama administration sat in San Francisco's Marshall Elementary School...
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Teachers give up raise for job security

BARRINGTON — The teachers union has agreed to forgo a pay raise in 2011 in exchange for assurances from the school administration that there will be no layoffs this year....
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Filing states student broke rules and had no expectation of privacy

Blake Robbins should have known better. So says the official who ran the Lower Merion School District's controversial computer security system when it snapped Robbins' picture in his home and led to his invasion-of-privacy suit against the district. ...
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It’s now tougher to graduate from high school in Florida

4.21.10 - Gov. Charlie Crist on Tuesday signed a bill requiring students to take more difficult math and science courses and pass new end-of-course exams to earn high-school diplomas....
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Education bears load in budget

Gov. Bev Perdue presented a budget plan Tuesday that she says would save $1 billion by moves such as closing a wilderness camp for juvenile offenders and cutting out basic dental care for Medicaid patients. ...
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Pressure Building for More Aid to Save Education Jobs

The education secretary testifies that Congress should act to help states and districts avoid massive layoffs ...
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Scramble Begins for $650 Million in 'i3' Funding

Nearly 2,500 districts, schools, and nonprofits say they plan to vie for innovation grants to target education's most vexing problems. ...
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200+ teachers have lapsed fingerprint cards

More than 200 TUSD teachers remain in the classroom after a random audit determined they were working on expired fingerprint clearance cards....
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Regents Plan New Route to Master’s in Teaching

The New York State Board of Regents voted to approve a pilot program that would allow educational groups like Teach for America to create their own master’s programs. ...
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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... ...
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L.A. study affirms benefits of preschool

Gains at the L.A. Universal Preschool programs were especially significant for learners of English....
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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. ...
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$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. ...
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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. ...
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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. ...
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