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Unions don't learn: Teachers' role in education
Teachers unions need a hug. After all, they're having a really bad year. So bad that their members are...
Local school districts dismiss class-size reductions
Remember class-size reduction – the push for classes of no more than 20 students per teacher that swept California public schools in the 1990s?...Settlement near in Web cam suit?
Attorneys for the Lower Merion School District spent more than four hours Wednesday discussing a possible financial settlement with the Penn Valley parents whose son sued the district over its secret laptop tracking program...Phila. School District proposes $3.2B budget
Bucking a national trend of layoffs and deep cuts, the School District of Philadelphia on Wednesday introduced a $3.2 billion 2010-11 budget that contains money for new classroom initiatives. ...
Union: 95 percent of teachers voting have 'no confidence' in Johnson
If a single moment could capture the drama of the past year in the Palm Beach County School District, it might be this: Union president Robert Dow, resplendent in red and backed by...Clark County teachers sweating out the budget crisis
It’s just before 5 p.m. and the cafeteria at Del Sol High School on East Patrick Lane is filling with elementary and secondary school teachers, tired after a long day at work and wondering about their futures....LAUSD school in jeopardy of not being accredited
Los Angeles Unified's most expensive campus, touted as the district's crown jewel for the visual and performing arts, might not be accredited unless it addresses "serious concerns" raised by a leading accrediting agency. ...Court halts Bobb's Detroit Schools plans
Detroit -- Robert Bobb's plans received a setback Wednesday when a judge upheld an injunction that puts off his school closing strategy and halts his academic vision for Detroit Public Schools. ...Should public schools teach gun safety? Virginia schools may
What with the deep concern in the country that too many kids can’t read or write on grade level, and that most kids don’t know anything about financial literacy or can’t name the first five presidents,...Schools in New Jersey Plan Heavy Cuts After Voters Reject Most Budgets
Voters rejected school budgets on Tuesday in more than 58 percent of New Jersey districts. ...Museums Take Their Lessons to the Schools
To make up for a decline in visits, many museums are going to the classroom, through traveling programs, videoconferencing or computer-based lessons. ...
Proposed Education Standards Draw Concerns
4.22.10 - FARMINGTON — Educators statewide expressed concern Tuesday about proposed national standards for kindergarten through 12th grade which are too vague or too rigid but don’t provide teachers with guidance on what students need to know at certain grade levels....
Voices of the Dropout Nation: Doug Herring on Dropout Prevention in Colorado
4.21.10 - As the co-publisher of Charter School Insights, Doug Herring generally focuses on the evolution of charter schools in Denver and across the nation. But another aspect of his focus involves dealing with how Colorado — a pioneer in charter schools and performance pay...