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Plans for SAISD closings approved
Austin Academy, Brewer Elementary, Nelson Elementary, Smith Elementary, Steele Elementary and W.W. White Elementary to close in first round
Students, mentors form bonds
Last school year, 92 percent of Columbus students in Project Mentor said they got better grades, raised expectations for themselves, behaved better, skipped school less or bonded with their parents....Clock ticking for school
After three years, state must intervene in Riverview Gardens. Elected board likely to be removed....
Capistrano Unified teacher strike is over
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – A five-day standoff between the Capistrano Unified School District and its teachers union ended late Monday, with the two sides coming to a tentative agreement that ends teacher picketing....
Broward art, music, PE teachers asked to take half pay
4.27.10 Principals at dozens of Broward County public schools have given librarians and teachers of art, music and physical education a choice: Take a pay cut of almost 50 percent, or take your chances waiting for a job to open up at another school. ...Schools face October deadline to shrink classes despite budget crunch
Florida school districts soon will have to swallow what foes of the state's class-size rules warned would be "bitter medicine": By this fall, they must shrink all "core" classes to meet required sizes even as they continue to struggle with anemic budgets...Black woman leads former white boys-only school
A private boarding school for underprivileged students in Philadelphia is now led by Autumn Adkins, who describes herself simply as "a... ...Gray: Reform and Rhee not tied
D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray (D) says Chancellor Michelle Rhee and ongoing city school reform efforts are not "inextricably tied," but he's not ready to say one way or another whether he would keep her on the job if he is elected mayor this year...VP, Jill Biden pay respect to teachers
At a time when it has become almost a national sport to bash teachers, Vice President Joe Biden and the Second Lady, Professor Jill Biden, took a different, and welcome, tact yesterday by hosting the 2010 State Teachers of the Year. ...