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Texas may eliminate provision that raises school accountability ratings

7.10.10 - There goes the neighborhood! Soon Texas schools may not be able to use a provision that lets them earn higher accountability ratings than they would on student...

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Daley gets heat on pick for CPS education post

7.10.10 - Mayor Daley is encountering some resistance in his effort to make the founder and former principal of his daughter's Catholic elementary school the new chief education...

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7.10.10 - Then the researchers, led by Richard Allington of the University of Tennessee, looked at those students’ test scores. They found that the students who

Transparency law for Texas professors sets off academic freedom debate 7.10.10 - A law requiring Texas' public colleges and universities to post detailed course information online Texas may eliminate provision that raises school accountability ratings 7.10.10 - There goes the neighborhood! Soon Texas schools may not be able to use a provision that lets them earn higher accountability ratings than they would on student performance alone. Daley gets heat on pick for CPS education post 7.10.10 - Mayor Daley is encountering some resistance in his effort to make the founder and former principal of his daughter's Catholic elementary school the new chief education officer for the Chicago Public Schools, City Hall sources say. If Mary Ellen Caron is tapped as chief education officer, she would be the first white and non-CPS educator to assume that post since Daley won control of the city's public schools in 1995. ... The Medium Is the Medium 7.10.10 - Then the researchers, led by Richard Allington of the University of Tennessee, looked at those students' test scores. They found that the students who brought the books home had significantly higher reading scores than other students. These students were less affected by the "summer slide" - ... What They're Doing After Harvard 7.10.10 - NAOMI SCHAEFER RILEY - Teach for America now attracts 12% of all Ivy League seniors. The program's founder explains why it beats working on Wall Street. In the spring of 1989 Wendy Kopp was a senior at Princeton University who had her sights set on being a New York City school teacher.

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