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Paying the price for cuts 8.9.10 - Class sizes have shot up and the school year has been shortened throughout San Diego County. Parents are stepping up efforts to stock classrooms by donating everything from flash drives to cleaning supplies. And in La Mesa and Spring Valley, teachers have been directed to cut pink erasers in half to stretch supplies. Many teachers still seek work as classes begin amid cutbacks 8.9.10 - Ioanna Panos is searching for a teaching job after her doctoral program at LSU was cut, but declining local tax collections and cuts in state and federal school aid have prompted school districts to trim positions, or add few, if any, new jobs. ... Schools spend millions on tutors with mixed track record 8.9.10 - With millions spent, Texas educators question benefits of federal law. School districts across Texas are paying tens of millions of taxpayer dollars for private tutoring that has a mixed track record of improving student test scores. ... State schools look to realign with nation 8.9.10 - A monumental shift is underway at Massachusetts schools as administrators and teachers prepare to revamp classroom lessons to reflect new national academic standards in English and math. The changes are the result of a decision last month by the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, which voted to replace the state's homegrown standards, long considered among the nation's most ......

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An Interview with Professor Russell Eisenman: The Issues of Illegal Immigration and Education 8.9.10 - Michael F. Shaughnessy - Ronald Reagan, hardly a liberal, had amnesty for illegal immigrants when he was President. I recall working at a California prison in 1988 and 1989 and having to explain to Mexican gang members how they could become U. S. citizens. I thought "This is crazy" but it was the law, as pushed by Reagan, a conservative Republican. An Interview with Rae Pica: Moving & Learning 8.9.10 - Michael F. Shaughnessy - Moving & Learning offers services and books/curricula related to physical activity for children from birth to age 8. The company's mission is to ensure that movement is an integral part of children's lives and education! The Internet Generation Prefers the Real World 8.9.10 - They may have been dubbed the "Internet generation," but young people are more interested in their real-world friends than Facebook. New research shows that the majority of children and teenagers are not the Web-savvy digital natives of legend. In fact, many of them don't even know how to Google properly. Five More Questions Every Parent Should Ask 8.9.10 - RiShawn Biddle - On this week's Dropout Nation Podcast - a continuation of last week's podcast on Parent Power - RiShawn Biddle provides more questions for parents and other caregivers to ask in order to improve education for their kids.