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U.S. Recruiting Fewer Teachers From Top Ranks Education Week: From the Wires

Education Week: From the Wires

FROM THE WIRES

The practice of holding student-led conferences has been gaining momentum at high schools and middle schools around Washington since the late 1990s.
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U.S. Recruiting Fewer Teachers From Top Ranks

While top-performing nations draw all their teachers from the top-third of the academic pool, the United States draws only 23 percent. (October 15, 2010)

Early Grades Become the New Front in Absenteeism Wars

While efforts to reduce chronic absenteeism typically focus on adolescents, experts say that the early grades are the place to start. (October 14, 2010) | Comments (11)

Okla. Districts Balk at Special Education Vouchers

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Baltimore Teachers Reject Proposed Contract

(October 15, 2010)

Student-Led Conferences Benefit Parents, Kids

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Students walk through the hallway of L.B. Landry High School in New Orleans. The $54 million facility opened this school year.
—Lee Celano for Education Week

New Orleans in Early Phase of School-Building Boom

A $1.8 billion, federally funded effort aims to deal with the physical damage still evident from Hurricane Katrina five years after the storm.(October 15, 2010)

Breast Cancer Bracelets Clash With School Codes

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