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Teenagers must be taught to say no

6.13.10 - The most effective way to avoid pregnancy is precisely the one that is not emphasised in sex-education lessons ...
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Julia Steiny: Traditional high school schedule a step back to the future

6.13.10 - First, Shannon explained that when they researched how other urban districts had managed to climb off the state and federal watch lists, they found that successful districts had...
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Stop timing the ACT and SAT

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Harvard student says he faces deportation from US

Harvard student says he faces deportation from US

Harvard student says he faces deportation from US

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS, Associated Press Writer
Friday, June 11, 2010
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An undocumented Harvard University student is facing deportation to Mexico after being detained by immigration authorities at a Texas airport, the student said Friday.
Eric Balderas, 19, who just completed his first year at Harvard, said he was detained Monday by immigration authorities when he tried to board a plane from his hometown of San Antonio to Boston using a consulate card from Mexico and his student ID.
"I'd made it through before so I thought this time wouldn't be any different," Balderas said Friday in a phone interview with The Associated Press. "But once ICE picked me up I really didn't know what to think and I was starting to break down."
Balderas, who previously had used a Mexican passport to board planes but recently lost it, said he became despondent and thought he was being deported to Mexico immediately, only to be released the next day. He said he has a scheduled July 6 immigration hearing.
"All I can think about was my family," said Balderas, who doesn't remember living in


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Free Technology for Teachers: Conceptua Math - Interactive Mathematics Lessons

Free Technology for Teachers: Conceptua Math - Interactive Mathematics Lessons

Conceptua Math - Interactive Mathematics Lessons

by noreply@blogger.com (Mr. Byrne)
Conceptua Math is a provider of interactive visual mathematics lessons.Conceptua Math's primary focus is on the development of tools to aid teachers in the instruction of lessons on fractions. Conceptua Math'sofferings are a mix of free and premium (paid) tools. There are a total of fifteen free interactive tools for teachers and students. Each of the free tools has an introductory video and a sample lesson plan. Learn more about Conceptua Math in the video below.
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Dallas ISD trustees question budget proposal for next year | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | News: Education

Dallas ISD trustees question budget proposal for next year | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | News: Education



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Salem plans Horace Mann charter high school - The Boston Globe

Salem plans Horace Mann charter high school - The Boston Globe

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He never lost sight of his dreams

Steven Rinaldi set ambitious goals when he began at East Boston High School: Graduate among the top of his class in four years and attend a top college. (By James Vaznis, Globe Staff)

Salem plans Horace Mann charter high school

Salem is preparing to seek state approval to open its own charter school even as organizers of the Road to Success Charter High School ready a revised plan for a charter school serving Lynn and Salem. (By John Laidler, Globe Correspondent)

Newton North graduates final class before building’s demolition

The graduation ceremony for the last class of seniors to make their way through the 1970s-vintage Newton North High School on Lowell Avenue took place elsewhere, at the Conte Forum on the Boston College campus. But the aging building wasn’t far from anyone’s thoughts. (By Sarah Thomas, Globe Correspondent)

Volunteers say fund-raising blitz for Arlington public schools a one-shot deal

They raised more than $492,000 since April to lessen the blow of budget cuts on Arlington’s public schools, but volunteers behind the Bridge the Gap campaign said last week there will not be a repeat performance next year.(By Brock Parker, Globe Correspondent)

Metco students, parents upset by school cutbacks

School officials in Lincoln and Sudbury voted last week to merge two of their three Metco programs, a cost-saving measure that has angered Boston students and parents who say they were excluded from the process and are worried about the future of the program. (By James O’Brien, Globe Correspondent)

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NorthJersey.com: If it's Saturday, it must be math class

NorthJersey.com: If it's Saturday, it must be math class

If it's Saturday, it must be math class
Sunday, June 13, 2010
BY KAREN SUDOL
THE RECORD
STAFF WRITER
PATERSON — School 12 students busily learned about fractions, division, multiplication and triangles in a school resource room — on a Saturday.
Ramsey Shehadeh, 11, working with Bergen County Academies volunteer instructor Hersh Vakharia to build a miniature swing out of newspaper.
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Ramsey Shehadeh, 11, working with Bergen County Academies volunteer instructor Hersh Vakharia to build a miniature swing out of newspaper.
Once a month, a group of third- through fifth-graders at the school participates in the Math Academy, a two-hour program designed to reinforce and expand their math skills.
The creator of the program, which kicked off in October, is Bergen County Academies junior Bradley Frizzell, who wanted to do something service-oriented and share his interest in math and engineering with younger students in a fun, active way.
Frizzell, 16, of Glen Rock, learned about School 12 from a neighbor who serves as a professor in residence there and who was looking for new student programs. He pitched the idea to Principal Hector Montes, who agreed to it.
The program uses rotating stations where students participate in activities and
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Year-round schools return to traditional schedule in Sacramento area - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

Year-round schools return to traditional schedule in Sacramento area - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

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Year-round schools return to traditional schedule in Sacramento area
By Diana Lambert - Published: 12:00 am
You've heard the debate for years: Year-round school vs. a traditional calendar with that nice long summer vacation built in – which is better for learning? How about for families?

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Grant High program uses sports references to teach basics
By Melody Gutierrez - Updated: 9:03 pm
Students in the Sports Health Academy at Grant High School are learning that they don't have to be a professional athlete in order to have a sports career.
Sacramento city schools, teachers may announce contract deal Monday
By Melody Gutierrez - Published: Saturday, June 12 2010 - 12:00 am
The Sacramento City Unified School District and the Sacramento City Teachers Association are expected to announce a two-year agreement Monday that preserves class sizes and saves pink-slipped teachers and counselors.
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A few random thoughts for a Sunday morning headline here | Recordnet.com

A few random thoughts for a Sunday morning headline here | Recordnet.com

A few random thoughts for a Sunday morning headline here

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By Mike Klocke
Record Editor
June 13, 2010 12:00 AM

Random thoughts for a Sunday morning:

» Dan Castillo has been jettisoned, so now we'll get to see if he truly was the epicenter of Stockton Unified School District's problems, as some colleague trustees, employees, community members and bloggers seemed to think.

» The onus on the SUSD Board of Trustees now is on Bill Ross, Beverly Fitch McCarthy and Sal Ramirez. If the elimination of Castillo and the addition of Steve Smith is truly going to flip-flop the voting bloc, then the trustee holdovers must prove they can provide the leadership to avoid past board failures.

» Instead of worrying about who has the 4-3 voting advantage, let's hope all involved will truly worry about students.

» And who is a bit below the radar but still in the crosshairs? How about Mick Founts? The heir apparent to Rick Wentworth as county superintendent of schools has taken an important role in the SUSD superintendent search. The district can't afford to blow this

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Viewpoints: Ruling on teacher layoffs a beacon of equity for kids - Sacramento Opinion - Sacramento Editorial | Sacramento Bee

Viewpoints: Ruling on teacher layoffs a beacon of equity for kids - Sacramento Opinion - Sacramento Editorial | Sacramento Bee

Viewpoints: Ruling on teacher layoffs a beacon of equity for kids

By Darrell Steinberg
Special to The Bee
Published: Sunday, Jun. 13, 2010 - 12:00 am | Page 5E
Last month, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge struck a major victory for civil rights by interpreting a section of the voluminous California Education Code to be about what's best for schoolchildren. Imagine that.
In response to a lawsuit filed by attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union and Public Counsel, Judge William Highberger enjoined the Los Angeles Unified School District from laying off wildly disproportionate numbers of teachers at three middle schools. Because of state law generally requiring districts to lay off their least senior teachers first, these three schools, with mostly junior teachers, faced losses of as much as 60 percent of their faculty, compared to 15 percent or less at other district middle schools across town.
The judge cited a little-known subparagraph of the law that says districts may deviate from seniority in their layoff decisions in order to comply with "constitutional requirements related to equal protection of the laws."
It was a victory for the equal-opportunity principle upon which our system of public education is supposed to be built. But it was a victory on the head of a pin; for now, it applies only to the three schools named in the lawsuit. And given that the law had been on the books for more than a quarter century before anybody understood it well enough to invoke it, it would appear to need clarifying for districts statewide.
LAUSD is not alone in laying off disproportionate numbers of teachers by school. In the


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