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'Fustanella' is N.Va. teen's killer bee word



Centreville teen who placed second in 2009 was a crowd favorite.
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VALERIE STRAUSS
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Principal: Why Helen Thomas was dropped as school speaker

Here's the letter that the principal of Walt Whitman High School in Maryland sent to his community explaining why journalist Helen Thomas was being dropped as graduation speaker.
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JAY MATHEWS
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DC and other cities give new teacher breed a proving ground

The new contract in D.C. and related developments in Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Houston and elsewhere give this new bunch of educators an opportunity to prove their creative and aggressive teaching will help inner-city children realize their untapped potential.
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Helping English Language Learners With Mathematics

6.7.10 - This interactive document was developed during a professional development session, led by the
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Black leaders leaving Dallas schools along with students

6.7.10 - Civil rights group that once battled for equal education in Dallas schools are now urging black parents to send their kids elsewhere. Some say the rising attention to the needs...
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DC and other cities give new teacher breed a proving ground

6.7.10 - Jay Mathews - The new contract ratified by D.C. teachers has inspired speculation about who is going to get the most out of it. Will Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee be able to impose her...
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Major cuts: High schools face hard economic lessons

6.7.10 - SAN JOSE, Calif. — Students graduating from high school this spring may be collecting their diplomas just in time, leaving institutions that are
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PowerPoint Collections | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

PowerPoint Collections | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

PowerPoint Collections I’ve just updated The Best Online Collections Of PowerPoints For Teachers. Feel free to make additional suggestions.
Site Jabber At Site Jabber, users can write reviews of websites. It appears to be primarily aimed at online businesses, but there are lots of other websites reviewed, too. Students can write reviews of their favorite online sites, including (but not limited to) ...
Today’s World Cup Additions Here are several resources from The Guardian: Nelson Mandela meets South Africa’s World Cup squad is an online video. World Cup 2010: The worst merchandise is a slideshow. World Cup feast – South Africa’s half-time snack is an audio slideshow. I’ve ...
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Angst for an Accreditor Quick Takes: June 7, 2010 - Inside Higher Ed

Quick Takes: June 7, 2010 - Inside Higher Ed

Angst for an Accreditor

June 7, 2010
College presidents, faculty/staff unions and state education leaders rarely agree about anything. But mutual frustration with a regional accreditor has united strange bedfellows in California’s community college sector.
The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, which accredits two-year institutions in California, Hawaii and numerous Pacific island nations and territories as part of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, placed 41 (or 37 percent) of the 110 California community colleges on "sanction" from 2003 to 2008. A study of other regional accreditors in the United States shows that, during this same period, the percentage of their community colleges being sanctioned, or warned that their accreditation could be stripped, ranged from 0 to 6 percent. As of January, 18 California community colleges remain on sanction. (Still, in the history of the state, only one two-year institution, Compton Community College, has ever lost its accreditation.)

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The unusually large number of penalties for California's community colleges prompted an array of interest groups from the institutions to form a task force last year to study the accreditor's actions; itsrecommendations covered a wide swath of issues but can be summed up as urging the commission to focus on institutional "improvement rather than compliance."
Leaders of the accrediting commission largely rebutted the task force's findings, saying that the agency, in taking a tougher stance on institutional performance, is responding to increased pressure (from the federal government and elsewhere) to hold colleges accountable. ACCJC officials also challenged the extent to which the panel represented the views of the accreditor's members: California's community college presidents. The dispute escalated last month when California's community college chancellor, Jack Scott, writing on behalf of the task force, complained to the U.S. Education Department that the ACCJC was not following its own bylaws in its process for selecting
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New donors keep Dallas' 'I Have a Dream' Foundation alive

A new roster of donors, large and small, stepped forward to make sure the 50-plus "dreamers" at the massive Cedar Springs Place public housing complex still have a safe place to go after school and during the summer break.

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Entry may tighten for exam schools

Boston school officials this week will unveil a more stringent residency policy for students applying to the city’s three exam schools, responding to growing concerns that out-of-towners are improperly gaining admission. (By James Vaznis, Globe Staff)

Researchers study cues to predict students’ math performance

TURNERS FALLS — While Shelby Lapinski worked to solve a geometry problem on her computer screen, her seat cushion monitored fidgeting and a camera registered uncertainty or concentration flitting across her face. A bracelet measured sweat, and the mouse, fitted with pressure sensors, tracked her grip. (By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff)

Presidential sobriety check

It was a crisp Saturday last fall. Tufts University’s football team had just beaten Bowdoin College in a nail-biter. Proud from the homecoming victory, Tufts president Lawrence Bacow walked toward his house with the president of Bowdoin, showing off the hilltop campus along the way. (By Tracy Jan, Globe Staff)

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The commencement speech I wish I’d heard. (By Jennifer Graham, Boston Globe)

Cohasset school chief out after 2010-2011 year

The Cohasset School Committee has voted not to extend Superintendent Denise Walsh’s contract beyond next school year, a decision apparently welcomed by a number of teachers in the district. The vote was 4 in favor, with member Paul Schubert abstaining. (By Johanna Seltz, Globe Correspondent)

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