Sunday, March 28, 2010

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Students suffer as Smith profits from another charter

Many parents may not know that troubled Merrick Academy has served as a source of campaign funds and patronage for one of its high-profile board members - State Senate President Malcolm Smith.
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Brooklyn pol launches ads urging kids to pull up their pants

His message probably won't go viral like an "American Idol" audition, but one Brooklyn politician is urging young people to keep their pants up. ...
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LAUSD administrators union agrees to shorter school year

Local principals and administrators reached a tentative agreement with the Los Angeles Unified School District to take 12 furlough days over the next two years - a move which could shorten the school year by one week, union officials announced Friday ...
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Helping students, one school and one teacher at a time

On an early February morning at Stedman Elementary School, the pressure was high. Two students vomited. A few cried at their desks. Another imagined goblins might get him if he failed. ...
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Parents fight larger class sizes

As area districts cuts teachers, educators say class size won't have a noticable impact on students. Parents disagree. ...
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Layoffs could top 20,000 in school districts statewide

3.28.10 - Illinois state education funding woes have triggered a tsunami of pink slips to thousands upon thousands of teachers and support staff in school districts statewide, with about 9,800 announced layoffs of teachers so far...
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Proper studying skills can pay off big for students

Students can miss the mark on report cards because of poor study habits. With the school year in the final stretch, many students may need a refresher on the best routine for studying and completing homework. ...
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The Boys Have Fallen Behind

3.28.10 - NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF - Around the globe, it’s mostly girls who lack educational opportunities. Even in the United States, many people still associate the educational “gender gap” with girls left behind in math....
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What makes a teacher great?

The YouTube video shows an anonymous first-grade teacher trying, and failing, to get her students to discuss a book. You see kids yammering away...
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5 S.F. school principals under fire

Five principals at the helm of struggling San Francisco schools will be forced within the next few weeks... ...
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Most year-round elementary schools to retain schedules

Declining enrollment in the Clark County School District is making it possible for 21 year-round elementary schools ...
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Baltimore County, city move to turn around failing schools

Seven of the worst-performing schools in Baltimore City and Baltimore County face overhauls in the next few months. But the two districts have chosen different strategies as they attack the perplexing problem of turning around schools that have failed for many years. ...
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DeKalb rejects school tax hike

The DeKalb County school board will vote on a budget for next year that balances the current projected deficit with at least 427 layoffs, seven teacher furlough days and at least four school closings -- but no tax hike. ...
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Raise $$$s must be binding

If, for some reason, the private foundations Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee says are lined up to fund at least a portion of teacher salary increases don't deliver, the District is on the hook....
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Fairfax schools to resort to more trailers

Though not ideal, limited funding often makes trailers the best option. ...
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Judge Blocks Closing of 19 New York City Schools

The judge found “significant violations” of the law governing mayoral control of city schools. judge on Friday blocked the closing of 19 schools for poor performance, finding the city engaged in “significant violations” of the new state law governing mayoral control of city schools. ...
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Education hypocrisy--Washington should tend own backyard

Reading really is fundamental to lifelong education, and it’s no accident that Massachusetts’ fourth-grade and eighth-grade students have once again led the nation in the annual National Assessment of Educational Progress exam in reading....
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Educators, parents to talk about low performing schools in San Bernardino school district

The San Bernardino City Unified School District on Monday will kick off the first of several forums designed to bring educators and parents together to discuss plans for 11 schools that recently made the state's list of lowest performing schools...
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At various forums, teens discuss flash mobs

Why are there violent "flash mobs" in Philadelphia? In different settings, different teenagers yesterday offered a variety of views on the furor over flash mobs, including the very term. ...
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Palm Beach County teachers' union threatens work slowdown, plans 'no confidence' vote on superintendent Johnson

The Palm Beach County teachers' union is urging a work slowdown and planning a vote of no confidence in schools Superintendent Art Johnson over a continued "lack of respect" for teachers....
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