Monday, April 19, 2010

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Does D.C. School System Really Have A Surplus?

Washington D.C. schools chancellor Michelle Rhee and the teachers union have reached agreement on a new contract after more than two years of wrangling. Rhee has acknowledged that she's known for more than a month that a $46 million budget deficit — the reason she laid off more than 200 ...
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Teacher pay veto overshadowed other Florida education bills

While one of the most controversial education bills in memory went down with a veto, a number of other proposed changes could have a lasting impact on Florida schools...
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Schools cut back pay for retirees

After 28 years of teaching special education at Eldorado High School, Sally Magnuson saw her income almost double to about ...
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Rare auto shop class at Agoura High School provides top-notch, real-world, hands-on experience

Tucked in a corner of Agoura High School beyond the basketball gym and the baseball field is a real extracurricular gem in these days when car repair can cost thousands of dollars. ...
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More Texas school districts look at whether to switch to online textbooks

Texas could help lead a textbook transformation if Gov. Rick Perry's recent proposal to abandon traditional texts takes hold. But the process won't happen with the click of a mouse, educators warn...
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Court to hear arguments on campus Christian group

WASHINGTON — In a case that pits nondiscrimination policies against freedom of religion, the Supreme... ...
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National Art Education Association and "Social Justice" Propaganda

4.19.10 - More inculcation and brain drain -- stealing our nation's youthful creativity to pound guilt, divisiveness, victimhood and racism into the cultural sewer. ...
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Jay Mathews: Principal tells ninth graders to study, or leave

I was surprised when Charlie Thomas, principal of Crossland High School in Prince George’s County, began sending me emails. His school has been one of the worst in a low-performing district for a long time....
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Small Vendors Left Out of Schools’ Book Purchasing

New York school officials say the new process will save the city $18 million this year, but local companies complain that it will put them out of business. ...
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New program may prosecute S.F. teen truants

Older teens who are chronically truant from San Francisco public schools may be prosecuted if they don't... ...
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Modified PSSA test in math offered for 1st time

Educators have complained for years that too many special education students are forced to take inappropriate state tests, resulting in frustration and results that don't reflect what they really can do....
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DPS may have to cancel summer school

Detroit -- Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb announced today that a judge's ruling Friday keeping him out the district's academics has forced him to shut down ...
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New teacher training programs lure candidates to transform Tennessee's schools

Since November, The New Teacher Project, a New York nonprofit that specializes in recruiting people to teach, has heard from 1,400 people ready to try Memphis classrooms. ...
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Cleveland schools CEO says central office staff to get leaner, more efficient

Cleveland schools chief Eugene Sanders says a restructuring will make his central office more efficient. He says the staff of nearly 400 also will get leaner in the next few months, though it's too early to say how much. ...
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Harry Potter tops list of decade's most banned/challenged books

The Harry Potter series of books were the most banned or challenged books in schools and libraries over the last decade. The list includes some literary classics. Here's the top 50. ...
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