Friday, May 7, 2010

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Recess coaches help kids play, and that helps them to learn

Fourth-graders at the William Dick School, in North Philly, listened intently yesterday as they learned the rules of dodgeball. "If someone taps you with the ball, you're out," said "recess coach" Joe Cokes, demonstrating by touching a ball to a student's chest. "If you don't catch the ball, you're out."
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Big banks making a bundle on new school construction

Wealthy investors and major banks have been making windfall profits by using a little-known federal tax break to finance new charter-school construction. ...
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Teachers union OKs one-year freeze on pay increases

5.7.10 - The teachers union tentatively agreed Thursday to a one-year freeze on pay increases based on experience, a move that will help the Clark County School District close the remaining $28 million in its budget gap. ...
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School District bears financial weight of partially shelved software upgrade

In 2008, the budget crisis forced the Clark County School District to abandon plans to finish installation of a complex computer system that had consumed four years and $35 million. ...
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Fight over future of DPS isn't over yet, camps dig in

The two camps fighting for control over academic programs in Detroit Public Schools have each won a round in court -- and the fight is far from over. ...
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Trustee says Hinojosa bypassed board with grant partnership

Trustee Carla Ranger proved to be the Lone Ranger on Thursday in her strong criticism of Superintendent Michael Hinojosa for not seeking board approval to partner with a charter school operator in a $5 million federal grant application ...
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Leftists Demand to (re)Write Social Studies Standards

5.7.10 - Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. - Distortions and blatant lies have been written by liberal “experts” who are ready to tar and feather the SBOE for “revising our American history”, leaving Thomas Jefferson out, and “bringing religion back into the schools”. It’s doubtful whether these self proclaimed experts have read the curriculum standards, which are available online to the public. ...
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HPV shot marketed toward boys

The vaccine recommended for girls to protect against cervical cancer has also been linked to rare types of cancers in males. Most men who carry the virus never have symptoms, which is why advocates of the vaccine say they should be vaccinated is to protect their female partners...
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Students without a school, again

Kanu Aja, Travis Jones and Denzel Varner were students at Towson Catholic High School when it closed. ...
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Strauss: Race to Top winner failed on standards

5.7.10 - One of the two states chosen by Education Secretary Arne Duncan as a winner in the first round of the $4 billion Race to the Top competition has academic standards that earned the grade of ‘F’ in a new study by Harvard University researchers, while the other state got a ‘C minus.’...
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Private School Screening Test Loses Some Clout

For legions of 4- and 5-year-olds and their parents, the test known as the E.R.B. is the entree into the world of private schooling, its pressure and price a taste of the expensive years to come. ...
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School Committee OK’s student feedback on teachers

A measure that calls for students to provide “constructive feedback’’ to their teachers was approved by the Boston School Committee last night, after students had spent two years working for its passage. ...
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Mystic Valley Charter School in Malden taps savings to buy vacant car lot for $4.4m

MALDEN — Chevy vans and trucks dotted the 4-acre car sales lot on Eastern Avenue for decades. But turf playing fields and a gymnasium are in its future as Mystic Valley Regional Charter School’s campus spreads to a new corner of Malden. ...
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Cheating probe results delayed

State officials granted a request Wednesday to extend by an extra month an investigation of 58 Atlanta schools for possible cheating on state tests A report was originally due to the state May 14....
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The school recession

One of the precious few points of consensus in our polarized land is that we need to do a better job educating our kids. But consensus, apparently, gets you only so far. In red states and blue, in urban, suburban and rural districts ...
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