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northjersey.com - ‘Green’ revolt in Garfield to reports that pre-K school funding being targeted GARFIELD — Proposals to cut state funding for full-time preschool programs are in the air, and that has parents here u...
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oregonlive.com - Published: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 6:20 PM Updated: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 6:30 PMEighty-three percent of Oregon third graders met state reading benchmarks in 2009-10. Should the o...
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oregonlive.com - Published: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 5:22 PM Updated: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 7:45 PMTeams representing the Portland Association of Teachers and the management of the Portland school ...
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boston.com - PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee's (CHAY'-fee) has named a Providence executive and philanthropist as chairman of the state's higher-education board.Lorne A. Adrain, managing direc...
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sacbee.com - For high school seniors applying to college - and students already in college - the time is now to fill out financial aid applications. The FAFSA, the most important part of the application, is due...
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educationvotes.nea.org - Posted in: Top Story Tags: Scott Walker, teachers budget, Wisconsin By Cynthia McCabe On Friday, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker released his budget bill that contained outrageous attacks on the rights...
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 | rickackerly.com - Late in the fall two middle school teachers came to my office with a dilemma: “We don’t want to be guilty of grade inflation, but the grading system isn’t fair. Sara, for instance, works really har... coopmike48 |
 | californiaprogressreport.com - Printer-friendly versionSend to friendBy Assemblymember Roger Dickinson Affordable health insurance is available for your children, regardless of pre-existing conditions, during open-enrollment Mar... coopmike48 |
upi.com - Published: Feb. 17, 2011 at 4:30 AMWASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama is to meet with key U.S. lawmakers Thursday to discuss overhauling the No Child Left Behind education law, the...
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washingtonpost.com - Fairfax County schools will no longer require students to pay for Advanced Placement exams, in response to a ruling by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II that called such fees illegal.Fair...
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washingtonpost.com - "We've been in a good place with [Obama officials] the whole time," Van Roekel said. "That doesn't mean we don't ever have disagreements. We both agree absolutely that the way it is right now in pu...
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host.madison.com - MATTHEW DeFOUR | mdefour@madison.com | 608-252-6144 madison.com | | Posted: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 4:40 pm Nearly 800 Madison East High School students walked out of school Tuesday morning to j...
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washingtonpost.com - Facing a budget deficit of as much as $600 million for the next fiscal year, D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray has asked accounting giant Deloitte to analyze the District's public schools budget in search...
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gothamschools.org - The vast majority of city principals say they’re happy with the support they get from the Department of Education, according to the latest results of the city’s survey of school leaders. But the nu...
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csmonitor.com - Some 150 schools districts sent officials, school board members, and teachers union reps to Denver this week to hear how collaboration can improve student achievement and boost education reform. Ca...
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oregonlive.com - Published: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 6:28 PM Updated: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 7:42 PMAfter the state developed new rules about how to control misbehaving students, the McMinnville Sch...
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seattletimes.nwsource.com - Seattle Public Schools will make bus-transportation changes next fall that will require up to 4,200 students to walk farther to their bus stops or switch schools to be guaranteed a ride.The changes...
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northjersey.com - N.J. public schools can weather state spending cuts, school finance expert testifies HACKENSACK — New Jersey’s public schools can provide quality education despite last year’s cuts in state funding...
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 | ednewscolorado.org - Legislative Democrats know they don’t like Gov. John Hickenlooper’s proposed 2011-12 budget, but they don’t yet know quite how to soften the blow to K-12 education. “The budget we pass won’t be the... coopmike48 |
boston.com - BOISE, Idaho—Legislation aimed at weakening the leverage of labor organizations in Idaho passed another hurdle Wednesday despite opposition from union workers who flooded the Capitol this week to t...
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 | njspotlight.com - New Jersey Education Commissioner Chris Cerf listening to panel discussion on his tenure reform proposals. At left is Arcelio Aponte, the state Board of Education president. In a presentation befit... coopmike48 |
seattletimes.nwsource.com - The state's prepaid college-tuition program, known as the Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) program, would be a little less generous for people who buy credits after March 31 of this year under a ...
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harvinmoore.com - A document worth referring to I wrote this op-ed column for the Examiner Newspaper group. You can see the original article, which was published today, here. THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION ARTICLE 7. EDUCA...
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voiceofsandiego.org - Posted on February 16, 2011 Two weeks after teachers and parents called for San Diego Unified to launch an investigation of a Chollas View charter school, other parents and teachers have stepped ...
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modeducation.blogspot.com - The following is a repost from Larry Ferlazzo. It was also reprinted in the Answer Sheet, Valerie Strauss’ blog on the WaPo. As most of you who follow education are now well aware, Michelle Rhee, d...
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nydailynews.com - Watts/News Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson warned of the dangers in laying off the 'wrong teachers.' Despite skyrocketing tax revenues, the city still needs to ax 4,666 teachers to balance the books, o...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - twincities.com - Gov. Mark Dayton's plan to increase funding for K-12 education consists of leaving the general education formula alone but adding about $50 million — roughly 0.4 percent of the tot...
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ed.gov - DENVER—If we had a dollar for every time someone used the word “collaboration” at the Department of Education’s labor-management conference that wrapped Wednesday, the Department might not have nee...
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democraticunderground.com - GOP plan to change collective bargaining passes House subcommittee (Iowa) Source: Iowa IndependentOn the same day when thousands took to the streets of Madison, Wis., to protest legislation that wo...
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 | nydailynews.com - Watts/News Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson warned of the dangers in laying off the 'wrong teachers.' Despite skyrocketing tax revenues, the city still needs to ax 4,666 teachers to balance the books, o... leoniehaimson |
quickanded.com - For the last two weeks, Higher Ed Watch has been running guest posts from Neil Raisman, the former chancellor at Briarcliffe College, which is owned by the Career Education Corporation. (You can re...
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voiceofsandiego.org - Posted on February 16, 2011 San Diego Unified wants to take a closer look at the three City Heights schools that Price Charities has poured funding into, part of a pilot program with San Diego St...
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nj.com - Published: Thursday, February 17, 2011, 6:00 AMTRENTON — After nearly a century, the days of New Jersey teachers automatically earning tenure after a few years on the job could be over.Under a plan...
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caller.com - ROBSTOWN — ROBSTOWN — About 670 parents and school district officials from across the region gathered Wednesday at the 26th Annual Parent Involvement Conference to do some homework on how parents c...
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chicagotribune.com - Associated Press 2:10 p.m. CST, February 16, 2011chi-ap-wi-wisconsinbudget-e DENVER — U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says that the move in Wisconsin and other states to strip teachers of barg...
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ibabuzz.com - By Katy Murphy Wednesday, February 16th, 2011 at 12:14 pm in budget Why, some of you asked, would the Oakland school district tell all of its principals that they might be reassigned to another pos...
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californiaprogressreport.com - Printer-friendly versionSend to friendBy F. Noel PerryNext 10 Every day Californians are hearing more and more about the state’s $25.4 billion deficit – and the choices being considered in Sacramen...
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washingtonexaminer.com - D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray's education transition team is recommending significant changes to the controversial Impact teacher evaluation tool created by interim Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson. The...
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nydailynews.com - Handschuh/News Merryl Tisch, Chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents. State Education Commissioner David Steiner's statements yesterday on giving the city leeway to lay off teachers based...
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boston.com - NEW YORK—New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration is warning his preliminary budget will contain difficult news following federal and state budget cuts.Under the preliminary plan, to ...
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northjersey.com - N.J. mayors lobby Trenton for pension and health cost reform It’s a familiar tune: the call for health benefit, pension and civil service reforms. But Wednesday, the cry for change didn’t come from...
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beyondchron.org - School Beat: Schools Need the Special Election by Lisa Schiff‚ Feb. 17‚ 2011 California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) just did our state’s public schools the biggest favor or...
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voices.washingtonpost.com - My guest is Richard D. Kahlenberg, a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, a nonprofit public policy research organization, writes about education, equal opportunity and civil rights.By Richard ...
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dailyrecord.com - Gov. Chris Christie's incoming education chief said Wednesday teacher tenure should be changed so that the job protection is awarded and kept based on rigorous reviews, but he stopped short of aski...
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nyceducator.com - I have a challenging new class on my hands for the spring semester, a class chock-full to the brim with second semester seniors who have long since checked out on school, desperately need a credit ...
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baycitizen.org - Updated Feb. 16, 2011 at 5:39 p.m. with a quote from union member Cathy Helton When the city's unions united in November to soundly defeat Proposition B, a controversial ballot initiative that woul...
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coloradoindependent.com - Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper rolled out a budget plan Tuesday in which he proposes trying to make up hundreds of millions of dollars in shortfalls by mostly slashing elementary school fundin...
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sacramentopress.com - Media, business, conservationist and government representatives from across the state gathered at the Sacramento Metro Chamber on Wednesday, Feb. 16, to launch reform of the state’s regulatory syst...
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huffingtonpost.com - Cathie Black has experienced what may be her first successful public outing as chancellor.Yesterday the chancellor went to Albany to convince lawmakers not to make drastic cuts to the city's educat...
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larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Feb 16 2011 Larry Ferlazzo TED Talks, the famous site/meeting that invites notable thinkers and doers to speak and then shares their talks online, has just created a new feature called TED Conversa...
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gothamschools.org - After several years of mixed reviews and a decision by its authorizer to give it an abbreviated charter, a charter school run by the city’s teachers union is losing its principal. Sources close to ...
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oregonlive.com - Published: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 6:07 PM Updated: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 7:12 PMFor the past half-decade, the parents at Hayhurst School have been divided. The school housed two ...
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washingtonpost.com - I admire the erudite and public-spirited members of the Montgomery County Board of Education. Their superintendent, Jerry D. Weast, is one of the best in the business, a national leader with a smar...
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nj.com - Published: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 6:15 PM Updated: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 6:48 PMWASHINGTON — Michelle Rhee, a national figure in education reform who turned down Gov. Chris Chris...
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34years.tumblr.com - 0 notes February 16, 2011 The Democrats get their butts kicked in the recent elections, then alienate one of their larger constituencies, teachers, with the recent “Advancing Student Achievement Th...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Approximately 150 school districts from 40 state sent teachers, school board members and administrators to the Denver Educational Summit this week. The summit was organized by the Obama administrat...
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articles.latimes.com - If this were a standardized test about standardized testing, it would follow a format like this: Standardized testing in California has: (a) Led to greater accountability. (b) Narrowed classroom in...
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weac.org - PrioritiesAbout WEACMoving Education ForwardBenefits of Membership News around the webEducators’ Bulletin BoardBlogsVideoPhotos This blog is a forum for elected leaders and staff 12/14/2009 > Full ...
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ctmirror.org - Gov. Dannel P. Malloy spared early, primary and secondary education from budget cuts, and beefed up spending on school choice, but he is proposing a $143.5 million reduction to public colleges and ...
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tangerineflorida.com - Govenor Scott “maintains state funding for education — no cuts.” Well, as usual, the devil is in the details. Let’s see what one of my favorite writers says about Scott’s budget as unveiled in Lake...
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