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Pupil Survey of Instruction (SB 1422) � SCUSD Observer
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Pupil Survey of Instruction (SB 1422)
What is SB1422? Is it a way for students to effectively get their teachers fired? A tool for teachers to pick out the students who harbor animosity towards them? Or is it simply a useless and unneeded piece of legislation.
In fact, SB1422 is none of these things. Rather, it is a way for students statewide to provide anonymous feedback to their teachers, without the risk of negative repercussions on the part of the teacher. With this bill in place, teachers would also have the ability to choose whether or not they participate in their school’s program, and then would be allowed to choose if their results are kept private or made public.
To be more specific, “This bill would authorize the student government of a school maintaining any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, to establish a committee of pupils and teachers to develop a survey by which pupils may
Back-to-school Fla. sales tax holiday starts - Boston.com
Back-to-school Fla. sales tax holiday starts
Associated Press Writer / August 13, 2010
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Federal Funds Boost California Jobs Budget Goals, Republicans Risk Throwing Away $1.2 Billion in Aid | California Progress Report
Federal Funds Boost California Jobs Budget Goals, Republicans Risk Throwing Away $1.2 Billion in Aid
SACRAMENTO – In this Democratic weekly address, Assemblymember Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) thanks the President and Congress for advancing comprehensive legislation to save jobs but notes analysis from the non-partisan Legislative Analyst’s Office shows the Governor’s budget proposal, which Republican leaders support, risks making California schools ineligible for $1.2 billion set aside in the federal legislation to keep California teachers on the job.
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‘We Have to Reach Further Than the Classroom'
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Tough solutions for high school truancy rate
Tough solutions for high school truancy rate
More college students mentally ill, study shows
UC Berkeley will not send students DNA results
UC, postdoctoral researchers achieve labor pact
Require kindergarteners to be 5 by Sept. 1
Dropout-prevention program reinstated for Tolleson district
Dropout-prevention program reinstated for Tolleson district
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Quick Takes: Court Orders Raises for Nebraska State College Faculty - Inside Higher Ed
Court Orders Raises for Nebraska State College Faculty
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Candidates: Competitive grants hurt rural states� - AP Politics - The Charleston Gazette - West Virginia News and Sports -
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The Democratic and Republican candidates for South Dakota's lone U.S. House seat said Friday that the Obama administration's shift to federal education funding based on competitive grants puts rural states at a disadvantage.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin and Republican challenger Kristi Noem debated education issues and funding Friday at the convention of the Associated School Boards of South Dakota and School Administrators of South Dakota.
Herseth Sandlin is being challenged by Noem and independent candidate B. Thomas Marking, who did not participate in the debate.
The two candidates fielded questions on such topics as the federal No Child Left Behind law, funding for students with disabilities and competitive grants programs such as the Education




