Yesterday, Alec Couros went “Back to School” to “Meet the Teacher” of his first grade daughter. Here is what he saw:
Here is what he Tweeted:
It reminded me of the night I met Tucker’s first grade teacher, and the first words out of her mouth were
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Parents who fear that Dallas ISD will weaken magnet school admission criteria and possibly move to a lottery system plan to attend today's school board meeting.
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Students are admitted into magnet schools based on academic performance and various assessments, such as an essay, interview or audition. But trustees today are expected to discuss proposed revisions to the magnet policy.
Trustee Edwin Flores, who chairs the board's policy briefings, said he knew of no proposal for a lottery system and wondered how the idea began circulating.
"In a nutshell, I don't know who invented this stuff," Flores said.
However, he acknowledged that a
Arlington selectmen may seek an independent review by the Middlesex district attorney’s office of a $1.5 million deficit in the school district’s budget that has surprised and angered a number of town officials.
The officials, including the School Committee chairman, the town manager, and members of the Board of Selectmen, said they did not learn about the extent of the 2010 fiscal year’s deficit until last month; the budget period ended June 30.
While officials said there is no indication that any misappropriation led to the shortfall, they may invoke an infrequently used law to track overspending by the
Every day, the budget picture seems to get worse for schools in California. In the last two years alone, schools have been cut by $17 billion, with another $2 billion in cuts proposed for 2010-11. Schools face cuts to libraries, and arts and music programs, as well as increased class sizes. Not surprisingly, some parents are fighting back by raising private funds to replace lost state funding.
Last spring, a group of parents in Cupertino Union School District raised $2 million to fund teacher salaries and keep their elementary school class sizes low. At San Francisco’s McKinley Elementary, parents are
Thursday, September 9th 2010, 4:00 AM
Almost a quarter of city students played hooky on the first day of classes, snubbing the unusual single-day school week.
The Education Department's early morning tweet "Perfect attendance starts today!"
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