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Students who score below grade level on state tests may no longer get tutoring

Students who score below grade level on state tests may no longer get tutoring

Students who score below grade level on state tests may no longer get tutoring

BY MEREDITH KOLODNER AND RACHEL MONAHAN
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

Friday, September 17th 2010, 4:00 AM

Ashley Serrano, holds a copy of her 8th grade diploma from P.S. 34. She won't automatically receive tutoring, despite testing below grade level and having to repeat the 8th grade.
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Ashley Serrano, holds a copy of her 8th grade diploma from P.S. 34. She won't automatically receive tutoring, despite testing below grade level and having to repeat the 8th grade.

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Too bad, kids!

More than 100,000 students who scored below grade level on state exams won't automatically get the extra help they received last year, the Daily News has learned.

Before raising the bar for what was required to pass standardized tests, state officials quietly scaled back when districts must provide tutoring, saying only kids that bombed the exam have to get the extra help this year.

"They're saying I failed but I can't get help for it? I think that's kind of harsh," said Ashley Serrano, 15, who scored just below grade level on her eighth-grade math and English



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Queens’ John Bowne High School closed due to storm damage | GothamSchools

Queens’ John Bowne High School closed due to storm damage | GothamSchools
Queens’ John Bowne High School closed due to storm damage Add a school day to the list of casualties wrought by the powerful storm that swept through parts of Brooklyn and Queens last night. John Bowne High School in Flushing is too severely damaged to open today, the city announced in the middle of the ...
Rise & Shine: State relaxed tutoring rules for students who fail - The state has relaxed tutoring requirements for students who fail state tests. (Daily News) - Critics of city education policies protested outside the Department of Education. (WSJ, WNYC) - Charter school advocates aren’t giving ...
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UC regents wrestle with underfunded retirement, executive pay - latimes.com

UC regents wrestle with underfunded retirement, executive pay - latimes.com

UC regents shore up retirement funds — and a key executive's pay

By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times

The pension plans clearly need help, but a big raise for UCLA's hospital chief causes discord.

California Board of Education addresses teacher evaluation issue

By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times

Panel votes to create an online database devoted to efforts around the country to measure education effectiveness

Labor leaders say UC benefits changes would hurt lower-income employees

By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times

Regents are expected to OK increases in the amount employees and the university must pay toward retirement benefits. Union leaders say it would be hard to agree to such increases without pay raises.

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“A thick, dank, fetid cloud…” � JD2718

“A thick, dank, fetid cloud…” � JD2718

“A thick, dank, fetid cloud…”

by jd2718

Yesterday, September 16, 2010, almost 100 teachers from throughout the Bronx rallied in front of the Theodore Roosevelt building on Fordham Road to protest a sexually-harassing principal and his protection by Joel Klein. Richard Bost, the principal of Fordham Leadership Academy for Business and Technology was found to have sexually harassed a secretary in his school, has faced numerous other allegations. He was fired, and immediately reinstated by Tweed.

Eighteen months ago, March 13, 2009, 400 teachers from throughout the Bronx protested Iris Blige, another abusive principal in the same building, at Fordham HS of the Arts, for her outrageous actions against her employees. That time, students exiting the building watched

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What can you do if your child's school is increasing class sizes? | California Watch

What can you do if your child's school is increasing class sizes? | California Watch

What can you do if your child's school is increasing class sizes?

September 16, 2010 | Ashley Alvarado

As class sizes swell across the state and many districts are reducing their school year, parents can expect fewer parent-teacher conferences, less individual attention for their child, and less school in general. Educators worry about the impact larger class sizes will have on students and suggest more parents volunteer in the classroom. They also recommend parents spend time helping their children with homework. (Here are some tips.) Lastly, parents can contact the governor or their child’s school district to voice their concerns. Here is contact information Gov. Schwarzenegger and the central office number for the state’s 30 largest districts serving children in the K–3 grades.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Phone: 916.445-2841
E-mail: gov.ca.gov/interact#email

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A Truly Bookless Library - Inside Higher Ed

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A Truly Bookless Library

The new engineering and technology library at U. of Texas at San Antonio holds no printed volumes -- a realization of a goal many libraries have set as a vision for the future.

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Do Students Listen to Others' Views?

Study finds broad agreement that diversity of ideas matters -- but skepticism about how open to alternative perspectives students really are.

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Columbia's Latest Invitation

This time the university is being criticized not only for inviting a controversial leader of a country, but for praising his "seasoned governmental leadership" (at least until it realized the source of information).

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