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Newark schools come closer to meeting $100 million matching funds goal | NJ.com

Newark schools come closer to meeting $100 million matching funds goal

Published: Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 6:00 AM Updated: Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 6:25 AM

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Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-LedgerGov. Chris Christie answers questions about the teacher's union while Newark Mayor Cory Booker looks at Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

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NEWARK — Investors from New York to California are lining up to help Newark Mayor Cory Booker amass the $100 million he needs to match a grant from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to transform the Newark public schools.

So far, Booker has secured $40 million, he announced Monday morning during a taping of NBC’s Today Show. The money will initially fund Startup:

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By Andy Sedlak, Staff Writer1:14 AM Tuesday, September 28, 2010

MIDDLETOWN — A cultural disconnect between teachers and students is blamed as one of the leading factors contributing to the disproportionate number of black students being suspended.

Jody Williams said because of state and federal education legislation, teachers may not feel they have the time to build substantial relationships with their students.

“We hear a lot of comments about the disconnect between students and teachers,” said Williams, program director at MALACHI, a local teen-advisory group overseeing about 150 teenagers. “What we do (here) is to try to engage them. Find out what their trigger is, their spark.”

Verity Middle School Principal Greg Williams said the school

KIRK: Union-cozy contracts in court

By RICHARD KIRK | Posted: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 12:00 am | No Comments Posted | Print

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Last Tuesday, attorneys for the Vista Unified School District filed a complaint in State Superior Court against the Vista Teachers Association, the California Teachers Association, and the National Teachers Association.

That's big news for a board composed mostly of folks who sit where they do thanks to VTA support. (Jim Gibson is the glaring exception.) Perhaps it was the threat of personal liability that prompted this uncharacteristic action. Or perhaps it was the district's dire financial straits.

Here's the specific point at issue: Since 1995, the district has paid VTA presidents about $500,000 more than VTA has reimbursed the district. This cozy arrangement whereby the district compensated union

Following Obama's lead, Dudley calls for teachers union to embrace pay reform | OregonLive.com

Following Obama's lead, Dudley calls for teachers union to embrace pay reform

Published: Monday, September 27, 2010, 4:55 PM Updated: Monday, September 27, 2010, 6:05 PM

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Hours after President Barack Obama took on the teachers unions, Republican Chris Dudley did the same Monday in the Oregon race for governor.

Dudley urged union leaders - and his rival, Democrat John Kitzhaber - to embrace a $13.2 million federal grant for seven school districts in Oregon aimed at moving the districts toward basing teacher pay raises on student performance. Nancy Noice, the head of the teachers union at the Oregon City School District, said last week that the union, the Oregon City Education Association,would not allow the use of the federal money for

Allegheny Valley teachers' union rejects request to return, board says - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Allegheny Valley teachers' union rejects request to return, board says

By Michael Aubele, VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Last updated: 7:15 am

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The Allegheny Valley School District's teachers union on Monday rejected a district request to have teachers return to the classroom Wednesday.

"We asked them to come back in a show of good faith, and they said no," school board President Scott Redman said.

Allegheny Valley Education Association President Jennifer Novich confirmed the district made the request but refused to reveal the union's response.

She said the strike continues today. She wouldn't comment about future dates.

Teachers went on strike Sept. 16 and can remain on strike through Oct. 13,

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