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Crying wolf — again: Education board is still politicizing textbooks | Editorial | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

Crying wolf — again: Education board is still politicizing textbooks | Editorial | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

Crying wolf — again

The State Board of Education is still politicizing our children's textbooks.

Copyright 2010, HOUSTON CHRONICLE

Sept. 27, 2010, 9:45PM

We were happy to see the end of summer on many counts, not least because we thought we'd have a year to recover from being the nation's laughing stock over our State Board of Education's annual assault on the integrity of textbooks and curricula.

Thomas Jefferson had barely stopped spinning in his grave from his trashing a few months ago, and we were still red-faced over the latest attempts to torpedo evolution, when last week they sprang another piece of mischief. This time, the board has put publishers on notice with a resolution condemning "gross pro-Islamic/anti-Christian

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Middle School STEM Gets $12 Million NSF Infusion -- THE Journal

Middle School STEM Gets $12 Million NSF Infusion -- THE Journal

Middle School STEM Gets $12 Million NSF Infusion

Middle schools in Northern California will be the beneficiaries of a $12 million infusion in STEM education and may serve as a model for a national program designed to encourage underserved students to pursue science, technology, engineering, and math in higher education and in their careers.

Through an $11.96 million grant from the National Science Foundation's Math and Science Partnership program, researchers at California State University, East Bay will work with the Alameda County Office of Education, along with several other partners, to create and implement the San Francisco Bay-Integrated Middle School Science Project, which will target middle schools serving large populations of students from low-income families and students from traditionally underrepresented ethnic groups, including schools in the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, and Santa Clara.

As part of the program, CSUEB will provide faculty-developed STEM content and will integrate technology-

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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 | NJ.com

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

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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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Teachers, parental involvement key to engaging students

Teachers, parental involvement key to engaging students

Teachers, parental involvement key to engaging students

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

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KIRK: Union-cozy contracts in court

KIRK: Union-cozy contracts in court

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

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