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Preparation for new evaluations begins
RAPID CITY — School districts in South Dakota will receive handbooks that can be used in evaluating teachers and administrators when the new state requirement takes effect in 2014. The state Department of Education also will offer an Internet...Tags: U.S. Department of Education, Teaching and Learning, Students, Teachers, Science and Technology
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California won't get relief from No Child Left Behind law
The federal government made it clear again Monday that California will get no relief from education mandates that officials across the country consider a burden. The point was made as the U.S. Department of Education announced that it granted three more...
Tags: U.S. Department of Education, Teaching and Learning, Arne Duncan, Students
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READER SUBMITTED: CREC's Metropolitan Learning Center In Bloomfield Ranked A Top 20 Connecticut High School
BloomfieldCREC's Metropolitan Learning Center for Global and International Studies was recently ranked 17th among the state's nearly 200 high schools reviewed by U.S. News and World Report. The school's rank also comes with a "Silver Award," placing it among the...Tags: Teaching and Learning, U.S. Department of Education, High School Sports, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., High Schools
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Now's the time to raise the bar for Baltimore schools
As the founder of KIPP Baltimore, which operates two high-performing public charter schools in the city, I am heartened and encouraged by our progress over the past six years under schools CEO Andrés Alonso. As I move to a new role as executive director...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Human Interest, Charter Schools, Corporate Officers, Public Schools
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More than just test scores: Local educators wants real estate agents to learn that many other qualities define good schools
Palo Alto Daily News, Calif.On his website and in his newspaper ads, Palo Alto real estate agent John Forsyth James touts the state test score rankings of schools in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties because potential homebuyers frequently ask for those numbers. "Most buyers...Tags: Examinations, Teaching and Learning, Services and Shopping, Real Estate Sellers, Real Estate
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So much state testing, so little scrutiny
In the past few weeks we have heard horror stories from throughout Indiana about testing under ISTEP+ -- particularly the overload of the computer system and the failure of the testing company's servers to handle the testing. This caused Indiana to...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Standardized Testing, Students, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
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Sunday's commencement caps nice run of success for athletics' academics
Las Vegas SunAnyone who sits through business meetings knows it's key to get the most important information out first, while everyone is more likely to be completely tuned in. At UNLV athletic department meetings, when head coaches from all of the sports gather with...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Education, UNLV Rebels, Mountain West Conference
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Diversity and choice key for city schools
We share the editorial view that outgoing Baltimore City Schools CEO Andrés Alonso created a strong platform to sustain ongoing improvement in our schools ("School reform 2.0," May 12). But the editorial's call for more standardization around the system...
Tags: Charter Schools, Standards, Science and Technology
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New Chester Upland chief a turnaround specialist
The Philadelphia InquirerA Philadelphia School District administrator who is trained as a turnaround specialist has been hired as superintendent of the Chester Upland School District, state-appointed receiver Joseph Watkins announced Thursday. Gregory G. Shannon, 49, Chester...Tags: Teaching and Learning, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Students
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State of Missouri forces Gordon Parks Elementary School to close
The Kansas City StarOutside in the sunshine at Gordon Parks Elementary School on Thursday, someone watered a new tree on the lawn, and children in their blue school T-shirts played kickball. Inside, kindergarten teacher Gladys Groves cried over what the children did not...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Poverty, Colleges and Universities, Separation of Church and State, Ceremonies
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Dim view on Emanuel education policy, Tribune poll finds
Chicago voters hold a dim view of Rahm Emanuel's stewardship of public education after a tumultuous year that featured a teachers strike and the mayor's push to close many neighborhood elementary schools, a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows....
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Family, Finance, Teachers, Rahm Emanuel
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School reform 2.0
With city schools CEO Andrés Alonso's announcement last week that he is stepping down at the end of this school year, Baltimore finds itself in the market for a new leader who can continue and expand upon the reforms he instituted. Whoever succeeds Mr....
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Corporate Officers, Teachers, Bernard C. Young
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