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Chicago board approves largest school closing
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Board of Education voted on Wednesday to close 50 schools - including about 10 percent of all elementary schools - in the largest mass school closing in the nation. The closings in mainly Hispanic and African-American...Tags: Washington, DC, Gang Activity, Teaching and Learning, Karen Lewis, Chicago Teachers Union
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Maize teacher arrested, accused of making threats
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsA Maize teacher is under arrest. The teacher was booked on two counts of criminal threats. According to the Sedgwick County Sheriff's office, the James Stiverson made threats against a school administrator during a Maize High School soccer game. In...Tags: Police Arrests, Teaching and Learning
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Pulaski High School teacher named super teacher by Virginia Lottery
Pulaski High School has a super teacher. Today the entire student body gathered in the school gym for what they thought was just an "end of the year'' assembly. Turns out, the meeting was all about honoring Bethany Schafer as one of 8 super teachers...
Tags: High Schools, Teaching and Learning, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Education, Schools
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Monica Ratliff, the 5th-grade teacher who schooled L.A.'s campaign 'experts'
The Times' editorial board endorsed 5th-grade teacher Monica Ratliff for a seat on the Los Angeles Unified School District board -- twice -- but that doesn’t mean we expected her to win. Ratliff went into Tuesday dubbed the underdog by a mile,...
Tags: Los Angeles Unified School District, Elections, Teaching and Learning, Local Government, Michael Bloomberg
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Cal State trustees appoint new Cal State L.A president, others
William A. Covino, a veteran Florida and California administrator, was named Wednesday as the new president of Cal State L.A., becoming the first new leader of the El Sereno campus in 33 years. Covino’s selection was among a slate of...
Tags: Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities, University of Illinois at Chicago, California State University, Northridge, Teaching and Learning
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Matthew Sharpe's storytelling experiment
In my inbox this week: Matthew Sharpe announces “a little experiment in self-publishing on the Internet”: a series of 12 weekly micro-fictions, under the name “Very short stories r us,” that showcase his idiosyncratic blend of...Tags: High Schools, Fiction, Authors, Teaching and Learning, Education
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Ready for Kindergarten: Less play, more stress?
The preschool year is coming to an end, For many parents, it’s the bittersweet excitement/fear of saying goodbye to an extended school family and embarking on the next adventure of “big school.” And it’s definitely not your...
Tags: Science and Technology, Human Interest, Teaching and Learning, Education, Schools
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Assistant middle school principal named in Parkland
A Parkland School District administrator was chosen to be the new Springhouse Middle School assistant principal. Jeffrey A. Bartman, who starts July 1, will be paid an annual salary of $94,778. He is taking over for Megan Bauer, who is moving to a job as...Tags: Kutztown, Teaching and Learning, Orefield
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Hearts open for young victims of Oklahoma tornado
The Kansas City StarMOORE, Okla. With this storm, it's the kids who keep coming to mind. Third-graders, fifth-graders, the young boys and girls who were trapped and even died in the twisted mountain of metal and concrete that was the Plaza Towers Elementary School. Despite...Tags: The Washington Post, American Red Cross, Students, Teaching and Learning, Tornadoes
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Bad teacher caught sleeping in class by own students
South Florida teacher nabbed napping in class. Blames his own baby. That’s rich. Patrick Geller, a science teacher at Cypress Bay High School in Weston, was caught sleeping at his desk by his own students. You know kids nowadays, quick to yank...
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The Irish loophole behind Apple's low tax bill
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Apple's ability to shelter billions of dollars of income from tax has depended on an unusual loophole in the Irish tax code that helps the country compete with other countries for investment and jobs. A U.S. Senate investigation...Tags: Enda Kenny, Personal Income, Dublin (Ireland), Colleges and Universities, Intel Corp.
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Chicago school board to vote on mass school closing
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Board of Education is due to vote on Wednesday on a controversial proposal to close 54 schools in the country's third-largest public school district in what would be the largest mass school closing in the nation. The...Tags: Washington, DC, Robin Williams, Crime, Law and Justice, Gang Activity, University of Illinois at Chicago
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