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Teachers get the bad news: Don't expect a raise soon
Lake County's 4,700 teachers and school workers aren't likely to get raises for the current school year after lengthy union wage negotiations wrap up. School officials recently told the two unions representing teachers and school services workers...
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Congrats x 3: Buettner family is up to their elbows in caps and gowns
Belleville News-DemocratThe Buettners of Belleville are up to their elbows in caps and gowns. The family of seven has three graduates this year. Daughter Renee, 21, graduated from Indiana State University in Terre Haute on May 4. Her graduation cards line the living room...Tags: Graduation, Trips and Vacations, University of Tulsa, Travel, CEO Pay
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Attendance center meeting draws crowd
The Telegraph, Alton, Ill.School District Superintendent Deb Kreutztrager presented the findings of the Attendance Center Study to the board Thursday night outlining the impact the possible transformation could have on elementary schools. The tentative plan calls for moving pre-...Tags: Media Industry, Teaching and Learning, Students
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CTU teachers, parents march to protest closings
Tribune reporterAbout 100 people, including local teachers, parents and students, marched Saturday morning on the South Side in protest of the proposed closing of 54 schools. The protest, organized by the Chicago Teachers Union, kicked off at 10 a.m. at Jesse Owens...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools, Teaching and Learning, Elementary Schools, Jesse Owens
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Mail Call - May 20
“I don’t understand how the judicial system works, when someone is arrested for drunken driving and kills a female passenger that was in the car, and gets six months probation — and then someone gets 14 months in jail for robbery....Tags: Gun Control, Planned Parenthood, The Herald-Mail, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Teaching and Learning
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Maryland Public Schools seeks to diversify teaching corps
Capital News ServiceMike Williams recalls having only one black, male teacher during his K-12 education in Montgomery County, Md. “I felt a bit isolated. That’s coming from me, and I was fairly popular. I was an athlete,” said Williams, 43, now a social...Tags: Minority Groups, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Montgomery County (Maryland), Elections, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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RAISING THE BAR
Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Pa.The thoughts of young Carol Aten Frow whirled around as rapidly as each stroke of her pencil on blank paper. It would be difficult to tear her away. But her third grade teacher, Ms. Stillitano, told her she could be a writer and encouraged her to...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students
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BRIEF: Sylvan teachers in Modesto reject change to school schedule
The Modesto BeeSylvan teachers have rejected a proposal to change next year's school schedule to give them time to collaborate, leaving the length of school days unchanged for 2013-14, the district announced. After taking parent input at two town meetings and...Tags: Teaching and Learning
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Pinellas bolstering ineffective champion for minority students
The Tampa TribuneCreated to ensure the issues of minority students didn't go unnoticed, the District Monitoring and Advisory Committee was supposed to help address the embarrassing achievement gap between black and white students in Pinellas County schools. The group,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Tampa, Justice System, Human Interest
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Zephyrhills High Spanish classes may go online
The Tampa TribuneZEPHYRHILLS - Hana Mower may eventually go into international business, so she wants to rack up as many Spanish classes as possible during her years at Zephyrhills High. But the 16-year-old sophomore learned last week she could be about to encounter...Tags: Tampa, Teaching and Learning, Language, Students, Education
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VC professor provides steely devotion to education for 48 years
Victoria Advocate, TexasMichael Hummel began his relationship with Victoria College as a student in 1960, back when he worked part time for his family's blacksmith shop building wrought iron fences around the community. For the next five decades, he became a stronger fixture...Tags: Apple iPhone, Entertainment, Festive Events, Music, Students
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Richland School District says it will stick with morality clause in superintendent contracts
Tri-City HeraldThe contract for the new Richland School District superintendent will outline his pay, health benefits and how his job performance will be evaluated. It also will include a clause requiring him not only to do his job legally and ethically, but also...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Religion and Belief, Teaching and Learning, Values
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