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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: Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology, Students, Teachers, Academic Progress
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READER SUBMITTED: U.S. Officials Visit Meriden Schools And Family Zone
MeridenFor the second time in just eight months, federal education officials visited Meriden on Friday, May 10, to learn about groundbreaking work taking place in the schools. The visit began at 7:45 a.m. at Casimir Pulaski Elementary School, where Deborah...Tags: Elementary Schools, Schools, Education, Casimir Pulaski, Waterbury
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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: Teaching and Learning, Students, Arne Duncan, Academic Progress
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State's Request for Waiver from Education Law Approved
Channel 2 NewsThe Obama administration has approved Alaska's request for a waiver from provisions of the federal education law No Child Left Behind. In 2011, the administration announced it would let states avoid certain requirements, like students showing they're... -
Options lacking for parents of disabled kids at F schools
The notice in the mail told Carmen Olmeda she could transfer her profoundly disabled daughter out of Orange County's F-rated Magnolia School. But there is no other county school that can meet the needs of 18-year-old Loly, who needs hourly glucose...
Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Florida Legislature, Teaching and Learning, Rick Scott, 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: Schools, Education, Teaching and Learning, Bloomfield (Hartford, Connecticut), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn., Ruben Rosario column
St. Paul Pioneer PressI have two folders in my work computer. One is titled "lack of common sense." The other is "your government at work." There's no question that the stories sent to the folders will overlap quite often, considering the tale I'm about to tell you. By age...Tags: Labor Legislation, Health and Safety at School, Justice System, Diabetes, Career and Workplace
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BRIEF: Ivy Academy recognized with Green Ribbon Award
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.Soddy-Daisy's Ivy Academy was one of 64 schools in the nation and among two Tennessee schools to win a Green Ribbon School Award from the U.S. Department of Education this year. The award honors schools for reducing their environmental impacts and...Tags: Schools, Charter Schools, Washington, DC, Health Insurance Cost
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LETTER: Underreporting Sex Abuse Increases Risk
I am glad that Yale University is facing a $165,000 fine from the U.S. Department of Education for numerous violations relating to its underreporting of forcible sex offenses and other serious crimes [May 16, CTNow, "Yale Faces $165K Fine"]. Yale...Tags: Yale University, Crime, Law and Justice
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Broken Arrow student graduates with class despite profound disabilities
Tulsa WorldNobody really knows what 18-year-old Mary Washer understands about walking across the dais at the Mabee Center to receive her high school diploma. But she was one of the first to walk across the stage Thursday night -- to the relief of her parents....Tags: Education, Schools, Teaching and Learning, Autism, Crime, Law and Justice
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Kansas budget proposal could halt new education standards
The Wichita EagleThe implementation of new education standards could come to a screeching halt under a proposal floated by Republican lawmakers Thursday. Republican budget negotiators said they'll consider a move to block any money that would be spent to implement...Tags: Schools, Politics
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EDITORIAL: The legacy of Tech's Steger
The Virginian-PilotWhen Virginia Tech President Charles W. Steger retires next year, he'll leave a campus profoundly different from the one he inherited in 2000. The physical changes are unmistakable. Construction and expansion of campus facilities have provided more than...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Virginia Cavaliers, Shootings, Virginia Tech, Science and Technology
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