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Beta Testing Ed. Products Can Get Tricky for Schools
Education Week, Bethesda, Md.Beta testing is one of the most basic steps on the path to getting education products and ideas into the classroom--and, researchers and developers say, one of the trickiest to get right. As applied to K-12, the term generally refers to the early...Tags: Gaming Industry, Research, Gaming, Entertainment, Brookings Institution
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Early Learning a Target of Fresh Federal Grants
Education Week, Bethesda, Md.Armed with another $490 million, the U.S. Department of Education is poised to award new Race to the Top grants to districts for general education improvement ideas and to states for more early-learning initiatives. About $120 million of the federal...Tags: Barack Obama, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland)
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BRIEF: Hawaii Union Reaches 4-Year Contract Deal
Education Week, Bethesda, Md.After a standoff that lasted two years, the Hawaii State Teachers Association last week approved a contract that ties teacher evaluations and pay raises to student test scores. The action marks a key victory for the state in its quest to keep its Race...Tags: Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Academic Progress
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Local environmental education earns 'green ribbon'
It pays off to go green. The school district of Palm Beach County and Driftwood Middle School in Hollywood were nationally recognized this week for reducing their carbon footprint and promoting environmental education. Driftwood was one of two schools...Tags: Palm Beach County, Washington, DC
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EDITORIAL: Education, wages inexorably intertwined
The Idaho StatesmanAt long last, Idaho is No. 1 in something and it has nothing to do with Boise State's football team. Idaho has the dubious distinction of leading the nation in percentage of workers earning the minimum wage of $7.25 -- a standing that Department of...Tags: Barack Obama, Colleges and Universities
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Blue Ribbon adds to spectrum of awards at Folly Quarter Middle School
Folly Quarter Middle School in Ellicott City has been in existence only 10 years, but has already gathered a collection of awards and honors that includes a Healthy Howard Gold Award and being designated a "green" school for environmental awareness....
Tags: Ken Ulman, Ellicott City, Schools, Middle Schools, Human Interest
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LAPD: Occidental College students reported 3 rapes in 3 years
Los Angeles police say they have investigated three rape cases involving Occidental College students in the last three years, far fewer than current and former students outline in a civil rights complaint. In the U.S. Department of Education complaint...
Tags: Sex Crimes, Colleges and Universities, Lawyers, Google+, Crime, Law and Justice
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Compare costs with the College Scorecard
Kids & MoneyI've always been a fan of online comparison shopping sites when scouting out everything from a vacuum cleaner to a car. That's why I like the U.S. Department of Education's new College Scorecard, which provides financial information such as cost, the...Tags: Finance, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Economy, Business and Finance, Colleges and Universities, Consumers
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SUNSHINE WEEK: Records expose campus safety
Presentation College and Northern State University saw fires and a few drug and alcohol offenses from 2009 to 2011, but neither reported any major crimes, according to open records. Northern State University and Presentation College, like other...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Colleges and Universities, Judges, Computer Crime, Justice System
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Perry Hall High gets grant to recover from shooting
Perry Hall High School has been awarded a $35,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to assist in its efforts to recover from a shooting on the first day of school. George Roberts, principal of the high school in Baltimore County, said the...
Tags: Punishment, Perry Hall High School, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Read a book to a child today
When I was 5 years old, something just clicked. I remember it clearly: It was a Saturday morning and I was sitting in my dad's chair in our basement family room. Cartoons were on the television, but I was more interested in the P.D. Eastman book, "Go...Tags: Arts and Culture, Dolly Parton, United Way , Libraries, Students
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Washington Co. schools could lose $1.6 million to federal budget cuts
julieg@herald-mail.comIf the federal budget cuts known as sequester continue, the impact on Washington County Public Schools could be between $664,000 and $1.6 million, with most of that expected to be felt in the coming fiscal year, the school system’s chief financial...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Budgets and Budgeting, Government Debt, Teaching and Learning
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