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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: Science and Technology, Teachers, Students, Teaching and Learning, U.S. Department of Education
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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: Arne Duncan, Students, Teaching and Learning, U.S. Department of Education
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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, High School Sports, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Students, Teaching and Learning
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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: Schools, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Maryland General Assembly, Students
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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: Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities, Teachers, Standardized Testing, Teaching and Learning
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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: Science and Technology, Charter Schools, Standards
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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: Bernard C. Young, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Corporate Officers
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Seattle schools back down from standardized test after protests
ReutersBy Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE, May 14 (Reuters) - The Seattle public school system, facing a rebellion that stoked the national protest movement over standardized testing in U.S. public schools, is backing away from the contentious multiple-choice exam...Tags: Examinations, School Examinations, Teachers, Standardized Testing, Students
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Merit pay: Value-added rules delayed, based on legislation, public comments
The effort to hammer out new, statewide rules for how to use value-added test score data in teacher evaluations will take longer than planned. That is not surprising, the Florida Department of Education said, as officials knew that the Legislature could...Tags: Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Rick Scott
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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: Elections, Jean-Claude Brizard, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago Teachers Strike
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Michigan lawmakers debate teacher performance pay
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan teachers' performance in the classroom would play a bigger role in the amount they get in their paychecks under a proposal being debated in the Republican-controlled state House. The House Education Committee...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Teachers, Students, Teaching and Learning, Poverty
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LAUSD fighting for zero-tolerance on teacher cheating
The job of veteran teacher Ricardo Gonzales was on the line before a state review panel. He's a respected elementary school instructor who tutors students and coaches soccer on his own time. But the L.A. Unified School District wanted to fire him...
Tags: Science and Technology, Examinations, Sex Crimes, School Examinations, Teachers
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