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Report: Riverside Brookfield, OPRF among Illinois' best schools
Riverside Brookfield High School is among the top schools in the state, according to rankings by U.S. News & World Report and the American Institutes for Research. The rankings are based on Prairie State Achievement Exams, Advanced Placement test scores...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Brookfield (Cook, Illinois), Riverside (Cook, Illinois), School Examinations
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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: University of Michigan, Students, Teaching and Learning, Jennifer Granholm, Teachers
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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: Students, Teaching and Learning, Sex Crimes, Teachers, Examinations
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Central Florida schools largely missing from rankings of "best high schools"
Sentinel School ZoneTwo separate national rankings of high schools in the past week have highlighted a few top performers in Central Florida -- but reflect little agreement on what the "best" schools are. A new list of "America's Best High Schools" by Newsweek and The...Tags: Kissimmee, Arts and Culture, Oviedo, Osceola County, Winter Springs
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Hereford High ranked highest among Baltimore County Public Schools
Of the 11 Baltimore County public high schools rated among the nation's 2,000 top schools, according to the third annual Newsweek/Daily Beast survey of "America's Best High Schools," Hereford High School ranks No. 1 in the county. The list, published...
Tags: Reisterstown, High Schools, The Washington Post, Pikesville, George Washington Carver
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ISTEP testing to proceed at 50% load
7:20 p.m. update -- We recieved the following update Tuesday night from the Indiana Department of Education: "Based upon assurances made by CTB McGraw Hill, the Indiana Department of Education is opening ISTEP+ testing tomorrow morning, Wednesday, May...
Tags: Education, Students, Teaching and Learning, McGraw-Hill Incorporated, Teachers
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Powering up
Sentinel Staff WriterScrounging for gasoline and ice, living without lights or air conditioning and now scrambling for child care on short notice because some schools will stay closed for another week, Central Floridians struggled Monday to deal with the woes caused by...Tags: Nursing, Sanford, Seminole County, Orange County (Florida), Career and Workplace
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L.A. mayoral candidates support making teacher evaluations public
Los Angeles' two mayoral candidates said Tuesday that they support making teacher evaluations public, going well beyond a level of disclosure that is supported by top school district officials. City Controller Wendy Greuel and City Councilman Eric...
Tags: Elections, Television Industry, Antonio Villaraigosa, Wendy Greuel, Richard Riordan
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With Franklin win, LAUSD sweeps Academic Decathlon season
Academic Decathlon teams from Los Angeles have won the state competition and, in a first, taken both first and second place at the national competition. Now, the season ends with one more distinction for L.A. Unified: Franklin High School has won a...
Tags: Decathlon, Science and Technology
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Teacher raises may kick in this year – not 2014
Florida’s teachers could get raises as soon as this summer under a revised budget agreement state lawmakers hammered out Wednesday. The change means school employees won’t have to wait until June 2014 for a pay hike, as legislative leaders...Tags: Students, Labor Legislation, Teaching and Learning, Budgets and Budgeting, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida)
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Grade Inflation Undermining Universities
The Hartford CourantMisquoting William Shakespeare: "Now is the spring of our discontent." Indeed, even as the daffodils blossom and the songbirds sing, my students at the University of Connecticut are stressing out from their end-of-semester quest for high grades....Tags: Education, Students, Teaching and Learning, Health, Colleges and Universities
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Denise Hibbard taking over as New Trier's Winnetka campus principal
Two years ago, Denise Hibbard returned to her native Illinois after opening a high school in California and leading it to academic success. In July, Hibbard will replace longtime principal Timothy Dohrer at New Trier's Winnetka campus. She's been lauded...
Tags: High Schools, Education, Students, Teaching and Learning, DePaul University
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