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'Promise Heights' project in West Baltimore receives $500,000 grant
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded nearly $500,000 for activists to offer West Baltimore children holistic services from "cradle to college to career," under the White House Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative. The Promise Neighborhoods...
Tags: Christianity, Financial Aid, Booker T. Washington, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Baptist
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Florida's new formula for rating teachers makes Einstein's theory look simple
How can teacher greatness be measured? In Florida, by a formula that makes Einstein's Theory of Relativity look like child's play. "It looks like hieroglyphics," said Debra Wilhelm, president of the Palm Beach County Classroom Teachers Association....
Tags: Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, School Examinations, Elections, Palm Beach County, Students
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City, Baltimore County not among winners of Race to the Top grants
After making it to the last round of the inaugural federal Race to the Top district competition, the Baltimore City and Baltimore County school systems fell short of securing grants that would have strengthened individualized learning and helped close the...Tags: Academic Progress, Baltimore County
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Sandy Hook's Aftermath: Offering Support, Finding Help
IF YOU WANT TO HELP: The Newtown Bee reports that Newtown town officials and community leaders asked Wednesday that people "temporarily halt any further dispatching of goods to the community, its schools, churches and nonprofit organizations." They said...Tags: Labor Legislation, Banking, Abusive Behavior, Autism Speaks, Mental Health
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Longer school days
School for students in five states is going to get at least 300 hours longer. On Monday Education Secretary Arne Duncan said starting in 2013, 40 public schools in Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Tennessee will take part in the three-...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students
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Don't tell kids: 5 states to try adding 300 hours to school year
Five states will experiment with giving pupils additional instruction and other support by 300 hours a year of teaching time to the school year, officials announced Monday. The program, starting next year in some schools in Colorado, Connecticut,...
Tags: Charter Schools, John Hickenlooper, Teaching and Learning, Global Expansion, Students
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'Special admissions' bring colleges top athletes, educational challenges
It has become part of college sports -- as ingrained as dunks and FieldTurf -- for large universities to accept prized basketball and football recruits and other athletes under more forgiving admissions criteria than are used for other students. Less...
Tags: Soccer, University of Maryland, College Park, Virginia Cavaliers, Teachers, Illinois Fighting Illini
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Maryland's new school metric
The new system for measuring school progress announced by the Maryland State Department of Education this week is being touted as a great advance over the one it replaces. State officials say the School Progress Index aims to cut in half the percentage of...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Teaching and Learning, School Examinations, Academic Progress, Students
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Gun control proposals ahead
Declaring the time for action overdue, President Barack Obama promised on Wednesday to send Congress broad proposals in January for tightening gun laws and curbing violence after last week’s schoolhouse massacre in Connecticut. Even before...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Gun Control, Mental Health, Justice System, Democratic Party
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Teacher evaluation bill might not pass muster with feds, official says
L.A. NOWA teacher evaluations bill under consideration by the state Legislature won't necessarily bring extra federal dollars to California, the top U.S. education official said. The bill has been debated in the Assembly and is expected to go to the state... -
State Board extends application deadline for education commissioner
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelIn a short telephone meeting, the State Board of Education this morning pushed the deadline for taking applications for school chief back until the end of the November. Under it's new time frame, the board hopes to select its next education commissioner... -
University of Maryland pledges to make financial aid transparent
University of Maryland system is among 10 colleges and universities promising to make financial aid transparent to students. It’s part of an Obama Administration effort to make sure incoming students understand what they’re getting into. The...Tags: Financial Aid, Consumers, University of Maryland, College Park, Joe Biden, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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