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Indiana legislators taking up school guns debate
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana legislators are set to again take up a proposal that would require all public and charter schools have an employee armed with a loaded gun during school hours. The House Ways and Means Committee is scheduled on Monday...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Employees
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Teachers to get pay raises -- in 2014
Florida's teachers are to get pay raises -- but the money won't be available until next year and the raises won't be the $2,500 across-the-board hikes Gov. Rick Scott wanted. Still Scott "applauded" the legislative leaders' decision to earmark $480...
Tags: The Miami Herald, Teachers, Education, Schools, Rick Scott
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Florida teachers to get pay raises under budget plan
TALLAHASSEE — Florida's teachers will get pay raises, but not until next year — and they won’t be doled out as the $2,500, across-the-board pay hikes Gov. Rick Scott wanted. Florida lawmakers' on Monday finalized their 2013-14 state...Tags: Everglades, Colleges and Universities, Schools, Budgets and Budgeting, Academic Progress
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ANCCS Hosts Statewide Yup'ik Spelling Bee
Channel 2 NewsThe Alaska Native Cultural Charter School hosted the Alaska Statewide Yup'ik Spelling Bee on Saturday, April 27. Emily Tunuchuk from ANCCS took first place in the competition. The Yup'ik Spelling Bee was coordinated under the leadership of Freda Dan; it... -
Fear ruins sports for the kids
For RedEyeInterscholastic sports are supposed to bring people together. That was just one of the things I learned when I played in high school. Last weekend, some of the parents at Walter Payton College Prep reportedly didn't want their kids to play a night...Tags: Walter Payton, Baseball, Illinois Network of Charter Schools, College Baseball, Sports
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LETTER: ALEC too far right for these groups
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a group promoting far-right legislation. Its tax exempt status is currently challenged, as its sole purpose is to formulate legislation promoting extremely conservative points of view and helping the...Tags: Deere and Company, Entergy Corporation, Agriculture, Coca-Cola Co., Medtronic Incorporated
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Monday Morning Reads; Budget deals, last minute lobbying and oysters
TALLAHASSEE -- Good morning and happy Monday. It's the start to the last week of session, so the capitol is buzzing with last minute deal making. Here's what we're reading this morning. * Orlando Sentinel details what's still left on lawmakers'...Tags: Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Rick Scott
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Indiana Legislature passes $30 billion budget
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana General Assembly approved a two-year, $30 billion budget early Saturday that gives Gov. Mike Pence a partial victory in his quest for an income tax reduction and restores some money cut from education and...Tags: Mitch Daniels, Ball State University, Taxation, Personal Income, Budgets and Budgeting
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Quinn defends $98 million grant to charter school group
Tribune reporterGov. Pat Quinn today defended giving a $98 million state grant to the United Neighborhood Organization to build charter schools, a day after he froze what's left of the money over concerns the group hired contractors related to a top UNO executive....Tags: Chicago Mayor, Pat Quinn, Michael Madigan, Schools, Chicago Sun-Times
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My challenge to Karen Lewis
A year ago Chicago teachers, clinicians, paraprofessionals and parents hoped that their strength in numbers and unity would yield the legislative action and contract settlement needed to remedy the problems teachers face in the classroom —...
Tags: Chicago Mayor, Schools, Students, Chicago Public Schools, Karen Lewis
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LETTER: Sings Charter Schools' Praises
Too many of our children don't have access to a high-quality public school education. However, with seven organizations applying to open charter public schools, we are moving in the right direction. Before enrolling at one of Connecticut's great charter...Tags: Public Schools, Schools, First Hartford Corporation
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Hartford Superintendent Proposes Opening New Charter School
The Hartford CourantSuperintendent Christina Kishimoto told education leaders Wednesday that she wants Achievement First to open another charter school in the city, possibly in 2014. Calling for more schools that "work," Kishimoto said during her annual State of the Schools...Tags: Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, Environmental Issues, Dannel P. Malloy , Human Interest, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)
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