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Schools with grants struggle with teacher evaluation systems
Elliott Elementary in Lincoln, Neb., struck off on its own last year when it became the only school in the city to win money through the federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) program. Winning wasn't something to be proud of, though: It meant the school...Tags: St. Louis, Standardized Testing, Examinations, Concerts, Entertainment
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New York releases, publishes teacher evaluations
And Baltimore city educators thought the sky fell when The Sun published salary information... In case you hadn't heard what is sure to be one of the most explosive education stories of the year, New York City has released the value-added evaluation...Tags: New York City, American Federation of Teachers, Los Angeles Times, Music, The New York Times
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Some schools implement minimum grading policy
The Anne Arundel County teachers union is criticizing the school system's decision to allow some schools to set their own minimum benchmarks for grades, saying that the practice may undermine countywide standards of excellence. School officials said that...Tags: PTA, Annapolis, Glen Burnie, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Parents plead with CPS to put off vote on school closings
Tribune reportersDozens of people packed a conference room at Chicago Public Schools headquarters today and another 100 or so filled an overflow room upstairs to plead for board members to put off a vote on closing or overhauling 17 struggling schools. Standing before...Tags: Elections, Jesse Jackson, Students, Lobbying, Conservation
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Washington County school board expected to vote Tuesday on employee contracts
julieg@herald-mail.comThe Washington County Board of Education is expected to vote on contracts for all three of its employee bargaining units at a board meeting Tuesday, according to an email from school system spokesman Richard Wright. The school system has reached a...Tags: Elections, Education, Career and Workplace, Scott Miller, Politics
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State high court sides with CPS in dispute over teacher layoffs
Tribune reporterThe Illinois Supreme Court has sided with Chicago Public Schools in a two-year legal battle with the Chicago Teachers Union over the layoffs of nearly 750 tenured teachers in 2010. In a 5-2 ruling issued this morning, the court said the Illinois School...Tags: Collective Contract, Union (McHenry, Illinois), Job Layoffs, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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Unions Unsettled By Malloy's Call For Tenure Reform
The Hartford CourantThe leaders of the state's teachers unions aren't happy with how Gov.Dannel P. Malloydescribed the current tenure system in his State of the State address Wednesday — "the only thing you have to do is show up for four years" — but they say...Tags: Teachers Unions, Concerts, Entertainment, Andrew Fleischmann, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Local School Council members ask court to take action on proposed school closings
![Local School Council members, helped by the Chicago Teachers Union, are asking a Cook County court to intervene before the Chicago Board of Education votes on 17 proposed school closures and "turnarounds" later this month.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-02/329479940-09080917.jpg "Local School Council members, helped by the Chicago Teachers Union, are asking a Cook County court to intervene before the Chicago Board of Education votes on 17 proposed school closures and "turnarounds\" later this month.")
Tribune reporterLocal School Council members, helped by the Chicago Teachers Union, are asking a Cook County court to intervene before the Chicago Board of Education votes on 17 proposed school closures and "turnarounds" later this month. Members of nine local...Tags: Trials, Laws, Teachers Unions, Teachers, Illinois Supreme Court
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NYC Schools Lose $60M In Federal Funding Over Missed Deadline
PIX11.comMillions in federal grant money targeted for struggling schools in districts throughout New York State is being yanked, because of a failure to meet a deadline to come up with new evaluations for teachers and principals. In New York City, the teachers...Tags: Tools and Hardware, New York City, Teachers Unions, WPIX, Teaching and Learning
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Zion-Benton talks set to resume Friday as strike continues
Representatives of striking Zion-Benton High School District 126 teachers and staff are scheduled to resume contract talks with district officials at 9 a.m. Friday, a union official said this evening.
Negotiations will resume at 9 a.m. Friday in the...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Winthrop Harbor, Finance, Strikes, Teachers Unions
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The union does not silence teachers
It is with great regret that I write this response to last week’s letter to the editor in which an uninformed community member blamed the La Caņada Teachers Association for putting the rights of teachers before our students. It also saddens me...Tags: Unions, Career and Workplace, Students, Teachers, Teaching and Learning
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Many find their way into state's higher education pension system
For a few days' work proctoring exams in 1999 at a Downstate community college, Raymond Roskos Jr. earned $364. He'll be paid much more later. That brief service in the state higher education system is all it took to qualify Roskos to eventually draw a...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Union (McHenry, Illinois), Southern Illinois University, Education, Judges
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