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Key Daniels Education Reforms Move Forward
Indiana's House Education Committee was a busy place Wednesday.
Two of Governor Mitch Daniels key education reforms passed the committee.
On an 8-5 party line vote, a bill to create vouchers that would let low and middle-income parents use public...Tags: Education, Politics, Teaching and Learning, Mitch Daniels, Government
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Apodaca: New SAT? How about 'Game of Thrones' style?
Many of us believe the college admissions process has spiraled out of control. Plenty among us also feel that our education system has become too test-centric. And at the intersection of the two lies the SAT, the most dreaded, derided and feared test...Tags: Education, Game of Thrones (tv program), William McKinley, Students, Teaching and Learning
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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, Sex Crimes, Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology, School Examinations
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Naperville student aces SAT and ACT
It's rare for a high school junior to earn a top score of 2400 on the SAT college test. It's even more uncommon to notch a composite top score of 36 on the ACT test. But Aseem Jha, a 17-year-old at Naperville North High School, recently found out that...
Tags: Schools, Human Interest, Students, Teaching and Learning, Harvard
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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: Standardized Testing, Students, Teaching and Learning, School Examinations, Academic Progress
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State recognizes schools for physical fitness, arts programs
In an era where test scores dominate discussions about education, a handful of schools received state recognition Friday for their physical fitness programs. Other groups were singled out for arts programs or career education. Warren High School in...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Schools, Education, Human Interest, Students
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Principals union wants Alonso to return bonuses in light of cheating investigations
The Baltimore principals union is calling for schools CEO Andrés Alonso to pay back thousands of dollars in bonuses he received in years that schools were later found to have cheated on state tests. The request comes as a contract, released through a...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Freedom of Information Laws, Teachers
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Gates' warning on test scores
A recent op-ed article in the Washington Post warned against overusing students' standardized test scores in evaluating how well teachers are doing their jobs. There would be no surprise about that — if it had been penned by the leader of a teachers...
Tags: Students, Bill Gates, Teaching and Learning, School Examinations, The Washington Post
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Movement growing to opt out of standardized tests
Daily American Staff WriterAs the annual standardized tests are being administered in Pennsylvania schools starting this week, a movement is growing among parents to opt out of the tests. North Star Superintendent Shawn Kovac said the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests...Tags: Standardized Testing, Washington, DC, Students, U.S. Department of Education, Teaching and Learning
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The basics of better schools
The bile flowed freely in the first round of L.A.'s school board elections in March, fueled by unprecedented sums of campaign money. To what end? Listening to the ads of the self-styled reformers, you'd have thought that charter schools were the...
Tags: Immigration, Human Interest, Students, Politics, Teaching and Learning
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Educator backs state's Keystone Exams
Professional word merchants can get a little insecure when some unjournalist comes along and does a better job of putting passages together. It happens to me all too often. I'll write a column filled with dazzling piquancy and logic, and along comes...Tags: Standardized Testing, Students, Kutztown, Teaching and Learning, School Examinations
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McKinley Elementary students prepare for standardized test in fun fashion
Staff WriterIn an effort to encourage and excite its students for the state standardized test, McKinley Elementary School held its fifth annual Red Carpet Gala here Friday. The gala serves as an opportunity for the school to recognize its students who scored...Tags: Standardized Testing, Students, Teaching and Learning, Sports, School Examinations
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