City and state education officials announced that they plan to close an entire network of charter high schools in Brooklyn that have suffered management and financial woes for years.
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1/10/2012
1/10/2012
Joined by Virginia public school students, teachers, superintendents and parents, Gov. Bob McDonnell unveiled his 2012 legislative and budget actions that support his administration’s ongoing “Opportunity to Learn” K-12 education agenda.
1/10/2012
“Cautiously optimistic” was the response of Issaquah (Wash.) School District Superintendent Steve Rasmussen to Jan. 5’s state Supreme Court ruling regarding school funding.
1/10/2012
The U.S. Department of Education released a state-specific report profiling Delaware's first-year progress on comprehensive education reform under Race to the Top. Reports on 11 other states also were released.
1/10/2012
Young elementary school students should use the proper names for body parts and, by the end of fifth grade, know that sexual orientation is "the romantic attraction of an individual to someone of the same gender or a different gender," according to new sexual education guidelines released by a coalition of health and education groups.
1/10/2012
A new plug-in for SMART Notebook collaborative learning software provides tools to import, view and manipulate 3D content in SMART Notebook.
1/10/2012
Answering the call to promote STEM educational opportunities, The Product Development Company announced its continued support of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) and the FIRST Robotics Competition.
1/10/2012
Birdville Independent School District near Haltom City, Texas reported dramatic improvements for students who participated in the Revolution K12 software for SAT preparation with 47 percent of these students being recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Committee.
1/10/2012
AMX announced the immediate US availability of the Enova DGX 16 and Enova DGX 32 Digital Media Switchers, which are proving to be an industry first for end users seeking a future-proof HDMI/HDCP solution that can perfectly scale to any resolution.
1/9/2012
Georgia Senate Republicans got the 2012 General Assembly off to a quick start Monday, pushing through two education bills over objections from minority Democrats that they hadn’t received a proper airing.
1/9/2012
Students from three Santa Maria (Calif.) Joint Union High School District could gain access to a permanent, centralized space for their agriculture projects once district officials nail down a location.
1/9/2012
Some parents and activists have blasted the Gwinnett County (Ga.) School District for its response following reports that students at Beaver Ridge Elementary School received a math worksheet that used examples of slavery in word problems, according to local and national news reports.
1/9/2012
The state Board of Education has approved three charter schools proposed by school districts.
1/9/2012
Wyoming school districts reversed "top-heavy" staffing in their central offices in 2010-11, according to a report released earlier this month by the Wyoming Department of Education.
1/9/2012
Just in time for the law's 10th anniversary this past Sunday, House Republicans led by Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.) have released draft legislation for revamping the No Child Left Behind Act. The bills would ease the federal government's grip on public schools, but are unlikely to be passed.
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