Submitted by Courtney Williams on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 9:21am
Target donated $500,000 to ServeMinnesota to expand the Minnesota Reading Corps program to Washington, D.C. and Denver schools.
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Submitted by Courtney Williams on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 9:17am
Blackboard announced new integrations that enable the Blackboard Collaborate platform to be used seamlessly with an even broader range of learning management systems.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 4:33pm
Performance ratings for 217 New York City charter school teachers were made public on Tuesday but city officials cautioned that because of missing information, the reports cannot be used to objectively compare the quality of a public school versus charter school education.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 4:30pm
The head of Tennessee’s Achievement School District said Monday it will take over three low-performing schools in the Memphis community of Frayser.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 4:26pm
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan hosted a town hall meeting in Denver this morning, answering questions from the community about the federal role in Colorado's education reforms which are hailed as leading the way for the nation.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 4:23pm
New York City churches meeting in the city’s schools have won a major victory over the board of education, as a judge ruled that all congregations impacted by her injunction barring the city from evicting churches are covered by the verdict — and not just the main congregation named in the suit.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 4:20pm
Public school students showed slight improvement this year in two annual assessments that measure high school and college readiness, the Kentucky Department of Education reported Tuesday.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 4:17pm
The No Child Left Behind Act set national standards for student progress and an annual testing regime to measure it when the federal law was passed in 2002.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 4:14pm
A school choice advocate says he's preparing to open three charter schools in the unaccredited Riverview Gardens School District and possibly two in St. Charles County if legislation passes allowing for charter school expansion in Missouri.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 4:11pm
As promised by House leaders, the constitutional amendment authorizing state charter schools was brought back for reconsideration; passing this time by a margin of three votes to be sent on to the Senate for action.
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