Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 4:45pm
The former Seattle Public Schools employee at the center of a criminal investigation into a contracting scandal has pleaded not guilty to felony theft charges filed against him.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 4:40pm
Many families view K-12 online schools with skepticism.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 4:36pm
A lot can happen in four years. Just ask Berkeley school superintendent Bill Huyett who recently announced his retirement after 38 years in education.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 4:26pm
Chicago Public Schools is floating a plan to phase out one of its most popular magnet schools.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 4:17pm
A coalition that includes a Fortune 500 company, labor unions and nonprofit foundations outlined plans Thursday to spend the next five years focused on rescuing a rural West Virginia school district, one of the country's most downtrodden.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 4:11pm
The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools recently released a report saying that more than 2 million children are enrolled in public schools this year. The nonprofit resource for charter schools said that more than 500 charter schools opened their doors across the country in the 2011-12 school year.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 4:07pm
School districts throughout California are scrambling to cover the elimination of $248 million in funding for school buses starting next month, with the state's largest district filing a lawsuit to block the cuts and others saying they'll have to use reserves in order to keep transportation service.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 4:04pm
Almost half of U.S. public schools are labeled failing under the federal No Child Left Behind law, compared with the 80 percent estimate President Barack Obama’s administration cited as a rationale for changing its mandates, a study found.
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Submitted by Georgia Langner on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 3:51pm
A look at the nation’s premier environmental sustainability competition for students in grades K-12.
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Submitted by Georgia Langner on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 3:49pm
Get an insider's guide to refurbished computers from our special report.
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