Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 2:29pm
Sweeping changes to Indiana's A-to-F ranking standards for public schools have been approved despite complaints that the new rules are too complex for schools and parents to understand.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 2:15pm
You’ve heard about free school lunches and breakfasts, but how about school suppers? In California, dinners are now being served to students at almost 200 schools.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 2:01pm
Athletic tensions between two Pittsburgh-area high schools — one largely white, the other predominantly black — have boiled over into accusations of racism that some say is being swept under the rug.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 1:55pm
A study of Chicago's most aggressive efforts to reform failing schools, including replacing school leadership and staff in "turnaround" efforts, finds that targeted schools did improve even though students continued to score below district standards.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 1:47pm
Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 1:41pm
Gov. Rick Snyder unveiled a 2012-13 budget today that hikes spending for K-12 schools, higher education, roads and public safety while setting aside $130 million to boost Michigan’s Rainy Day Fund.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 1:38pm
A Virginia school district is considering banning cross-dressing by students, out of what one board member called concerns for the safety of "several" male students who wear dresses and wigs to school.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 1:28pm
President Obama will waive central provisions of the No Child Left Behind federal education law for 10 states that have embraced his educational agenda and promised to raise standards, and improve accountability and teacher effectiveness, the White House announced on Thursday morning.
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Submitted by Judy Hartnett on Wed, 02/08/2012 - 7:27pm
Before the sun rises most days, Dwight D. Jones is at the office. Since becoming superintendent of the Clark County School District (CCSD) in Nevada last December, 4:30 a.m. arrivals are common.
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Submitted by Judy Hartnett on Wed, 02/08/2012 - 7:20pm
Those with the power to vote players into the Baseball Hall of Fame have been wary of potentially tarnishing the institution with inductees linked to performance-enhancing drugs.
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