Submitted by Judy Hartnett on Sat, 10/29/2011 - 5:32pm
A study released this week shows that Common Core State Standards in English and mathematics for K-12 education, adopted by Florida last year, align with five comparison standards considered “good indicators of college and career readiness.”
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Submitted by Judy Hartnett on Sat, 10/29/2011 - 5:06pm
Asian Americans endure far more bullying at US schools than members of other ethnic groups, with teenagers of the community three times as likely to face taunts on the Internet, new data shows.
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Submitted by Courtney Williams on Thu, 10/27/2011 - 6:55pm
Every morning in Sarah McKerr's third-grade class at Foster Elementary School in Compton, students turn in their homework and file back to their seats with something in hand: a free breakfast.
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Submitted by Courtney Williams on Thu, 10/27/2011 - 6:30pm
Senate Bill 22 is expected to pass both houses of the state legislature, and if it does, education in Wisconsin could change in profound ways that surpass the aftermath of the budget repair bill. The bill passed the Joint Committee on Finance on Oct. 26, and was previously passed by the education committees of both the Senate and the Assembly.
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Submitted by Courtney Williams on Thu, 10/27/2011 - 6:20pm
Rhode Island will join a majority of states in requesting relief from the controversial national education law, No Child Left Behind.
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Submitted by Courtney Williams on Thu, 10/27/2011 - 5:57pm
Michigan's superintendent of public instruction said he doesn't plan to yank teachers' licenses for poor ratings on their annual evaluations, despite language in proposed rules that would make that possible.
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Submitted by Courtney Williams on Thu, 10/27/2011 - 5:54pm
UCLA has its Pauley Pavilion, and USC boasts the Keck School of Medicine. Now, La Cañada Unified School District buildings and athletic venues may also bear the names of their most generous patrons as school officials get creative with fundraising.
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Submitted by Courtney Williams on Thu, 10/27/2011 - 5:42pm
Though getting a sweeping federal education bill out of a Senate committee feels momentous given Congress's heightened partisan atmosphere, Senators Tom Harkin's (D-Iowa) and Mike Enzi's (R-Wyo.) measure faces a rocky road.
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Submitted by Courtney Williams on Thu, 10/27/2011 - 5:36pm
Parents, teachers and students sitting in on a packed meeting of the San Diego Unified School District got a "big picture" look at the financial crisis facing the state's second largest school district.
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Submitted by Courtney Williams on Thu, 10/27/2011 - 5:31pm
Education officials meeting here this week called for more civility as the debate intensifies over sweeping changes in New Jersey public schools.
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