Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Mon, 10/31/2011 - 4:23pm
Parents of school-age children in Richmond, Henrico and Chesterfield should know that the Virginia Association of School Superintendents have presented their Blueprint for the Future of Public Education to the State board of Education.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Mon, 10/31/2011 - 4:19pm
Michigan residents overwhelmingly support giving parents whose children attend failing schools the option to send their kids to better schools, according to results of a survey released.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Mon, 10/31/2011 - 4:12pm
Illinois' latest standardized test results show that the achievement gap among elementary school students is narrowing, largely because of gains among black, special education and low-income students, the Illinois State Board of Education announced Monday.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Mon, 10/31/2011 - 4:10pm
A new, free white paper assists schools and municipalities with management of the challenges and costs that can result from the discovery of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in their buildings.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Mon, 10/31/2011 - 4:05pm
The rancor that has followed former City Councilwoman Eva Moskowitz's attempts to open charter schools across New York City is coming to a place that hasn't experienced it before: a middle-class neighborhood outside Manhattan.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Mon, 10/31/2011 - 4:01pm
Jackson Public Schools needs about $176.2 million for renovation, repair and modernization of classrooms, according to the Council of the Great City Schools, a coalition of U.S. urban school districts.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Mon, 10/31/2011 - 3:55pm
Dozens of states intend to apply for waivers that would free their schools from a federal requirement that they set aside hundreds of millions of dollars a year for after-school tutoring, a program many researchers say has been ineffective.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Mon, 10/31/2011 - 3:50pm
Despite its academic struggles, North Chicago Community High School could count on at least one piece of good news: Students were getting their diplomas. The school reported a 90.3 percent graduation rate in 2010.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Mon, 10/31/2011 - 3:45pm
A new report reveals that most US schools are testing tablet devices, with the aim of having more tablets per students than computers by 2016.
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Submitted by Courtney Williams on Sun, 10/30/2011 - 6:15pm
Legendary singer-songwriter Barry Manilow’s non-profit organization, the Manilow Music Project donated more than $300,000 in musical instruments in addition to sponsoring an instrument drive to get even more instruments into the hands of Joplin High School students.
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