| Editorial: Union-backed bill targets charter schools |
Charter schools are spreading throughout America. Charters are public schools that are allowed wide latitude to work outside the traditional public-school model. |
| [Published: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:32:59 GMT] |
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| Local Students Performing Better on Standardized Tests |
Nicholas Aynilian has plans to build a pair of five-store strip malls at 39 and 40 Kinderkamack Road. |
| [Published: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:28:32 GMT] |
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| As colleges obsess over rankings, students shrug |
In this Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 photo, students walk through the campus of Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, Calif. |
| [Published: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:23:50 GMT] |
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| Wild Dreams: Anonymous, Arne Duncan, and High-Stakes Testing |
Last night I was re-reading a terrific little book from 1976 by Don Martin, George Overholt, and Wayne Urban: Accountability in American Education: A Critique . |
| [Published: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:18:50 GMT] |
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| DJ Doc's Kim Chang-ryul donates scholarship |
Kim Chang-ryul, a member of K-pop group DJ DOC and a sophomore at Kyung Hee Cyber University, has given his performance fees from school events and commercials to underprivileged students at the university as scholarships, the school said Sunday. |
| [Published: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:09:01 GMT] |
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| A test for Cuomo |
State Ed chief John King has two weeks to negotiate a teacher rating plan with the union - or Gov. |
| [Published: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:54:38 GMT] |
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| Superintendent search progress on tap |
Fort Morgan's Board of Education will hold a work session Monday to discuss progress on the search for a superintendent to replace the retiring Greg Wagers. |
| [Published: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:44:56 GMT] |
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| Wiregrass Techical College Cook Campus Fights For Life |
EYE ON THE FORECAST A mild and humid Saturday morning with patchy fog, then mostly cloudy and warm with only isolated afternoon or evening showers. |
| [Published: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:35:22 GMT] |
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| Claremont McKenna College earlier this week." target="article8">Full disclosure helped CMC minimize fallout from SAT scandal |
Executives at Western Association for Schools and Colleges do not anticipate major ramifications in the wake of scandal at Claremont McKenna College earlier this week. |
| [Published: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:25:53 GMT] |
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| Curious How Peabody High Students Scored on the SAT? |
Every week we set out to answer a question submitted by one of our readers as part of our You Ask...Patch Answers column. |
| [Published: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:11:07 GMT] |
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| Preparing for the SAT college entrance exams |
High school students across the state are preparing to take the SATs, which can lead to a lot of stress. |
| [Published: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:06:47 GMT] |
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| TAMS allows super-smart high schoolers to go their own speed |
How many times have you heard it: Our kids are falling behind, or America needs more scientists and mathematicians. |
| [Published: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:47:05 GMT] |
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| Claremont McKenna dropped from Kiplinger rankings |
A magazine has dropped Claremont McKenna College from its best private liberal arts colleges list because the school reported inflated SAT scores. |
| [Published: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:37:41 GMT] |
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| Bill to retain poor readers making progress [1:54 p.m.] |
State Rep. Mary Helen Garcia may have created enough middle ground to get through one of the most divisive bills legislators are considering. |
| [Published: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:23:09 GMT] |
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| " target="article14">Reporter's Notebook: It Will Get Better |
When I graduated high school from Notre Dame in Fairfield it was 1997. And as a teenager, my only outlet for gay culture, as sad as it sounds, was the infamous coming out episode on the "Ellen" show and Melissa Etheridge's "Come to My Window." As a gay, closeted teen I would often sneak down to my father's office, wait the five minutes it took for ... (more) |
| [Published: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:23:18 GMT] |
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| Roundhouse looking at new teacher evaluations |
Teachers in New Mexico may be evaluated under a new system within a few years, if any of three legislative bills making their way through the Roundhouse this session are signed into law. |
| [Published: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:03:32 GMT] |
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| A Peek Inside Standardized Testing |
Standardized testing is nothing new in North Carolina. Last year Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools added tests to help gauge how well teachers are teaching. |
| [Published: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:49:06 GMT] |
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| What others say: When schools cheat |
Society trusts teachers and school administrators to deliver a lesson arguably more important than reading and math: Cheating is not only forbidden but dishonorable. |
| [Published: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:29:17 GMT] |
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| Vallejo Unified School District Superintendent Ramona Bishop talks Wednesday about the disproportionality of schools to an Achievement Gap Focus group at Solano Middle School." target="article18">Vallejo schools focus on achievement gap |
Vallejo Unified School District Superintendent Ramona Bishop talks Wednesday about the disproportionality of schools to an Achievement Gap Focus group at Solano Middle School. |
| [Published: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:14:40 GMT] |
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| White earns First Tee Scholar honor |
It wasn't a gift from a friend or a family member, but rather a letter to inform her she was selected as one of First Tee's 66 scholars this year. |
| [Published: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:15:06 GMT] |
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