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2013/05/19 21:31
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State employees make more than peers in other sta...
In a state lush with trees, Michigan foresters make a lot of green. Here, state-employed foresters earn an average $58,401. In Minnesota, they earn $34,264. Likewise, state-employed transportation...
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2013/05/18 21:17
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Principal pay raise idea elicits criticism in Kan...
... asking you to count us in. . . . This seems wrong to us," Fred Albert, president of Kanawha County's branch of the American Federation of Teachers, told the board at a meeting Thursday evening....
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Jordon George Aulenbacher Robin Rector American Federation of Teachers Department of Education
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2013/05/18 07:48
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Don’t trust educational fads like Common Core
American students have suffered through a long series of educational fads from "whole language" reading, block scheduling, and experiential learning to Bloom's taxonomy, thematic teaching, and...
Glenn Beck Tom Gibbs Education Committee Ohio House Diane Ravitch
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2013/05/17 11:42
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VIEW FROM THE SENATE Helping youths make good dec...
Our children rely on us to keep them safe and healthy — that is our job as parents, educators and community members. When they are young, we make healthy decisions for them — but as they grow, we need...
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Joint Committee on Education American Academy of Pediatrics American Federation of Teachers American Medical Association Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
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2013/05/16 18:46
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Will efforts to strengthen teaching profession pu...
A growing number of states are looking at policies to raise the academic bar for students entering teaching programs. But on most measures being considered — from GPAs to test scores — minority...
Center for American Progress American Federation of Teachers To bridge
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2013/05/16 05:32
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Mackinac Center: Don't force workers into unwante...
Many opponents of right-to-work in Michigan try to portray it as an either/or issue. Either unions have to represent workers who are not paying them, or workers are forced to accept and pay for...
2013/05/15 21:05
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Gun school for southern Utah teachers: Free train...
The Utah Shooting Sports Council will put on this weekend’s gun school for free, saying it wants to help all school employees better protect their students and themselves. Similar classes have drawn...
2013/05/15 17:15
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America’s Education Spring: A Growing Revolt Agai...
... always hard to tell for sure exactly when a revolution starts,” wrote John Tierny in The Atlantic recently. “I’m not an expert on revolutions,” he continued, “but even I can see that a new one...
2013/05/14 23:45
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Thousands To Vote On Overturning Citizens United
Loading Slideshow Sheldon Adelson And Family (R) Sheldon Adelson, the Las Vegas casino magnate, and his family have combined to give $53.69 million to super PACs in the 2012 election cycle. At...
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Building toward Common Core
In his five months as Florida education commissioner, no moss has grown under Tony Bennett. He has barnstormed the Sunshine State glad-handing teachers skeptical over merit pay and selling Common...
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2013/05/14 17:36
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Phoenixville teachers union hires labor law firm
PHOENIXVILLE � After more than three years of negotiations and no new contract, the Phoenixville Area Education Association has hired a law firm to aid in its bargaining with the school district. �In...
2013/05/10 17:10
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Twelve Things You Can Do To Fight Poverty Now
Farmworkers pick tomatoes in Immokalee, Florida. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)This is a tough moment in the fight against poverty. The sequester is the latest chapter in a time-honored tradition of...
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2013/05/10 02:55
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Rural W.Va. schools rethink their role
WAR - When school started this fall in this sparsely populated rural area at West Virginia's southern tip, 1 of 7 classrooms was without a teacher because leaders couldn't recruit enough...
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Christian McGuire West Virginia Board of Education Arne Duncan Paul Heckman Randi Weingarten
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2013/05/10 02:20
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Switch to digital for ACT admissions exam is bumpy
The ACT college admissions exam is going digital in 2015, and its creators fully expect some bumps along the way. Just as the company earlier this week announced its new 21st-century testing method,...
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2013/05/09 23:04
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North Syracuse teachers rally to slow rush to hig...
About 140 North Syracuse teachers and others rallied in front of the school district office today to call on the state to slow its rush to high-stakes testing based on tough new standards. "There is...
Syracuse American Federation of Teachers John Nichols Department of Education Cicero-North Syracuse High School
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2013/05/09 20:50
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Calif., other states begin teaching core standards
For generations, first-grade students learned how to add using math tables and flashcards. But these days, Carolyn Goehring employs plastic cubes and circles drawn in purple crayon. Rather than ask...
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Chris Evans Elk Grove Unified School District Three Little Pigs California Department of Education California Teachers Association
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2013/05/09 04:17
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McDowell: Abandoned colony
For generations, out-of-state corporations used Southern West Virginia as a colony, bleeding away coal wealth, paying few taxes and doing little to improve the region. Miner jobs were eliminated by...
Associated Press American Federation of Teachers Board of Education
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2013/05/08 23:51
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Digital Learning Offers U.S. a Path Out of Its 19...
Digital Learning Offers U.S. a Path Out of Its 19th-Century Mold In the 30th anniversary year of the landmark report on U.S. education failure, “A Nation at Risk,” I really think there’s hope — at...
Scottsdale American Federation of Teachers NEWARK Shanghai FAIRFAX
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2013/05/08 07:34
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In rural W.Va., schools rethink their role
WAR, W.Va. (AP) - When school started here in the fall, 1 out of 7 classrooms was without a teacher; leaders couldn't recruit enough educators to this sparsely populated rural area at the southern tip...
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2013/05/08 03:49
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A-F grades: inspired or 'gimmick'?
Employing an A-F grading system for public schools that is before the Legislature, how would you presently rate your district? AUSTIN — Schools give them all the time: A-F grades. Now, state...
Senate Bill Hammond Linda McNeil Jeb Bush Texas Education Agency
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