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2013/06/18 21:46
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WASHINGTON — States can ask for another year before being required to use student test results to decide whether to keep or fire teachers, Education Secretary Arne Duncan told school chiefs on...
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2013/06/18 21:09
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A report out today from the National Council on Teacher Quality rates more than 1,100 elementary and secondary programs at just over 600 institutions of higher education across the country and...
2013/06/18 20:58
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Education Department is offering states more time to enact promised reforms in exchange for permission to ignore unworkable parts of No Child Left Behind. Education Secretary...
2013/06/18 19:41
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Connecticut will seek permission to defer the use of standardized test scores next year to evaluate teachers' performance, now that U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has said he will consider...
2013/06/18 16:13
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Every school needs a Sue Larson. She is the organizational backbone, emotional rock and unfaltering support system that students, staff and visitors rely on every day at Fremont High School. Hers is...
2013/06/18 12:34
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On Monday, Texas Education Commissioner Michael L. Williams met with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in Washington, D.C., to discuss waivers from various provisions of No Child Left Behind and...
2013/06/18 05:46
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Kate Walsh wants to bust up the teacher preparation market. That's why on Tuesday her group, the National Center for Teaching Quality, is releasing its first ranking of teacher preparation programs...
2013/06/17 19:45
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WASHINGTON — The Senate Education Committee last week finished its sweeping rewrite of No Child Left Behind that eases coast-to-coast requirements for schools and gives states greater independence to...
2013/06/17 14:56
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While are on ilegally collecting information on US citizens here is another example being done by Obama that the press is ignoring. Speaking of databases, there’s one out there that’s more than a...
2013/06/16 08:20
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Advertisementhow they take notes on a projection screen that get transferred automatically to their laptops. "Some people ask if technology is going to replace teachers," Education Secretary Arne...
2013/06/16 05:16
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Photo Gallery: President Obama Announces Vice President Biden To Lead Interagency Task Force On Gun Control Related Links (USA TODAY) -- President Obama appointed Vice President Biden on Wednesday...
2013/06/14 21:03
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – When Rhode Island stops paying for the New England Common Assessment Program test in 2017, it will have spent more than $48 million over the course of 14 years on the...
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Eds: Major scheduled events for the week of June 16-June 22. Note that many events are subject to change at the last minute. The following economic reports will be issued in Washington (all times...
2013/06/14 15:49
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Last week, the President issued a new challenge for our nation – one that families, businesses, school districts and the federal government can rally around together – to connect virtually every...
2013/06/14 07:20
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Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam probably could go ahead and agree to accept federal money to provide pre-kindergarten classes to an additional 7,861 children. However, given skepticism about the pre-K...
2013/06/13 18:18
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The Biennial of the America's, Denver's cross-cultural celebration of art and ideas, has officially unveiled its program of events and cultural exhibitions set to begin July 16. The highest profile...
2013/06/13 18:09
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Every school needs a Sue Larson. She is the organizational backbone, emotional rock and unfaltering support system that students, staff and visitors rely on every day at Fremont High School. Hers is...
2013/06/13 10:51
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BREAKING OVERNIGHT: Israel said Thursday it will build 675 new settlement homes on the West Bank. The housing units are part of an old agreement and not a new plan, Prime minister spokesman Mark...
2013/06/13 05:22
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HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) - Virginia gets $7.7 million to help low-performing schools. In a U.S. Department of Education press release, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced that Virginia...
2013/06/13 04:57
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MOORESVILLE, N.C.—President Barack Obama unveiled his ConnectEd initiative at Mooresville Middle School Thursday—a plan to provide high-speed broadband internet to 99 percent of American students...