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Soon after Chris Meyer came on board in spring 2012 as the first CEO of the fledgling nonprofit New Schools for Baton Rouge, he compiled a list of more than 150 charter management organizations from...
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A top official of the State Department of Education lives in Los Angeles and commutes to his office in Baton Rouge. The educator is Dave Lefkowith, who is an assistant superintendent and oversees...
2013/05/20 02:08
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Proponents of corporate-driven education reforms seem to believe that the notion of telling the truth is a low priority. Take for example the false claims being made by charter school advocates about...
2013/05/19 21:33
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He is among the 3.7 percent of black, male teachers in Maryland Public Schools teaching a student body that is nearly 18 percent black and male. The state continues to recruit a teaching corps to try...
2013/05/19 19:36
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At the invitation of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback, Ethan Kaufman, Russell High School, Taylor Fry, Great Bend High School and Conner Birzer, Ellinwood High School, were selected to attend the 30th...
2013/05/19 15:17
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Being called to a congressional hearing can be an intimidating experience for national leaders, business executives and even elected officials. But Gorman Crossing Elementary School fifth-grader Tobi...
2013/05/19 12:17
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As the founder of KIPP Baltimore, which operates two high-performing public charter schools in the city, I am heartened and encouraged by our progress over the past six years under schools CEO Andrés...
2013/05/19 10:44
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The Fayette County Public Schools plan to slash work days for 42 directors of the district's family resource centers next year because of continued government funding reductions. The move comes as...
2013/05/19 07:31
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Muskogee Public Schools saw one in 18 of its high school students drop out last year, according to State Department of Education statistics. There are numerous reasons for high school students to...
2013/05/19 02:38
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Siobhan O’Connor came to the Norwich school district last summer as an assistant principal at Kelly Middle School. As a former administrator in Windsor, she embraced the role. However, it didn’t last...
2013/05/19 01:09
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No Child Left Behind gauge may end in Pennsylvania PITTSBURGH (AP) — Adequate yearly progress has been the assessment measurement for schools and school districts in Pennsylvania since the enactment...
2013/05/18 21:17
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... 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....
2013/05/18 13:00
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NEW CASTLE — New Castle school board members are waiting for the final determinations of a state audit that contained three preliminary findings. Earlier this month the board publicly discussed those...
2013/05/18 07:33
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Group learns city’s historyPublished 2:00am Saturday, May 18, 2013 The downtown park — and mural — came alive Thursday for a group of Brewton students as Leon Brewton recalled the naming and growth...
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Comments (5) 1) Comment by Noel Hammatt - 05/17/2013 What is lost in some of the rhetoric about teacher retirements is that the number is growing even as both the percentage and the actual number of...
2013/05/18 01:18
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A Baltimore County parent who stepped in to bring warmth and cheer back to the high school that had a chilling cafeteria shooting was recognized Friday during the state's annual Parent Involvement...
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- For the first time, young West Virginia students will have access to a national science magazine tailored to the state's scientists and technology research. Nanooze, a...
2013/05/17 19:26
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Prosecutors at a hearing Friday showed a video of a 9-year-old boy's telling investigators about an alleged sexual assault on him by a substitute teacher. Michael James Agrippine, 47, a married...
2013/05/17 17:57
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Eureka Springs School District Superintendent Curtis Turner has been tapped to lead the financially troubled Mineral Springs School District, the State Department of Education said Friday. On...
2013/05/17 16:00
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... A mistake by the State Department of Education means students across Michigan will be getting new MEAP math scores. As it turns out, questions were included on the test taken by students last...