Current assessments have been criticized because they are said to be unfair for ELL students. Enhanced Assessment Grants are aimed at curbing this academic impasse.

Marion Herbert

District Administration, Nov 2010

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AASA

assessment

Latinos

NCLB

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DOE Asks Students "How Safe Do You Feel in School?"

News Update

New federal grant program will produce climate surveys assessing how comfortable students feel in schools.

Marion Herbert

District Administration, Oct 2010

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People Watch

News Update

Marion Herbert

District Administration, Jul 2010

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autism

safety

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Race to the Top or to the Bottom?

Supervisors Opinion

Overhauling teacher evaluation systems has the potential to undo some of the good work of past reforms.

Eamonn O'Donovan

District Administration, Jul 2010

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NCLB

Race to the Top

teacher evaluation

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The Hype Behind Charter Schools

Professional Opinion

Do we know enough about charter schools to justify a significant expansion in this educational model?

Michael A. Resnick

District Administration, Jul 2010

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funding

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Gearing Up for the New Assessment

Feature

The next generation of standardized testing will focus on critical thinking skills.

Ed Finkel

District Administration, Jul 2010

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FLAP Grant Provides Critical Language Support Programs

District Profile

$12.4 million in grant money was given to public primary and secondary schools to support "critical foreign languages" such as Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Russian, to help students compete in a global marketplace.

Audra V. Pace

District Administration, Mar 2010

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21st-century learning