With three primary legs of Gov. Bobby Jindal's education agenda set for debate -- and votes, according to Capitol power players -- in the House Education Committee, the Louisiana Capitol is already abuzz this morning.
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3/14/2012
3/14/2012
The Iowa House passe- a sweeping education reform package on a largely party-line vote late Wednesday morning that requires more student testing, calls for the expansion of charters schools and keeps a controversial third grade retention program in place.
3/14/2012
New Jersey has been awarded a $14.5 million federal grant to help launch new charter schools, grow existing successful charters and share ideas between the schools and local districts, state officials announced Tuesday.
3/14/2012
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan wants to get the federal government more involved in schools.
3/13/2012
Education reform advocate Michelle Rhee called Gov. Terry Branstad’s school improvement plan for Iowa “a step in the right direction” during a Monday meeting with Des Moines Register reporters and editors.
3/13/2012
East Valley school districts are hoping the financial picture brightens enough to boost money for teachers and staff next school year.
3/13/2012
With Gov. Bobby Jindal's public education overhaul package getting its first hearings in the Legislature this week, some school districts are canceling classes so that teachers can go rally at the State Capitol.
3/13/2012
Apple's is reducing the price of the iPad 2 with the release of the new iPad, boosting the company's educational initiatives by making tablets more affordable for schools.
3/13/2012
A 12-year-old Minnesota girl was reduced to tears while school officials and a police officer rummaged through her private Facebook postings after forcing her to surrender her password, an ACLU lawsuit alleges.
3/13/2012
The damaged stone veneer at the entrance of Camden's Lanning Square School at Fetters is enough of a hazard that repairing it is among 76 projects designated a high priority Monday by the state Schools Development Authority.
3/13/2012
In November 2010, the Illinois State Board of Education took virtual control of one of the worst school districts in the state, North Chicago School District 187.
3/13/2012
Pennsylvania’s largest teachers union wants lawmakers to increase public-school funding through charging more fees for gas drilling and by imposing new taxes.
3/13/2012
Recent articles and editorials touched on some of the relationship between school hours and suspension rates and teenagers' biological clocks and the benefits of keeping kids in school. But they omitted any discussion of how high school students should be spending their afternoons.
3/13/2012
From 2006 to 2011, the St. Mary Parish (La.) Public School System posted double-digit gains in fourth grade proficiency levels on the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program test with the use of Fast ForWord and Reading Assistant.
3/13/2012
Coordinator of Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate Program Graig Meyer will describe how this successful program has changed the lives of hundreds of at-risk children and illustrate how SIIS attendees can achieve similar success.
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