Submitted by Courtney Williams on Thu, 11/03/2011 - 3:48pm
Hundreds of Long Island (N.Y.) public school principals are challenging the state Education Department and criticizing new standards for evaluating educators.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Mon, 10/31/2011 - 4:23pm
Parents of school-age children in Richmond, Henrico and Chesterfield should know that the Virginia Association of School Superintendents have presented their Blueprint for the Future of Public Education to the State board of Education.
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Submitted by Courtney Williams on Sun, 10/30/2011 - 4:56pm
Parents across Idaho will now play a role in whether or not their child's teacher gets a raise.
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Submitted by Courtney Williams on Thu, 10/27/2011 - 5:57pm
Michigan's superintendent of public instruction said he doesn't plan to yank teachers' licenses for poor ratings on their annual evaluations, despite language in proposed rules that would make that possible.
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Submitted by Marion Herbert on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 12:57am
An Oregon school district has rejected more than $2.5 million in federal funds.
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Submitted by Marion Herbert on Sun, 10/23/2011 - 11:05pm
The Oregon City School District has decided to reject a $2.54 million federal grant meant to reward top educators, partly because of philosophical concerns over performance-based pay.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 5:21pm
Signaling some unity in the Senate on overhauling the "No Child Left Behind" law, two senators announced Monday an agreement to move forward on bipartisan legislation to revamp it.
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Submitted by Courtney Williams on Sun, 10/16/2011 - 6:44pm
The previously confidential ratings estimate teachers' effectiveness in raising students' standardized test scores. The district is in negotiations to use the ratings as part of a new teacher evaluation system.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Thu, 10/13/2011 - 5:22pm
A majority of states intend to take President Barack Obama up on his offer to let them get around unpopular requirements in the "No Child Left Behind" education law, the Education Department said Thursday.
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Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Thu, 10/13/2011 - 4:39pm
There are too many unexamined details and too many unanswered questions for the state to move forward quickly with Gov. Tom Corbett's public education reform proposal, a top Hazleton Area administrator said.
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