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A Delaware District Could Lose $2.5 Million In Federal Race To The Top Funds

Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 4:48pm

In a unique move, Delaware education officials have threatened to withhold $2.5 million in federal funding from a district for failing to provide its teachers with sufficient time dedicated to planning.

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The Huffington Post
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Former POW Jessica Lynch Finishing Teaching Degree

Submitted by Judy Hartnett on Wed, 12/14/2011 - 4:21pm

Jessica Lynch was just 19 when the world first saw her — a broken, blond soldier caught on combat video in Iraq, her face wearing something between a grimace and a grin.

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Houston Chronicle

The Impact of a Principal’s Race

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Teachers are more likely to stay in a school run by a principal of the same race as them, according to a new study.
Marion Herbert
District Administration, Nov/Dec 2011
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Group of Oakland (Calif.) Teachers Challenge their District -- and Union -- to Change the Status Quo

Submitted by Marion Herbert on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 10:33pm

Teachers from two East Oakland (Calif.) elementary schools aim to shake up the status quo in the Oakland school district.

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Oakland Tribune via MercuryNews.com

Effective Teaching as a Civil Right: How Building Instructional Capacity Can Help Close the Achievement Gap

Better ways of measuring and recognizing teacher effectiveness must be integrated with systems that develop greater teacher competence and provide incentives for teaching the highest-need students.
Linda Darling-Hammond
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How to Avoid Testing Irregularities

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One administrator uses professional development to steer clear of inadvertent violations of testing protocol.
Ron Schachter
District Administration, Nov/Dec 2011
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Taking the Helm in Cheating Scandals

District leaders are increasing security and laying down the law to avert cheating on high-stakes tests.
Ron Schachter
District Administration, Nov/Dec 2011
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What's Going on Here? American Education Week

Submitted by Courtney Williams on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 3:39pm

American Education Week is observed from Nov. 14 through 19.

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The Record Herald
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Proposed Ohio Bill Would Expand Voucher Program to All Districts

Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Mon, 11/14/2011 - 4:37pm

Not all public school educators opposed Senate Bill 5, though more than a few administrators and school board members stood beside the teachers’ unions in working to repeal the controversial collective bargaining law.

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Dayton Daily News
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Education Chief Woos Teachers; NJEA Responds

Submitted by Marion Herbert on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 11:55pm

It was a change in tone: Acting New Jersey State Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf came to the teachers union convention Friday and told educators that he appreciated and valued them and wanted to listen to their concerns.

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