Submitted by Courtney Williams on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 3:47pm
The Lakeville Area (Minn.) Public School District is currently in the process of implementing the "iLearn 194 Technology Initiative," a project that will increase and improve learning through technology in Lakeville's schools.
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Submitted by Courtney Williams on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 3:25pm
Without factoring charter school test scores into overall Denver Public Schools performance data, the district growth in middle and high school is about 5 points lower than calculated cumulatively, according to an analysis released Thursday.
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Submitted by Courtney Williams on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 3:17pm
Up to 30 Chicago public schools with great ideas about how to use a longer school day this fall will receive an extra $100,000 per school under a new, privately-funded “innovation grant’’ competition announced Wednesday.
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Submitted by Courtney Williams on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 3:13pm
Parents should not rush to condemn third-grade Beaver Ridge Elementary teachers as racists for using slavery beatings to teach math concepts, say officials with Georgia educator organizations.
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Submitted by Courtney Williams on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 3:09pm
New York will seek to attract and reward “highly effective” teachers, evaluate their performance and create 100 schools, including some that prepare students for technical careers, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.
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Submitted by Courtney Williams on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 3:06pm
Tuesday night's vote by the Tucson Unified School District's governing board wiped out the ethnic studies program. Now, students and teachers are going through a transition, while supporters gear up for another legal battle.
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Submitted by Courtney Williams on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 3:00pm
Andrew Cuomo says he wants to be New York's school reform Governor. That sounds great, but it's going to require bolder leadership than setting up another education commission like the one he proposed last week.
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Submitted by Courtney Williams on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 2:57pm
For all its admirable intentions and the measurable gains it has produced, a decade after George W. Bush’s signature education overhaul became law, the consensus among policymakers and educators is grim: The good that’s come of No Child Left Behind no longer outweighs the bad.
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Submitted by Judy Hartnett on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 8:33pm
Nearly 90% of New Mexico schools failed last year to make adequate progress according to the No Child Left Behind Act.
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Submitted by Judy Hartnett on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 8:24pm
Louisiana's public education board overwhelming agreed Wednesday to hire Recovery School District leader John White as state education superintendent, despite blistering criticism that Gov. Bobby Jindal had too heavy a role in the choice and that White didn't have enough experience for the job.
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