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Welcome back to school: Public education remains vital in the U.S.
9.2.10 - Tom Wakins - Welcome back to school — words that might be dreaded by some students, but celebrated by many students, parents and teachers.
National crisis: Not much training for some special-ed teachers
9.2.10 - Standing at the front of a large, darkened room in a Capitol Avenue office building in late July, teacher-trainer Betty Menacher clicked quickly through a presentation on a highly technical but essential topic – how to assess students’ reading. ...
High number of home-schooled students leads to state audit
9.2.10 - In an attempt to ensure that public school districts aren’t disguising high school dropouts, the Texas Education Agency is conducting an audit of students who withdrew under the auspice of home schooling. ...Parents, pols urge city for PCB testing at schools
9.2.10 - Parents and politicians demanded Wednesday that the city inspect all schools that could be contaminated with toxic PCBs, even though the city wants to wait another year....
Parents must be alerted of school bedbug issues: new law
9.2.10 - Parents are going to get schooled about bedbugs. A state law passed this week requires health officials to alert parents if bedbugs are found anywhere on school premises. ...Mastery Charter Schools' big test in Philadelphia
9.2.10 - The blacktop playground behind Harrity Elementary School in West Philadelphia Wednesday morning was teeming with parents and children waiting for classroom assignments and a chance to meet the teachers. ...Asian leaders express doubt on South Phila. High plan
9.2.10 - The speakers sat before a backdrop of two Chinese screens that bore the characters for "double happiness," but no one looked very cheery. ...Keystone Oaks' new cyber school enrolls 12 students, saves $100,000
9.2.10 - Candy Woodall - Some Keystone Oaks students didn't have to leave their homes when class started this week. As attendants of the district's new cyber high school, they were able to learn wherever they logged on. ...Less uproar likely for second Obama speech to schoolkids
9.2.10 - Utah schools are gearing up for another President Barack Obama speech to kids, though some say the outcry over it will likely be less intense this year. The White House recently announced that Obama will … ...Bill raising age limit for kindergarten passes
9.2.10 - The California Legislature approved a bill Tuesday that will require children to reach their fifth... ...Special ed bill may affect district’s savings
9.2.10 - The San Diego city school district will likely have to use more than half its savings to educate students with special needs if the governor fails to sign a special education funding bill into law by next week. ...Study: Fitter students fare better
9.2.10 - A fitness testing program in 15 Louisiana school systems, including Caddo Parish, showed half of participating students were overweight or obese in the previous school year. Researchers analyzed the testing data to see whether fitter students performed better on state exams and were better behaved in school....Should test scores be used AT ALL for teacher evaluation?
9.2.10 - A major new report concluded that "value-added" measures using standardized student test scores to evaluate teachers should not be heavily used because they are unreliable. Well, if the measures are unreliable, should they be used at all? ...Fired Education Chief Says New Jersey Governor Defamed Him
9.2.210- RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA - Bret D. Schundler, the former education commissioner, emphatically denied misleading anyone in an episode that cost New Jersey a $400 million grant. ...DPS earns high ratings on pension debt
9.2.10 - Denver school Superintendent Tom Boasberg is reveling in some good financial news, coming a month after the district was criticized nationally for entering into an "exotic" pension transaction. ...Muslim backpack program expands in US, abroad
9.2.10 - WASHINGTON: A Chicago-area Muslim charitable organization is partnering with police departments and social welfare groups to ensure that needy children have what many others take for granted: School supplies. ...Memo directs Atlanta school employees to cooperate with state cheating investigation
9.2.10 - Superintendent Beverly Hall has issued a memo directing all Atlanta Public Schools employees to cooperate with a special state investigation into alleged test cheating "or risk being found insubordinate."...Texas Education Agency's list of cuts includes English, science textbooks
9.2.10.- AUSTIN -- Thousands of new textbooks and a steroid-testing program for high school athletes would be among the casualties if the Texas Education Agency is forced to cut its budget by 10 percent over the next two years, according to its newly released budget plan. Texas' steroid-testing program would also end if the cuts are adopted. ...
San Diego Schools Set a New Agenda After Backlash
9.1.10 - Ten years after the San Diego school district gained national attention for its short-lived “Blueprint for Student Success,” a crowd of district officials last week rolled out a new improvement plan that is almost the opposite of its controversial predecessor. ...Group faults Conn. on achievement gap
9.1.10 - HARTFORD — The performance gap between low-income Connecticut students and their peers is the largest in the country, according to a state-appointed education committee....Advocacy group rallies for changes to Boston teachers’ contract
9.1.10 - A coalition of students, parents, and advocates rallied on the steps of Boston School Department headquarters yesterday, calling for extended school days, more rigorous teacher evaluations, and a stronger voice for students and parents in school decisions as the city negotiates a new contract with teachers....Surviving back-to-school night
9.1.10 - Two problems that can mar back to school night -- the annual event when parents and teachers get together at the start of the new year -- are the parents and the teachers ...Schools ban bracelets promoting cancer awareness
9.1.10 - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Cancer has ravaged several of Ann Aberson's relatives, so she doesn't have a problem with her two teenage daughters wearing bracelets to raise awareness of breast cancer. ...Suing a School They Loved Horce Mann
9.1.10 - Even though Herbert E. Nass and his wife, Jodi, loved their old school, Horace Mann, legal action seemed right when they found themselves in a fight over their son’s suspension. ...L.A. Unified moves to close charter school over alleged misuse of $2.7 million
8.31.10 - An audit finds that the founding principal at NEW Academy Canoga Park allegedly misused or misappropriated money, depositing funds into an Ameritrade account and claiming payments to a nonexistent company. ...An Interview with J.B. Schramm: College Summit
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As a retired school superintendent, I applaud your remarks. What I do in retirement in Connecticut is to help citizens establish local audit committees ...
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