Effort to revive arts programs in schools gains momentum

EdSource - David E. Thigpen "In an attempt to reverse [...]

April 11th, 2014|Categories: Arts, Budget, California, Education, K-12|Tags: Education, School|

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Pre-K funds, charter school protections, and Common Core changes in state budget deal

Chalk Beat - Geoff Decker "Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the [...]

March 31st, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Budget, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Government, Learning, New York, News, Preschool, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Teachers, students calling for increased funding at Oklahoma state Capitol education rally

KJRH - Will Dupree "Many teachers, students and administrators agree [...]

March 31st, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Budget, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Funding, Government, Learning, News, Oklahoma, School, School District, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Salary, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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State: Replacing Common Core costly

The Advocate - Will Sentell "Replacing the Common Core academic [...]

March 29th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Budget, Childhood Education, Children, Common Core Standards, Current Events, Education, Funding, Learning, Louisiana, New Orleans, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Obama’s 2015 Budget Targets Education for Low-Income Families

Education News - Rebecca Stimmler "President Barack Obama has announced [...]

March 25th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Budget, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Funding, Learning, News, Obama, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Five Takeaways from Race to the Top Year-Three Reports

Education Next - Andy Smarick "Today, the U.S Department of [...]

March 19th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Budget, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Funding, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Does Spending More on Education Lead to Better Performance?

Darien Patch - Aaron Boyd "While more funding can help [...]

March 10th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Budget, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Funding, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Kansas violating state constitution in school funding, court says

Reuters - Carey Gillam "Kansas is violating the state constitution [...]

March 8th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Budget, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Funding, Kansas, Law, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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The Obama Administration’s 2015 K–12 Budget Request

Education Next - Andy Smarick "The Obama administration has just [...]

March 4th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Budget, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, K-12, Learning, News, Obama, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Many L.A. Unified school libraries, lacking staff, are forced to shut

The L.A. Times - Teresa Watanabe "Budget cuts leave about [...]

February 24th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Budget, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Los Angeles, News, School, School District, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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