Five More States to Get Race to the Top Early Learning Funds

Education News - Julia Lawrence "The Race to the Top [...]

December 11th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Behavior, Budget, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Colorado, Creativity, Current Events, Curriculum, Early Education, Education, Elementary School, Illinois, Learning, Low Income, Low Performing, New Mexico, News, Oregon, Preschool, Teacher, United States (U.S.), Wisconsin|Tags: Education, schools|

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Students Sign Pledge to Abstain from Flamin’ Hot Cheetos

Education News - Julia Lawrence "Students at Carver Military Academy [...]

October 27th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Behavior, Chicago, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Culture, Current Events, Education, Health, Illinois, Learning, News, Nutrition, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Chicago School System Asks Court to End Strike

The New York Times - MONICA DAVEY and STEVEN YACCINO [...]

September 17th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Chicago, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Education, Illinois, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teaching, Unions, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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CPS contract talks boil down to money, job security, workday

Chicago Tribune - Diane Rado "The toughest issues in contract [...]

September 16th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Chicago, Children, Current Events, Education, Illinois, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Salary, Teaching, Unions, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Chicago Teachers Strike Leads to More School Choice Interest

Education News - Julia Lawrence "All around the city, private, [...]

September 15th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Charter School, Chicago, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Culture, Current Events, Education, Illinois, Learning, News, Parenting, School Choice, School Voucher, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Thousands of teachers strike in Chicago, parents scramble

Reuters - Mary Wisniewski and Ann Saphir "Some 29,000 teachers [...]

September 10th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Budget, Chicago, Children, Education, Government, Illinois, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Salary, Teaching, Uncategorized, Unions, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Is Recess Making a Comeback in US Schools?

Education News - Julia Lawrence "For the first time in [...]

September 4th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Chicago, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Education, Illinois, Learning, News, Playing, Recess, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Missouri, Illinois Rolling Out New Teacher Evaluations

Education News - Julia Lawrence "Teachers in Missouri and Illinois [...]

August 17th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Education, Illinois, Missouri, Teacher Evaluations|Tags: Education, School|

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Bilingual Education Law: Illinois Governor Signs Legislation To Strengthen Language Programs

The Huffington Post - Staff Writer "Earlier this month, Governor [...]

August 17th, 2012|Categories: Bilingual, Culture, Education, Foreign Language, Illinois|Tags: Education, School|

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’296 Minutes of Work’ Doesn’t Sum Up Chicago’s Teachers

Education News - Julia Lawrence "Two recent studies found that [...]

August 14th, 2012|Categories: Accountability, Chicago, Education, Government, Illinois, Learning, News, Politics, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Salary, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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