La. School Choice Options Expand After Sweeping Education Overhaul

Education Week - Sean Cavanagh "Over the objections of teachers’ [...]

April 13th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Budget, Charter School, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Early Education, Economy, Education, Elementary School, Government, High School, Kindergarten, Learning, Louisiana, Low Income, Middle School, Politics, Reform|Tags: Education, schools|

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Washington State Lawmakers Deadlocked Over Charters

Education News - S.D. Lawrence "Democrats join with Republicans in [...]

March 23rd, 2012|Categories: Charter School, Education, Politics, Washington|Tags: Education, School|

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Homework guidelines scrapped to give headteachers greater freedom

The Guardian - Jeevan Vasagar "Ministers have scrapped guidelines setting [...]

March 5th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Behavior, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Early Education, Education, Elementary School, England, Government, Great Britain (UK), Homework, Learning, Politics, Secondary School, Teacher, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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State Impact: Principals Won’t Fire Bad Teachers

Education News - B. A. Birch "Recent analysis has found [...]

February 29th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Behavior, Education, Employment, Performance, Politics, Principal, Teacher|Tags: Education, School|

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Obama urges governors to boost education funding, calls it key to competitiveness

The Washington Post - Staff Writer "President Barack Obama Monday [...]

February 28th, 2012|Categories: Accountability, Budget, Current Events, Economy, Education, Elementary School, Government, Grants, Politics, Reform, Secondary School|Tags: Education, schools|

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Special Ed. Vouchers May Open Doors for Choice

Education Week - Nirvi Shah "Creating private school vouchers for [...]

February 27th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Achievement Gap, Children, Creativity, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Elementary School, Government, Learning, Politics, Private School, Public School, Reform, Special needs, Vouchers|Tags: Education, schools|

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Odd Pairings on Teacher Evaluation in ESEA Fight

Education Week - Alyson Klein "The always contentious subject of [...]

February 27th, 2012|Categories: Accountability, Behavior, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Elementary School, Government, Politics, Secondary School|Tags: Education, schools|

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Duncan’s equity commission and the ‘rising tide’ of avarice, hostility, testing

The Washington Post - Valerie Strauss "There’s some history here. [...]

February 26th, 2012|Categories: Accountability, Achievement Gap, Budget, Curriculum, Early Education, Education, Government, Grants, Low Income, Politics, Reform, Spending, Taxes, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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Is our attitude to learning worth an A?

The Courier Mail - Tim Hughes "The point here is [...]

February 26th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Australia, Behavior, Budget, Children, China, Education, Government, Grants, Learning, Parenting, Politics, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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Obama to Improve Teacher Quality With RESPECT Project

Education News - B.A. Birch "In an attempt to elevate [...]

February 21st, 2012|Categories: Accountability, Achievement Gap, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Innovation, Learning, Performance, Politics, Reform, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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