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Instant Analysis: Race to the Top District Competition Finalist Edition

Source: Dropout Nation, Nov 26 2012, 4:53pm CST

Photo courtesy of the New York Times Earlier this year, Dropout Nation discussed the potential of the latest round of the federal Race to the Top initiative in directly spurring systemic reform within traditional districts. Today, the U.S. Department of ...

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DepEd scrambles to fill 61,510 teacher vacancies

Source: Inquirer  |   May 19 2013, 4:01pm CDT

MANILA, Philippines—Despite a glut of licensed teachers, the Department of Education (DepEd) is finding it hard to fill all 61,510 vacancies in the public schools this year due to a lack of qualified teachers in some areas. T ...

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23 hours ago

Next superintendent must have plan to help English Language Learners

Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal | LVRJ.com  |   May 19 2013, 2:24am CDT

On Monday, the Clark County School Board will decide whether to undertake a national search for the superintendent position left vacant by Dwight Jones. Choosing the district’s superintendent is one of the trustees’ most important tasks. A ...

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2 days ago

Schools Chancellor to Strike Back at Candidates Critical of Mayor’s Policies

Source: The New York Times  |   May 17 2013, 9:24pm CDT

Todd Heisler/The New York Times Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott at a Brooklyn school on Friday. He defends Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s education record. Charter schools would no longer be allowed space in traditional school buildings. Neighborh ...

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2 days ago

National-Charter-Schools-Week-2013-Highlights

Source: NAPCS Charter Blog  |   May 17 2013, 1:59pm CDT

During this year’s National Charter Schools Week (NCSW), NAPCS hosted 16 of our key state association leaders (from AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, IN, MD, MA, MI, NJ, OH, SC, and TX) in Washington, D.C. to advocate for greater support for public char ...

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2 days ago

School Specialty’s FOSS Third Edition Selected as Finalist for 2013 Association of Educational Publishers’ Distinguished Achievement Awards

Source: PRWeb  |   May 17 2013, 12:51pm CDT

This new edition of FOSS is a truly blended program with hands-on activities, reading and writing and meaningful digital resources. FOSS is the leading inquiry-based science program in America. Developed at the Lawrence Hall ...

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4 days ago

Thompson Tries to Draw a Line Between Him and Bloomberg on Education

Source: The New York Times  |   May 15 2013, 9:40pm CDT

Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times In a speech at the Kimmel Center at New York University on Wednesday, William C. Thompson Jr. said he wanted the city’s communities to steer an educational overhaul, not a pub ...

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4 days ago

Governor Corbett Announces Changes at Pennsylvania Department of Education

Source: PR Newswire  |   May 15 2013, 11:12am CDT

HARRISBURG, Pa., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett today announced that Ronald J. Tomalis will leave his post as Secretary of Education on May 31 to become Special Adviser to the Governor on Higher Education. Tomalis, who has ...

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5 days ago

Aquino signs education reform law

Source: Inquirer  |   May 15 2013, 1:30am CDT

MANILA, Philippines—President Benigno Aquino on Wednesday morning signed into law the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013, mandating kindergarten and adding two years to secondary education to place the country’s curriculum on pa ...

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5 days ago

Local view: Duluth School Board has realistic options to avoid another tax levy

Source: Duluth News Tribune  |   May 15 2013, 12:29am CDT

More from around the web The Duluth school district has been soliciting community comments on curriculum for the future, perhaps with the thought that we taxpayers will support a levy this fall to help pay for what we suggest (“Board to decide ...

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Prior Lake school, district recognized for being green

Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune  |   May 14 2013, 3:00pm CDT

At Jeffers Pond Elementary, fifth-graders learn about Americans’ westward expansion in a novel way — after organizing students into families, teachers set up a path on school grounds mimicking the Oregon Trail. Using a map and activities their teachers c ...

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