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'Common core' coming to Clarksville schools

Source: Leaf Chronicle, Jul 21 2012, 6:00pm CDT

CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — Thousands of teachers and administrators are filtering into classrooms in West Creek High School and across the state this summer while their students find ways to beat the heat. They have ...

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Parents Face Tough Choice when Tornadoes Bear Down

Source: KSTP | Minneapolis & St. Paul  |   May 22 2013, 6:08am CDT

With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently holding all students until the current storm danger is over. Students are being released to parents only at this ...

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Jeb Bush’s ‘Chiefs for Change’ attack Weingarten for something she didn’t say

Source: The Washington Post  |   May 22 2013, 5:35am CDT

Randi Weingarten (AFT) How’s this for a trick: Jeb Bush’s “ Chiefs for Change ,” a group of former and current state education superintendents, have attacked American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten for something she didn’t say — w ...

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Mountain Lakes H.S.makes U.S. News makes list of the best

Source: NorthJersey.com  |   May 22 2013, 12:08am CDT

"U.S. News & World Report" has released its list of Best High Schools for 2013. There is a list of school standings nationally and also by state. According to the methodology explanation in the website, to produce this year’s rankings, "U.S. News" teamed ...

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D.C. Bets Big on Common Core

Source: Education Week  |   May 21 2013, 5:14pm CDT

Dowan McNair-Lee helps 8th grader Mikel Robinson with an English/language arts assignment at Stuart-Hobson Middle School. The District of Columbia has marshaled its resources to bring the common-core standards into classrooms. ...

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Glimpses of Poverty Lead Administrator to Education

Source: Education Week  |   May 21 2013, 5:09pm CDT

Brian Pick, chief of teaching and learning for District of Columbia Schools, visits a 2nd grade classroom at Neval Thomas Elementary School in Southeast Washington. It was the contrast that hit Brian Pick hard: There he was, a Princeton U ...

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Teacher Finds Salvation in the Classroom

Source: Education Week  |   May 21 2013, 5:05pm CDT

Dowan McNair-Lee guides an English/language arts class. She's responsible for seeing that 128 8th graders meet the standards. Dowan McNair-Lee's life has been an exercise in struggling against the odds, and reaching safety thr ...

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17 hours ago

Transforming Data to Information in Service of Learning

Source: MarketWire  |   May 21 2013, 1:22pm CDT

WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwired - May 21, 2013) - School reform and improvement efforts require an information technology infrastructure in service of learning and student success. Yet, digital learning tools and services can frustrate educators. Consid ...

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The harm of school vouchers

Source: School Board News  |   May 21 2013, 10:28am CDT

David A. Pickler, President of the National School Boards Association (NSBA) and member of Tennessee’s Shelby County Board of Education, was featured in The Washington Post’s Answer Sheet today discussing the fail ...

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State education chiefs oppose delay in high-stakes test repercussions

Source: The Washington Post  |   May 21 2013, 5:18am CDT

A small group of state education officials is pushing back against a call by teachers unions for a moratorium on using standardized tests for evaluating students or teachers until states have completely implemented Common Core standards ...

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Corbett asks for 'modifications' to Pa.'s proposed regulations on school standards

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  |   May 20 2013, 11:04pm CDT

HARRISBURG -- Gov. Tom Corbett is recommending changes to a set of education regulations that have been criticized by both Democrats and conservatives. A spokesman for the Pennsylvania Department of Education said that, after speaking with legislators, M ...

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