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Tolley declares holy jihad against education
23 hours ago ago from TUMEKE!
Don't reject survey, principals beg Tolley Hundreds of primary school principals have serious misgivings about the Government's national standards policy, a survey by their union shows. The Principals Federation says the survey results are "too powerful" for the Government to ignore and it must now consider trialling or delaying the standards. Conducted over five days, the survey shows 86 per cent of the 600 respondents have serious ...
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16 hours ago ago from FOX6 News
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Related contentNew AZ anti-tenure laws and New Orleans
8 hours ago ago from Blog For Arizona
by David Safier I've written posts on BfA condemning the new law that cut the heart out of teacher tenure in Arizona. My most recent column in the Explorer is on the same topic. A number of newspaper editorials and op eds have chimed in as well. But I haven't seen anyone looking beyond the anti-tenure law itself to predict the next move for the Republican legislature whose conservatives have been hoping to eliminate traditional public ...
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Detroit Schools Push for Change
11 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
Detroit's public schools took a step closer to financial stability over the weekend when the 7,000-member teachers' union ratified an innovative contract that will save the district $63 million over the next three years. Under the deal, teachers, school counselors and other staff agreed to defer $10,000 each in pay over the next two years to help the district pay its bills. In addition, union pay raises will be more closely tied to the ...
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1 day ago ago from The New York Times
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. Daniel Kahn has never lived in this city, but he has attended its legendary public schools since the fourth grade. Now in eighth grade, he is vice president of the student council, plays in two school bands and is an A student who has been preparing to tread in his sister's footsteps at Beverly Hills High School. J. Emilio Flores for The New York Times Parents have gathered to fight the plan to cut back ...
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