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3 hours ago ago from South Florida Education Blog
Two Broward County High School students were among Florida’s top youth volunteers as recognized by the Prudential Spirit of Community Award, which is a nationwide program that honors young people for helping their communities. Jaime Sloane, 17 and a senior at Cooper City High School, and Lawrence Wong, 17 and a senior at Boyd Anderson High School in Lauderdale Lakes, were tapped as part of the state’s eight “Distinguished Finalists” for their ...
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2 hours ago ago from Education Next : A Journal of Opinion and Research
Are the right and the left coming together on education policy? President Obama’s budget address is encouraging, if ambiguous. Looking elsewhere, one also finds mixed signals. Consider the two reports that came out last week, one on charter school segregation by a UCLA group headed by Professor Gary Orfield, the other a Brookings report headed by Grover Whitehurst, the widely respected former head of the Institute of Education Sciences. ...
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8 hours ago ago from CU Independent
Students Megan Novak, a sophomore business major, and Elizabeth Bloemen, a sophomore biochemistry and MCD biology major (not pictured), sell jewelry hand-made by HIV/Aids widows from Africa during the Educate!'s Annual Ball, held at the Rembrant Yard Art Gallery & Event Center on Saturday. The ball raised funds for students in Uganda. (CU Independent/Charlie Sievers) CU student volunteers and a select few Ugandan students alike have ...
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4 hours ago ago from The West Ranch Beacon - News & Commentary for the Santa Clarita Valley
Perhaps one of the hottest circular white papers to strike a state education department since “Brown versus the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas” has hit the state of California. Addressed to Dr. Patricia Skelton, administrator of the academic accountability and awards division of the California Distinguished School Award Program, the letter has become circular by virtue of its discussion through California’s Southern California ...
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1 hour, 13 minutes ago ago from Watchdog News
Monday’s Legislative Post Audit school consolidation report found the state could save as much as $138 million per year by consolidating smaller school districts. A full report on LPA’s audit is here . Several district superintendents filed objections to the report, most citing a desire for local control of consolidation decisions and a desire to avoid the challenges of working with other districts. LPA auditors stated, “None of the ...
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Audit: Merged districts could save Kan. millions
21 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Audit: Merged districts could save Kan. millions TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Consolidating public school districts in Kansas could save millions of taxpayer dollars, although not enough to solve the state's budget crisis this year, according to a new report released Monday. Kansas has 293 school districts and last forced consolidation in the 1960s when the state overhauled education governance. Since then, legislators have relied on districts to ...
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22 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
Washington, DC Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee just penned the following commentary, which originally appeared at Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity . Rhee argues that education can be the solution to poverty, and that recent successes show - that if we're committed enough - we can create real opportunities for low-income kids. -- Michael Laracy "I remember in elementary school - did you guys do this? - switching clothes every ...
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20 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
The problem of the "achievement gap" in public education is the most vexing problem on the agenda today. Many people look at this gap -- in grades and test scores between people of different races and family incomes -- as a mysterious and intractable problem with no discernable solution. I disagree. In reality, the gap is something that is constructed and reproduced year after year -- by the conscious and unconscious actions of many people. ...
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