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Amherst teachers eye contract talks

23 hours ago ago from My School Committee Blog

Hampshire Gazette By NICK GRABBE Saturday, December 19, 2009 AMHERST - The union representing teachers and staff has agreed to talk about possible give-backs in negotiated raises for next year in response to what could possibly be a $4 million budget shortfall. Meanwhile, the union president said teachers' discussions with principals about possible reduction in staff and School Committee budget meetings this month have hurt employee ...

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Ind. Board of Ed. to Give Schools Budget Cut Options

14 hours ago ago from Educate Daily

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Raising the roof

15 hours ago ago from The Venner Vox

A couple of thoughts on the the Greater Amsterdam School District Board of Education's decision to include pay raises in the 2010-11 budget that will go before the voters this May. 1. The board went to executive session, apparently to discuss the pay increases (which is allowed by law if you're talking about particular individuals), and then quickly voted in open session to approve the raises. As of Thursday, hard copies of those ...

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Beware Kansas Taxpayers: Kansas schools vote to take budget cuts to court

17 hours ago ago from Kansas Tares & Wheat

Dozens of Kansas school districts have decided to ask the Kansas Supreme Court to weigh in on school funding. Members of a coalition of more than 70 school districts voted unanimously on a resolution to ask the Supreme Court to reopen a lawsuit that was filed in 1999. It led to Kansas Supreme Court orders in 2005 and 2006 that forced dramatic increases in aid to public schools. The group, called Schools for Fair Funding, represents 168,000 ...

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CBSE CCE Overview

8 hours ago ago from Gyanguru

December 19, 2009 Print This Article Email It In order to releive students from stress they were undergoing due to year end board examinations. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has introduced continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE) which will help schools to evaluate students at school level itself. After introduction there were many genuine questions regarding the quality, authenticity and transparency matters, keeping ...

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Some schools drop driver’s ed to cut costs

18 hours ago ago from NBC

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Florence man accused of pointing gun at ex-girlfriend’s new lover

23 hours ago ago from Media General - SCNow.com

Search: Keyword Site Web | News The Grand Strand is high in the sky; again. US Airways profiled Myrtle Beach this month in its latest in-flight magazine. The magazine features the city as a world-class vacation destination in over 30 pages. More Other Headlines Latest News Video ...

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No vote on Mich. school changes as lawmakers wait

23 hours ago ago from U.S. News

No vote on Mich. school changes as lawmakers wait LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Friday that an agreement is near on changes that could help Michigan win up to $400 million in federal funding for schools. "We are almost there," she told reporters after signing a smoking ban into law at a downtown brew pub. "The legislation is being drafted. We'll probably have a complete vote on it either later this afternoon or into the ...

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Watch This: High School Recreates '500 Days' Musical Number

1 day ago ago from Cinematical

The kids today! With their video games and their texting and their Twilight and their Adderall! Am I right, folks? But every now and then the kids do something fantastic like this and make elderly people such as myself jealous that we never did anything this fun when we were in high school. If you've seen 500 Days of Summer (out on DVD next week!), you will recall the celebratory musical number in the middle of the film. (You can watch it ...

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