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Friday, March 29, 2013

Appeals Court Restricts Searches of Students’ Phones


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Appeals Court Restricts Searches of Students' Phones

Appeals Court Restricts Searches of Students' Phones


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Public education reformer Michelle Rhee not completely a ‘public school parent’


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Public education reformer Michelle Rhee not completely a 'public school parent'

Wherever Michelle Rhee goes, controversy seems to follow.



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Georgia superintendent orchestrated cheating scandal: D.A.


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Georgia superintendent orchestrated cheating scandal: D.A.

ATLANTA (AP) — The former superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools and nearly three dozen other administrators, teachers, principals and other educators were indicted Friday in one of the nation's largest cheating scandals.



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Texas 'parent-trigger' schools measure advances



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Chicago school closings ignite furor and fears


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Chicago school closings ignite furor and fears

A plan to close 54 Chicago schools raises safety concerns among parents.


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Monday, March 25, 2013

Special-Education Programs Steel Themselves as Cuts Loom


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Special-Education Programs Steel Themselves as Cuts Loom

Aurora Ford, a fifth-grader with Down syndrome, needs regular speech classes and occupational therapy, services that are guaranteed under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act. But looming federal financing cuts could affect Aurora and her peers, because they might mean bigger classes and fewer teachers next year. Source: The New York Times

Related posts:

  1. Alarms Sounded As Federal Education Cuts Loom
  2. The Impact of Budget Cuts on Education
  3. Public Pre-Kindergarten Programs Slowed, Even Reversed, By Recession



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