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SIS software evolves to meet complex needs
Tuesday, 30 Oct 2007 2:26PM
With a heightened focus on accountability spurring the use of data to track student progress, a robust student information system (SIS) has become a critical component of today's school systems. And companies are striving to meet this need by developing ever more dynamic...
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Commentary: The avalanche of change
Friday, 02 Oct 2009 5:00AM
Once every generation or so, something big takes place that alters education, and it's usually bad -- or so it must seem to most Americans. Key words: education reform, A Nation at Risk, No Child Left Behind act, education technology
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Science education in the spotlight
Wednesday, 12 Mar 2008 7:40AM
As schools prepare for the debut this fall of science testing under No Child Left Behind, educators and science advocates are calling for renewed awareness of what many say is a national crisis in science education.
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Poll: Americans favor Obama's school reforms
Wednesday, 26 Aug 2009 8:00AM
Most Americans want to change No Child Left Behind (NCLB), and they favor several education reforms backed by the Obama administration, such as charter schools and teacher merit pay, a new survey finds. Key words: gallop poll, phi delta kappa, education survey, Obama and...
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ACT scores hold steady as test-taking pool expands
Wednesday, 19 Aug 2009 10:57AM
Average scores on the ACT college entrance exam held steady for the high school class of 2009, a sign of modest progress considering the pool of students taking the test continues to expand, reports the Associated Press -- and yet the scores suggest many students still enter...
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Feds invest $9.5M in tech-based tutoring services
Tuesday, 20 Dec 2005 12:00AM
To help extend the benefits of NCLB-mandated tutoring services to students who are hard to reach, the federal government is investing $9.5 million in a pilot project that will test the use of mobile technologies to deliver these services.
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Arne Duncan's Washington Post interview on NCLB
Thursday, 23 Apr 2009 11:27AM
In an interview with the Washington Post, new Secretary of Education Arne Duncan explains his plans to improve No Child Left Behind, enhance teacher quality and how he'll spend the $100 billion in stimulus money to improve public schools.
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Arne Duncan's Washington Post interview on NCLB
Thursday, 23 Apr 2009 11:11AM
In an interview with the Washington Post, new Secretary of Education Arne Duncan explains his plans to improve No Child Left Behind, enhance teacher quality and how he'll spend the $100 billion in stimulus money to improve public schools.
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Bush wants education law kept after he leaves
Friday, 09 Jan 2009 10:14AM
President George W. Bush urged President-elect Barack Obama and the Democratic-led Congress not to abandon the No Child Left Behind law, arguing that to do so would "weaken a chance for a child to succeed in America," reports the Associated Press.
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Denver superintendent goes to Washington
Tuesday, 06 Jan 2009 4:30AM
School leaders soon could have another ally in Congress: Michael Bennet, superintendent of the Denver Public Schools, was named Jan. 3 by Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter as his choice to fill the remaining two years of the Senate term of Democratic Sen. Ken Salazar, who is...
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