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U.S. puts schools on the hook for police actions

January 8, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports

The Obama administration issued the first federal legal guidance on school discipline Wednesday, telling school administrators they must avoid discrimination when doling out punishments, and must reserve harsh…

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Rep. Jack Kingston proposes that poor students sweep floors in exchange for lunch

December 19, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) wants kids to learn early in life that there's no such thing as a free lunch. To make sure they absorb that lesson, he's…

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D.C. teacher at Friendship Tech Prep charter quits, says he was pressured to inflate grades

December 17, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Caleb Rossiter recently quit his job as a ninth-grade algebra teacher at the Friendship Tech Prep public charter school in Southeast Washington because, he says, his supervisors pressured…

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10 school initiatives that never go away

December 16, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

There’s a philosophy in fashion that goes something like this: Keep it, it’ll be back in style in another few years. Just like the clothing industry, education has…

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Teacher turnover in North Carolina significantly higher than previous year

December 10, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

More teachers left their posts last year—significantly more than the previous year, according to a report released yesterday, NC Policy Watch reports.

STEM & STEAM

Let’s hope Computer Science Education Week is an impetus for Congress to act

December 9, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Were Grace Hopper still alive, she’d turn 107 years young on Monday, December 9th, ITIC.org reports.

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Merit pay for teachers is only fair

November 28, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Business has long been accustomed to rewarding good performance with salary increases, but the birth of merit pay for teachers ... Read more

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5 things to be thankful for in education

November 26, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

As most in the education arena know, it’s not always gold star stickers and apples on the desk—more often than not it’s the bad education news that gets…

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Nation desperate for youth interest in teaching

November 25, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

Let’s face it: Being a teacher doesn’t sound all that glamorous to many of today’s students. However, with many teachers facing retirement in the next few years, as…

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In New York City, all-male public schools aim to help at-risk boys

November 18, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Once seen as sexist and outdated, the all-male educational model has been resurrected to serve New York City’s poorest boys, a group feared to be more likely to…

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Lower expectations for students with disabilities?

November 15, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

A majority of U.S. states offer multiple paths in high school graduation requirements to students with disabilities, according to a new report. However, what some likely intended as…

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After-school activities make educational inequality even worse

November 14, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

It’s not just what happens inside the classroom that determines a child’s status as an adult, The Atlantic reports.

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Charter schools aspire to be ‘diverse by design’

November 13, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

When a group of Mid-City residents proposed opening a school four years ago that would be racially and economically diverse, they were greeted with doubt, according to the…

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These 11 leaders are running education but have never taught

November 8, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

They design teacher evaluation systems, teacher training guidelines and the types of standards that need to be taught, the Huffington Post reports.

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10 facts about teacher evaluation policies

November 7, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

New teacher evaluation policies are being developed across states, but states still have a long way to go in connecting the data from these evaluations to action—specifically when…

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Are states measuring students’ career readiness?

June 12, 2014November 6, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

With a nationwide emphasis on preparing students for the workplace, accompanied by a push to use the Common Core State Standards to buoy these skills, a new report…

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How much freedom to give kids with school-issued iPads?

November 5, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Parents pack into a gym at Cahuilla Desert Academy, a middle school in the southern California city of Thermal, Mind/Shift reports.

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6 ways to modernize teacher-preparation programs

November 6, 2013November 4, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

As the U.S. education system shifts to accommodate a digital world in which 21st century skills are the norm, and not the exception, many stakeholders say teacher-preparation programs…

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Three state approaches to student data privacy

October 23, 2013 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

As school reform efforts receive nationwide attention, collecting and using student data plays an important role in improving teaching and learning in today’s classrooms. But accompanying student data…

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Open Educational Resources: Smart policy

October 21, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Education faces many challenges today, and those challenges are growing, InformationWeek reports.

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Corbett High School in Oregon may make college acceptance a graduation requirement

October 17, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

One tiny district in Oregon may go to extreme lengths to make sure its students get into college: by making it a high school graduation requirement, the Huffington…

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Why the ‘GREAT Teachers and Principals Act’ is not great

October 10, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

During the last few years, The New Schools Venture Fund (NSVF), a major private funder of K-12 charter schools, has been intensely involved in creating and promoting a…

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Using cell phones in class? The Oregon Department Of Education approves

October 4, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Mobile devices are traditionally considered a nuisance in schools, Northwest Public Radio reports.

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Editorial: Duncan disregards own advice

October 3, 2013October 3, 2013 by By Dennis Pierce, Editor in Chief, <a href='https://twitter.com/eSN_Dennis' target='_blank'>@eSN_Dennis</a>

In a Sept. 30 speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Education Secretary Arne Duncan said that “too many [Beltway] inhabitants … are so supremely confident…

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Time to focus on the real education problem: Poverty

October 3, 2013October 3, 2013 by By Daniel A. Domenech

Many Americans believe public schools are failing our students. Public officials, the media, and investors seeking to cash in on the billions of dollars supporting education by privatizing…

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Shutdown’s impact on ed programs uncertain

October 2, 2013 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

As Congress failed to reach a budget agreement on Sept. 30, triggering a federal government shutdown, education leaders and ed-tech stakeholders wondered how long, and to what extent,…

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Duncan: U.S. failing ‘core responsibilities’ on education

October 1, 2013 by ESchool News Staff

[Editor’s note: In a Sept. 30 speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Education Secretary Arne Duncan urged education stakeholders to move “beyond the Beltway Bubble”…

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Using research to inform education practice

September 25, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

School improvement is on every education agenda across the country, but with guidance from a first-of-its kind study, schools and districts can better understand how state education agencies…

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Youth football league bars player for ‘being smart,’ mom says

September 24, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

A youth football player in Lunenburg, Mass., has been kicked off his team for "being smart," his mother says, according to The Huffington Post.

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City plans to end guarantee for local high school slots

September 23, 2013 by Smurik

In a push that is alarming parents, the Bloomberg administration plans to stop guaranteeing eighth-graders a spot in the city’s remaining neighborhood high schools, the New York Daily…

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Should businesses run schools?

September 23, 2013September 20, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

It's a question that has come up recently thanks to a national movement towards school reform: “Should schools be run like a business?” According to a new guide…

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OET’s Culatta outlines three key ed-tech goals

September 30, 2013September 19, 2013 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

Personalized learning, broadband connectivity, and data access are not only hot conversation topics among school and district administrators--they've made their way to the U.S. Department of Education (ED).…

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Learn how to become a connected educator

September 30, 2013September 19, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

Connected Educators Month (CEM), an initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to help educators make better use of digital and social media tools for collaboration,…

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SC online schools fear becoming “dumping ground’

September 13, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Leaders of the state’s charter school district fear its fledgling online schools are becoming a “dumping ground” for the state’s most at-risk students, The State reports.

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What is America’s broadband agenda?

September 12, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

The Huffington Post reports that as the birthplace of the internet, there are those who continuously clamor for the United States to be "Number One" when it comes…

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Report: Race to the Top isn’t delivering big results

September 12, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

The Obama administration’s signature education initiative, Race to the Top, can’t deliver much educational improvement in America’s public schools because there is a huge mismatch in its mandates…

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‘Heat days’ becoming almost as common as snow days

September 3, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

When city students arrived for the first day of school under the blazing temperatures of a Midwest heat wave, staff greeted them with some unusual school supplies: water…

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Arne Duncan wants special education students to take general exams

August 27, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

The Huffington Post reports: Should students with disabilities be held to the same academic standards as their peers? And should schools and teachers be held accountable for their…

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