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‘Highly effective’ teachers are spread unevenly across District

November 15, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

The District's most affluent ward has more than four times as many "highly effective" public schoolteachers as its poorest, underscoring a problem endemic to urban school systems: Their…

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Teachers take charge to save ailing public schools

November 23, 2010November 15, 2010 by Meris Stansbury

Fed up with being blamed for failing students, classroom teachers from Boston to Los Angeles are taking over their schools in a small but growing trend in the…

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Students, ed-tech company form extraordinary partnership

July 10, 2012November 12, 2010 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

The educational search-engine firm netTrekker Inc. is part of a new initiative at one Ohio high school not only to spur community support for education, but also to…

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The Great Education Conversation

August 28, 2011November 11, 2010 by ESchool News

AASA Executive Director Dan Domenech talks about the split between school reformers and public school educators adding new perspective to the divide with a description of the 95-5…

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Anne L. Bryant at T+L 2010

August 28, 2011November 11, 2010 by ESchool News

NSBA’s Executive Director Anne Bryant shares the stunning results of this year’s survey on how technology improves student learning. The ... Read more

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Editorial: Why Cathie Black?

November 11, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

Joel Klein, New York City's schools chancellor, is quitting to go to work for Rupert Murdoch - to help him put the News Corp. empire "in the education…

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Publishing exec to lead nation’s largest school system

December 2, 2010November 10, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

In another striking example of the belief that public education should be run more like a business, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has named a top publishing…

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AASA and the DOE

August 28, 2011November 10, 2010 by ESchool News

Dan Domenech, executive director of AASA, discusses AASA's work with the DOE, and other current issues, during his interview at the 2010 AASA conference.

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ED releases final version of National Ed-Tech Plan

November 11, 2010November 9, 2010 by By Jenna Zwang, Assistant Editor

The final version of the new National Educational Technology Plan (NETP) includes a focus on individualized instruction and connectivity, and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said meeting…

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Opinion: This ‘Superman‘ doesn’t fly

November 21, 2010November 8, 2010 by By Dennis Pierce, Editor, <a href="mailto:dpierce@eschoolnews.com">dpierce@eschoolnews.com</a>

As a strong supporter of American public education, I don’t know what’s more depressing: that the film Waiting for ‘Superman’ is so bad, or that so many critics…

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David Berliner outlines school policy challenges

November 8, 2010November 8, 2010 by Laura Ascione

David C. Berliner, regents professor of education at Arizona State University, talks about school policy issues, specifically regarding curriculum and assessments.

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Richard Rothstein on federal education policy

November 8, 2010November 8, 2010 by Laura Ascione

Richard Rothstein, research associate at the Economic Policy Institute, discusses Obama's education policy and other current issues during his interview at the 2010 AASA conference.

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Diane Ravitch discusses current education issues

November 8, 2010November 8, 2010 by Laura Ascione

Diane Ravitch, research professor at New York University, discusses education call-to-actions and other current issues during her interview at the 2010 AASA conference.

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What’s Possible: Turning Around America’s Lowest-Achieving Schools

November 11, 2010November 8, 2010 by ESchool News

Learn about the Title I School Improvement Grant Program and how communities were successful in implementing turnaround, restart and transformation ... Read more

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N.J. activists, parents warn against promoting charter schools as fix for education system

November 8, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

From Washington to Trenton to Newark, political leaders from both parties--including President Barack Obama and Gov. Chris Christie--are promoting charter schools as an answer to perceived public school…

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