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    Mar 6, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  1. School board election: Split decision for Deasy; 3rd race to runoff

    L.A. NOW
    In a school board election that attracted national money and attention, candidates backing both Supt. John Deasy and the teachers union won election Tuesday night....
    2. Mar 4, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Local schools prepare for dip in standardized test passing rates

    School districts in Des Plaines and Park Ridge are bracing for more rigorous standardized testing that could result in fewer students earning passing grades.
    School districts in Des Plaines and Park Ridge are bracing for more rigorous standardized testing that could result in fewer students earning passing grades. Officials in both districts said they're implementing curriculum and practices to meet the more...

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Park Ridge, Parent Organizations, Colleges and Universities

    3. Mar 3, 2013 |Story| Imperial Valley Press Online

  3. Calexico FFA chapter takes organization's motto to heart

    CALEXICO — Inspired by the FFA motto “live to serve,” the Calexico FFA chapter often organizes events to help give back to the community that has given them so much support.
    Imperial Valley Press Staff Writer
    CALEXICO — Inspired by the FFA motto “live to serve,” the Calexico FFA chapter often organizes events to help give back to the community that has given them so much support. In October, the chapter organized a canned-food drive that...

    Tags: Robert J. Lopez, Animals

    4. Apr 3, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Navigating the family vacation

    When Keith Bellows' firstborn, Adam, was 18, his idea of getting outdoors was "opening a window," Bellows says.
    When Keith Bellows' firstborn, Adam, was 18, his idea of getting outdoors was "opening a window," Bellows says. That's mildly frustrating for the average parent. For Bellows — editor-in-chief of National Geographic Traveler, native son of the...

    Tags: Travel, Family, Trips and Vacations, Washington, DC, Amusement and Theme Parks

    5. Apr 8, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. Business profile: North Shore College Consulting

    Names: Amy Herzog and Debbie Kanter Ages: 44 and 42 Hometown: Highland Park Name of business: North Shore College Consulting Describe what you do. We are professionally-trained independent college consultants, providing individual, comprehensive...

    Tags: Highland Park (Cook, Illinois), Teaching and Learning, Schools, Email, Students

    6. Apr 8, 2013 |Story| Daily American

  6. Movement growing to opt out of standardized tests

    As the annual standardized tests are being administered in Pennsylvania schools starting this week, a movement is growing among parents to opt out of the tests.
    Daily American Staff Writer
    As the annual standardized tests are being administered in Pennsylvania schools starting this week, a movement is growing among parents to opt out of the tests. North Star Superintendent Shawn Kovac said the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests...

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, U.S. Department of Education, Religion and Belief, Students, Washington, DC

    7. Apr 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. L.A. Philharmonic's young composers program fine-tunes talent

    It wasn't B.J. Thomas, exactly, but musical raindrops seemed to be falling in a white-walled rehearsal room next to Walt Disney Concert Hall, courtesy of Milo Talwani, one of the L.A. composers least likely to write melody, let alone ear candy, into a piece of music.
    It wasn't B.J. Thomas, exactly, but musical raindrops seemed to be falling in a white-walled rehearsal room next to Walt Disney Concert Hall, courtesy of Milo Talwani, one of the L.A. composers least likely to write melody, let alone ear candy, into a...

    Tags: Theater, Teaching and Learning, Cornell University, Music, Music Industry

    8. Apr 6, 2013 |Column| Allentown Morning Call

  8. Educator backs state's Keystone Exams

    Professional word merchants can get a little insecure when some unjournalist comes along and does a better job of putting passages together. It happens to me all too often. I'll write a column filled with dazzling piquancy and logic, and along comes...

    Tags: Kutztown, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Students, Academic Progress

    9. Apr 6, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Letters: Focus on kids, not tests

    Re "Cheating is cheating," Editorial, April 3 You accuse us of weakening our condemnation of test score tampering in Atlanta because we also condemned the climate created by policymakers' fixation on standardized tests. Cheating is cheating. It should...

    Tags: American Federation of Teachers

    10. Apr 6, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. Atlanta cheating scandal makes the case for school choice

    My first question after reading about seven teachers in an Atlanta, Ga., public school accused of altering standardized test scores to make it appear students performed better than they actually did was: How could they!? The seven were nicknamed "the...

    Tags: Teachers, The Washington Post, Teaching and Learning, Arne Duncan, Family

    11. Mar 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. March 5 endorsements: The Times recommends

    Voting may be the ultimate act of optimism. If it can't help, why bother? People who go to the polls are investing in the future of their city, asserting by their action that there is a choice to be made and that the choice is consequential.
    Voting may be the ultimate act of optimism. If it can't help, why bother? People who go to the polls are investing in the future of their city, asserting by their action that there is a choice to be made and that the choice is consequential. But...

    Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Crime, Law and Justice, Economy, Business and Finance, Lawyers, Colleges and Universities

    12. Apr 3, 2013 |Story| Daily American

  12. Meyersdale weighs impact of alternative schools

    MEYERSDALE — Nearly 4.5 mills of taxes in the Meyersdale school district go toward alternative schooling, according to Superintendent Tracey Karlie.
    Daily American Staff Writer, @daalyssac
    MEYERSDALE — Nearly 4.5 mills of taxes in the Meyersdale school district go toward alternative schooling, according to Superintendent Tracey Karlie. The millage rate translates to $455,000 of taxpayers' money going toward cyber, charter, private...

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students

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