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Largest Ind. teachers union works to regain clout
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's largest teachers union is working to rebuild after the 2009 collapse of its insurance trust and is hoping the election of teacher Glenda Ritz as the state's top school official will help. The Indiana State Teachers...
Tags: Education
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AFT: Over-reliance on testing threatens education
DETROIT (AP) — The nation's second-largest teachers union says the dependence on high-stakes testing is undermining America's education system and impeding classroom teaching. The American Federation of Teachers approved the resolution...
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Benton Harbor School District takes steps to avoid state takeover
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. -- The Benton Harbor School Corporation took a huge step Tuesday night to try to keep Michigan from taking over the city's high school, coming up with its third plan for high school improvement.
The first two plans were rejected...Tags: Michigan, Students, Elections, Teaching and Learning, Politics
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L.A. school board election: Garcia, Zimmer maintain early leads
L.A. NOWAs early election results in the Los Angeles school board election continued to trickle in late Tuesday, two-term incumbent Monica Garcia bolstered her strong lead in District 2, one-term incumbent Steve Zimmer continued to maintain his hold on District 4... -
L.A. school board election: Zimmer maintains slim lead
L.A. NOWAs election results in the Los Angeles school board election continued to be tabulated early Wednesday, two-term incumbent Monica Garcia upheld a strong hold in District 2, one-term incumbent Steve Zimmer maintained his slim lead on District 4 and Antonio... -
School board election: Split decision for Deasy; 3rd race to runoff
L.A. NOWIn a school board election that attracted national money and attention, candidates backing both Supt. John Deasy and the teachers union won election Tuesday night.... -
Late donations bolster pro-Deasy school board candidates
L.A. NOWTwo eleventh hour donations have added financial muscle to a campaign seeking to bolster Los Angeles schools Supt. John Deasy through the results of Tuesday’s Board of Education elections. The Sacramento-based California Charter Schools Assn. has... -
Group battling L.A. teachers union raises $1.5 million for March election
L.A. NOWAn outside group seeking to counter teacher-union influence in the March election for the Los Angeles Board of Education has raised more than $1.5 million, mostly from a small group of wealthy donors who helped fund past campaigns.... -
Brenda J. Clayburn, City Union of Baltimore president, dies
Brenda J. Clayburn, a founder and later president of the City Union of Baltimore who was also a longtime city Police Department supervisor, died Sunday of undetermined causes at her Northwest Baltimore home. She was 63. "She had recently been sick, and...
Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), NAACP, Substance Abuse, Work Relations, American Federation of Teachers
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Teachers push for assault rifle ban
The Newport-Mesa Federation of Teachers has twice asked the school district to support tighter gun regulations, but district officials say there are no plans to address the topic while school-safety discussions continue in the wake of the Newtown, Conn.,...Tags: Laws, Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice, Personal Weapon Control, Mountains
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American Federation of Teachers, BTU parent union, proposes new 'bar exam' for teachers
In the next five years, teachers entering the profession would first have to pass an comprehensive licensing exam--much like the bar exam for attorneys--as part of their certification, under a new proposal announced this week by the largest U.S....Tags: American Federation of Teachers
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Teachers strikes roiled schools for decades
Chicago Tribune reporterChicago has experienced such a remarkable streak of strike-free school years, it is easy to forget how rancorous teacher-school board relations once were in the city. The last time Chicago teachers walked out was 25 years ago. Yet before that 1987...Tags: Career and Workplace, Students, Casimir Pulaski, PTA, Labor Day
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