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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...
Tags: Education, American Federation of Teachers, Joe Biden
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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: Politics, Elections, Students, Michigan, Teaching and Learning
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Most Pennsylvania colleges poorly prepare teachers, study shows
Students attending college to earn a teaching degree are trained by "an industry of mediocrity" that churns out first-year teachers with inadequate content knowledge and classroom management skills, according to a new study. The report compiled by the...Tags: High Schools, East Stroudsburg University, Lehigh University, The Pennsylvania State University, DeSales University
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Rookie teachers woefully unprepared, report says
Reuters(Reuters) - The U.S. teacher training system is badly broken, turning out rookie educators who have little hands-on experience running classrooms and are quickly overwhelmed by the job, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Council on...Tags: Students, Colleges and Universities, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Teach for America
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Report criticizes colleges' teacher preparation programs
Teacher preparation programs in the nation and Maryland are part of "an industry of mediocrity" that is failing to give young teachers the skills to succeed in the classroom, according to a long-awaited report by a national research advocacy group. The...
Tags: University of Maryland Baltimore County, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Teaching and Learning, Johns Hopkins University, Colleges and Universities
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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... -
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: Bon Secours, Elections, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Baltimore City Community College, Work Relations
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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....
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