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Outside reviewer picked to study ISTEP troubles
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An outside group is reviewing Indiana's ISTEP+ troubles after computer problems disrupted test-taking for thousands of students last month, Indiana schools Superintendent Glenda Ritz said Monday. The National Center for...
Tags: Students, School Examinations, McGraw-Hill Incorporated, Education, Teaching and Learning
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Benton Harbor H.S. teachers losing jobs
WSBT-TVBENTON HARBOR, Mich. – The wait is over for anxious Benton Harbor High School teachers wondering if they have jobs. The district laid off its entire staff, close to 60 teachers, this spring as part of a "turnaround plan" to avoid a state takeover....Tags: Teaching and Learning
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Granger preschool closing after 25 years
GRANGER - A long-time St. Joseph County preschool will be closing at the end of the school year. Bridges School on Gumwood Road in Granger sent out word on Tuesday its building has been sold.
Founded back when Granger was still mostly farm fields,...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Schools, Early Learning, Early Learning, Schools
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New learning standards spur debate in Michigan
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Educational goals being implemented in Michigan schools have sparked a contentious debate in Lansing, pitting Republican Gov. Rick Snyder against the Republican-led Legislature that is taking steps to halt the standards. In...
Tags: Students, Arne Duncan, Politics, Michigan State University, New York City
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Teachers credited with saving students in Okla.
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — The principal's voice came on over the intercom at Plaza Towers Elementary School: A severe storm was approaching and students were to go to the cafeteria and wait for their parents to pick them up. But before all of the...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Briarwood, Students, Tornadoes, Teaching and Learning
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Group claims Ball State prof teaching creationism
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Ball State University is investigating an atheist organization's complaint that one of the professors at the Indiana college is teaching religion rather than science. The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a formal...
Tags: Students, Religion and Belief, Colleges and Universities, Science, Science and Technology
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South Bend schools tackling state citations
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- South Bend schools' special education director says steps are being taken to ensure the proper identification of black students. The district was recently cited by the state both for overidentifying black students with cognitive...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning
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Grade changing questioned at Washington High
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Even as the school year winds down, the controversy surrounding allegations of grade manipulation that first surfaced in the fall at Washington High School continues. From a May 1 ruling by the Indiana High School Athletic Association that...Tags: Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (tv program), Sports, Students, High School Sports, Career and Workplace
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Michigan lawmakers debate teacher performance pay
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan teachers' performance in the classroom would play a bigger role in the amount they get in their paychecks under a proposal being debated in the Republican-controlled state House. The House Education Committee...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Poverty, Students, Personal Income, University of Michigan
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'Pause' on Common Core leaves teachers in limbo
GREENWOOD, Ind. (AP) — A legislative decision to pause the rollout of new academic standards is leaving many Indiana teachers in limbo, wondering if they can implement new lesson plans they've spent more than two years creating to meet the...
Tags: Students, Science and Technology, Education, Teaching and Learning
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ISTEP testing to proceed at 50% load
7:20 p.m. update -- We recieved the following update Tuesday night from the Indiana Department of Education: "Based upon assurances made by CTB McGraw Hill, the Indiana Department of Education is opening ISTEP+ testing tomorrow morning, Wednesday, May...
Tags: Students, Academic Progress, McGraw-Hill Incorporated, Education, Teaching and Learning
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IU's minority recruiting falling short of goal
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana University's efforts to recruit more black students and faculty to its Bloomington campus have fallen well short of the school's goals, but some on campus hope the hiring of a new associate vice president in a campus...
Tags: Students, Awards and Prizes, Ku Klux Klan, Indiana University, Education
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