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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: Indiana High School Athletic Association, Advanced Training, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (tv program), Basketball, 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: Academic Progress, Personal Income, Poverty, Students, 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...
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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: Academic Progress, McGraw-Hill Incorporated, Education, Students, Teaching and Learning
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ISTEP troubles show test too big to fail
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The failure of Indiana's online standardized test last week showed that the ISTEP+ exam is too big to fail, on many levels. Beyond the obvious and critical role it plays in determining how children advance in school, the test...Tags: Breach of Contract, McGraw-Hill Incorporated, Education, Students, School Examinations
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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: Awards and Prizes, Education, Students, Ku Klux Klan, Indiana University
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Ind. teachers say stakes high in ISTEP troubles
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana State Teachers Association says its members are voicing concerns about possible fallout against them from the ISTEP+ testing glitches discovered this week. Incoming ISTA President Teresa Meredith said Wednesday...Tags: Education, Teaching and Learning
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Computer glitches derail school tests in 3 states
TOM LoBIANCO,Associated PressINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — School districts across several states are rescheduling high-stakes tests that judge student proficiency and even determine teachers' pay because of technical problems involving the test administrators' computer systems....Tags: Justice System, Judges, Mitch Daniels, McGraw-Hill Incorporated, Education
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Indiana State Teachers Association picks new leader
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana State Teachers Association is tapping a new leader as it deals with new leadership at the Statehouse. Shelbyville elementary school teacher Teresa Meredith is taking over for longtime ISTA President Nate...Tags: Mitch Daniels, Education, Teaching and Learning
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All Benton Harbor HS teachers get pink slips
Every single teacher and staff member at Benton Harbor High School got a pink slip in the mail today. The Superintendent announced the entire high school staff of about 90 people are being laid off as part of a "turnaround plan" to avoid state takeover....Tags: Education, High Schools, Schools, Teaching and Learning
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Big staffing changes at Benton Harbor High School
WSBT-TVBENTON HARBOR, Mich. – About half of the 90 teachers and staff at Benton Harbor High School are being let go. Union officials say they just learned a few days ago the district is going to send out pink slips to the entire faculty this week....Tags: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Students, Teaching and Learning
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School safety worries stir Ind. Statehouse debate
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The debate inside and outside the Indiana Statehouse over the past couple weeks over a lawmaker's proposal that all public schools should have a gun-carrying employee on hand had an undertone magnified by the deadly December...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, National Rifle Association of America, Mike Pence, Career and Workplace, Local Elections
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