L.A. Unified panel recommends changes in teacher evaluations
LaTimes - 03/16/2010 09:40
The task force of about 50 parents, teachers and administrators suggests paying high-performing teachers more, using student test scores in evaluations and overhauling th...
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Taking Ownership: Correlating Individual Learning to Standards
nytimes - 03/15/2010 23:40
Lesson Plan | Considering the purpose of learning standards, determining how individual learning measures up to existing or proposed standards and developing personal lea...
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The Push-Back on Charter Schools
nytimes - 03/15/2010 20:00
As public schools compete for money, a popular movement is facing more opposition.
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What Role Do School Clubs and Teams Play in Your Life?
nytimes - 03/15/2010 11:40
Student Opinion | Tell us what extracurricular activities you do and what you get out of them.
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Word of the Day | regeneration
nytimes - 03/15/2010 10:00
This word has appeared in 31 Times articles over the past year.
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Rewriting N.C.L.B.
nytimes - 03/15/2010 10:00
6 Q's About the News | What changes to N.C.L.B. does a new "education blueprint" propose?
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News Quiz | March 15, 2010
nytimes - 03/15/2010 10:00
See what you know about the news of the day.
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Serious lab accident at UCLA in 2007 was not reported
LaTimes - 03/15/2010 00:00
A student was injured in an incident similar to one in 2008 that killed a research assistant.
A year before a UCLA staff research assistant was fatally burned in a...
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Obama seeks to overhaul No Child Left Behind
LaTimes - 03/14/2010 10:40
The president, in his weekly address, says he'll send a blueprint to Congress to give high school grads 'the best chance to succeed' globally. Republicans insist the econ...
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Chicago News Cooperative: Taking a Look at Poverty From an Affluent Suburb
nytimes - 03/14/2010 04:20
The new president of Elmhurst College, S. Alan Ray, has a five-year plan to to steer the 3,360-student school down a path of service.
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Why Would N.C.A.A. Expand Tournament? It’s About the Money
nytimes - 03/13/2010 23:00
With a larger television contract a strong possibility, the idea of increasing the number of teams to 96 in the tournament has gained momentum.
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Obama Proposes Sweeping Change in Education Law
nytimes - 03/13/2010 23:00
While the proposals call for interventions in failing schools, they would also reward top performers and lessen federal interference in tens of thousands of reasonably we...
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UC ordered to refund $38 million to professional degree students
LaTimes - 03/13/2010 10:40
The university violated a pledge that fees would not rise during students' enrollments, a judge rules. The refunds will apply to students who began law, medicine, nursing...
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Teacher Q | Does the 'Gifted' Label Get In the Way of Developing Real Potential?
nytimes - 03/13/2010 00:43
A guest post from David Shenk, author of "The Genius in All of Us."
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Carl E. Taylor, Pioneer in International Health Care Studies, Dies at 93
nytimes - 03/13/2010 00:43
Dr. Taylor conducted research in more than 70 countries and helped establish international health as a distinct academic field in the United States.
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Texas Conservatives Win Vote on Textbook Standards
nytimes - 03/13/2010 00:43
Because the state is one of the largest buyers of textbooks, the changes approved by the Texas School Board will have a broad influence.
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Making Sense of the Census: Ideas For Classes Across the Curriculum
nytimes - 03/12/2010 21:20
In this lesson, students consider the purpose of the census and examine the issues surrounding the 2010 census. They then do one of several multidisciplinary activities d...
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Does the Size of a School Matter?
nytimes - 03/12/2010 21:20
The lessons drawn from Kansas City's decision to shutter nearly half its schools.
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Mixed-gender dorm rooms are gaining acceptance
LaTimes - 03/16/2010 01:20
About 50 schools in the U.S., including a few Ivy League campuses and several in California, are allowing men and women to room together. Participation is still relativel...
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New Jersey Schools Brace for Cuts Under Christie
nytimes - 03/15/2010 07:40
The governor will unveil his budget proposal on Tuesday, and is expected to decrease state aid to school districts by as much as 15 percent.
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Blessing and Curse of Structured Recess: No Goofing Off
nytimes - 03/15/2010 07:40
A Newark school is one of a growing number that use a recess coach to curb bullying and behavior problems.
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From his sickbed, Garfield High legend is still delivering
LaTimes - 03/14/2010 21:40
Jaime Escalante, 79, the math teacher who was the basis for the 1988 film 'Stand and Deliver,' is battling cancer. But he still has some lessons to impart.
There was...
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Man charged with leading student visa fraud operation
LaTimes - 03/14/2010 21:40
Foreigners in the U.S. on student visas allegedly hired Eamonn Daniel Higgins to attend classes, write papers and take exams for them, authorities say.
Eamonn Dani...
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Franklin High's Academic Decathlon team is first to compete at state tournament
LaTimes - 03/14/2010 21:40
The nine-member team, which represents a school that has struggled academically and faced gang problems, surprised many with its success at the LAUSD competition in Febru...
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The Big Idea -- it's bad education policy
LaTimes - 03/14/2010 10:40
One simple solution for our schools? A captivating promise, but a false one.
There have been two features that regularly mark the history of U.S. public schools. O...
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Arts | New Jersey: Patrick O’Donnell Leads East Orange Jaguar Bucket Ensemble
nytimes - 03/13/2010 23:00
The Jaguar Bucket Ensemble at East Orange Campus High School makes its music mostly with drumsticks and empty five-gallon paint containers.
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Practical Traveler: Student Rates Available to Nonstudents
nytimes - 03/13/2010 23:00
Even if your college days are a distant memory, it’s possible to travel on a student discount over spring break this year.
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The New Poor: For-Profit Schools Cashing In on Recession and Federal Aid
nytimes - 03/13/2010 23:00
Long accused of overpromising and underdelivering, commercial trade schools are under fire because they are attracting more students and more Pell grants.
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E.E.O.C. Sees Bias in Almontaser Ouster at Khalil Gibran School
nytimes - 03/13/2010 07:06
A federal commission has determined that the Department of Education discriminated against the principal of an Arabic-language public school in Brooklyn.
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Women Making Gains on Faculty at Harvard
nytimes - 03/13/2010 07:06
The president of Harvard said the university has seen a culture shift since it was suggested there in 2005 that women were unsuited to careers in math and science.
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The Medium: RateMyProfessors.com.
nytimes - 03/13/2010 00:43
How to make it to the top of the engrossing professor-ranking site, RateMyProfessors.com.
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FAME School Gets Extension of Its Charter Despite Audit
nytimes - 03/12/2010 08:40
Despite a highly critical state audit, the FAME school won renewal of its charter for another five years in a vote by the Alameda County Board of Education.
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Homeowner fights final battle to save his home
LaTimes - 03/11/2010 10:20
James Schneider, 77 and ailing, faces foreclosure. He had fought the L.A. school district to keep his house, which he bought in 1963, from being razed and several more ba...
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