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EAA's chance for federal grant sparks protest

Source: Detroit Free Press, Nov 30 2012, 2:15pm CST

More than 130 parents, teachers, school administrators, school board members and community members have signed a letter of protest to President Barack Obama and U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, opposing the selection of the Educ ...

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Districts try to keep up with new standards

Source: Altoona Mirror  |   May 25 2013, 11:50pm CDT

It's taken a year for Hollidaysburg Area School District administrators to evaluate their curriculum and come up with recommendations to align the district to the Pennsylvania Common Core Standards for math and language arts. "Whether we thi ...

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Why We Need Schools To Uplift Their Communities Now More Than Ever

Source: Good Magazine  |   May 25 2013, 2:21pm CDT

As Helen Keller said, "The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision." That's why on Wednesday, when Chicago Public Schools decided to shut down 50 public schools, along with either combining ...

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Physical education should be a ‘core’ subject: Institute of Medicine

Source: The Washington Post  |   May 25 2013, 11:14am CDT

A new report by the prestigious Institute of Medicine says that the U.S. Education Department should designate physical education as a core subject, just like math and English, to help confront a “pandemic” of physical in ...

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How America's 2-Tiered Education System Is Perpetuating Inequality

Source: The Atlantic  |   May 25 2013, 9:41am CDT

If you add up the value of the direct and indirect help it receives, Princeton gets about $54,000 a year per student in government subsidies. The College of New Jersey receives a total of about $1,600. President Obama, with Eduardo Padrón (left ...

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New learning standards spur debate in Michigan

Source: Washington Examiner   |   May 25 2013, 3:15am CDT

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 s ...

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Editorial: Data show why N.M. needs education reform

Source: Albuquerque Journal  |   May 25 2013, 2:24am CDT

Nationally, the education establishment has loved to hate the federal No Child Left Behind act since it was adopted in 2001. More than a decade later, the same attitude unfortunately applies to New Mexico imple ...

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Common Core standards were created and controlled by the states

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch  |   May 25 2013, 12:05am CDT

Regarding the letter "Parents have reason to fear Common Core" (May 19) written by Robert Holland of The Heartland institute: Mr. Holland attempts to stir up distrust and fear of the Common Core State Standards by ...

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Newtown school district to get $1.3 million from Education Department

Source: CNN  |   May 24 2013, 11:32pm CDT

By Chris Boyette , CNN updated 12:32 AM EDT, Sat May 25, 2013 STORY HIGHLIGHTS The grant will help support counseling and training programs A lone gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School last December The gunman killied 20 children and six ...

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Greater New York Watch

Source: Wall Street Journal  |   May 24 2013, 10:24pm CDT

State and federal officials, including the U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, offered reassurances Friday that efforts are underway to improve school security in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown an ...

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Bill Buttresses Mental Health Network

Source: Hartford Courant  |   May 24 2013, 7:26pm CDT

— Local students gathered in a town hall meeting Friday asked U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan his opinion of armed guards in schools, how much standardized testing is too much, and a long list of school security is ...

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