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Texas School District Investigates Muslim Bias in School, Finds Christian Bias Instead

Source: AlterNet.org, Dec 12 2012, 2:19pm CST

A perfect example of fear-mongering backfiring. Islamophobia has been spreading like wildfire across Texas. Avi Selk reported today about a chain email sent to the Irving school district and across Texas that made some waves. Selk writes, "Ba ...

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How Social Media Improved An Entire School District

Source: Edudemic  |   May 17 2013, 6:05pm CDT

A few days ago, we shared a video interview with Kristin Magette, Communications Director at Eudora School District in Eudora, Kansas, who shared how Eudora Public Schools had set out to create a “digital-friendly school district.” Kri ...

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Top of the List: public school districts

Source: New Mexico Business Weekly  |   May 17 2013, 3:29pm CDT

A digest of important news from sources selected by our local editors. Delivered weekday mornings. Seventeen of New Mexico’s 25 largest public school districts have a majority of students who aren’t proficient in reading and math. We examined data fr ...

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22 weeks ago


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"there is a strong correlation between a child's sense of inclusion and academic success"


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16 hours ago

On Education: The Status Quo Is Not an Option

Source: The Huffington Post  |   May 17 2013, 2:34pm CDT

It is no secret that African-American boys and girls are disproportionately on the wrong side of the academic achievement bell curve. Education data illustrates the disheartening, unjust reality that schools acros ...

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Cash-strapped Island district to close six schools and charge students $200 to ride buses

Source: The Province Daily News   |   May 17 2013, 12:13pm CDT

A former Tofino housekeeper who gained Internet celebrity as a homeless, hatchet-wielding hitchhiker earlier this year was arrested Thursday for allegedly beating a New Jersey lawyer to death, authorities... ...

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19 hours ago

No school Friday in tornado-damaged Cleburne

Source: WOAI  |   May 17 2013, 10:49am CDT

CLEBURNE, Texas (AP) — School has been canceled for a second day at a North Texas community where a tornado damaged buildings and cut power. The Cleburne Independent School District says all campuses remained closed Friday. Officials with the ...

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What You Should Know About the Philly Student Walkout

Source: The Nation  |   May 17 2013, 10:48am CDT

Students walk out on May 9. (Credit: @215studentunion ) Running a massive deficit of hundreds of millions of dollars, Philadelphia’s school system is planning to eliminate all sports, extracurricular activities, cou ...

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20 hours ago

Attention Civics Teachers

Source: Jonathan Bernstein  |   May 17 2013, 10:26am CDT

I mentioned that we had local election in Texas this past weekend...here's one result I missed that may be of interest. One of the small-town school boards around here had a one-vote election. No, not a ...

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Report: Top 10 school districts, affordable homes in Dallas

Source: Dallas Business Journal  |   May 16 2013, 11:12pm CDT

A digest of important news from sources selected by our local editors. Delivered weekday mornings. Candace covers commercial and residential real estate and sports business. No. #1: Highland Park, 3439 Mcfarlin Blvd., a 1,806-square- ...

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Texas House mulls much-watched charter school bill

Source: KHOU.com  |   May 16 2013, 4:03pm CDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The House began debating Thursday a plan to dramatically expand the number of charter schools allowed to operate in Texas, a much-watched proposal that top Republicans insist should win ...

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