Kansas City School Board Closing Half of District Schools
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Detroit schools plan: Total transformation
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Why take school choice away from the poor?
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And there aren't enough places in the charters -- in large part because the teachers unions and their allies in the New York state legislature have imposed ...
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Texas Conservatives Seek Deeper Stamp on Texts
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Conservatives argue that the proposed curriculum, written by a panel of teachers, emphasizes the accomplishments of liberal politicians — like the New Deal ...
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New York City High School Graduation Rates Rise
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Mr. Aaron Pallas an education professor at the Columbia University's Teachers College said that there were a large number of high school graduates who on ...
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State's graduation rates up, but not all districts'Albany Times Union
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School scrutinizes costs
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That school has been recommended for closing by New York state. "Our state is in crisis in terms of the budget. It is just sad when you have to think the ...
School budget cutsExaminer.com
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How Would You 'Sell' Your School to Potential Students?
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Because of the growth in charter schools, some New York City public schools are beginning to feel they need to “market” themselves to ...
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Student Opinion | Tell us what aspects of your school would be most attractive to local parents and students and how you might "market" them on a small budget.

California Teacher Union Rallies Around Bad Ideas
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... school districts in Los Angeles, New York, and elsewhere are spending tens of millions of dollars annually defending a relative handful of teachers ...
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Bill Cotterell: Teachers carry on as state, unions battle
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Newsweek tells horror stories from Washington, DC, New York and Detroit, where teacher unions have made it almost impossible to fire incompetents. ...

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Plan for Detroit schools: Ambitious transformation
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NY named finalist in education reform 'race'
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Nationwide school standards drafted
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A panel of educators convened by the nation's governors and state school superintendents proposed a uniform set of academic ...
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The new standards, which experts said could well be adopted by a majority of states, would replace the nation’s checkerboard of locally written standards.

Detroit schools outline a plan: Total transformation
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Debate on school reform — Our view: Unions protect bad teachers, harming kids ...
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The Board of Education in Kansas City, Mo., accepted a sweeping and contentious plan to shrink its school system in the face of dwindling enrollment, budget cuts and a $50 million deficit.