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Dec 12, 2012
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Bill would make administrators substitute teach in W.Va. schools
The West Virginia Senate will vote on a bill today that would require certain school administrators to serve as substitute teachers for three days each year. The bill would exempt county superintendents but would require anyone with a teaching or...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Education, Pocahontas
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Education questions linger in W.Va.
Bureaucracy emerged as a major culprit in a wide-ranging audit of West Virginia’s education system, but the legislation passed last week at the request of Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin focuses mostly on other targets. Approved Friday by the House, Tomblin&...Tags: Republican Party, Students, Employees, Teaching and Learning, Education
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Tomblin's proposed W.Va. school overhaul clears first hurdle
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin saw his proposed overhaul of public schools clear its first legislative hurdle Tuesday when the Senate Education Committee endorsed the bill with modest changes to language addressing teacher hiring and the school calendar. Advanced...Tags: Teachers, Teach for America, Teaching and Learning, Government, Regional Authority
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Debate over education bill turns to teacher hiring
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s bid to rewrite teacher hiring practices has sparked an early battle as the Legislature wades through his proposed overhaul of West Virginia’s public schools. Much of the fight revolves around seniority. Tomblin wants...
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RESA agencies a focus in W.Va. education push
A network of West Virginia educational offices with a rocky history could play a major role in the ongoing push to improve the state’s public schools. The Legislature created the Regional Education Service Agencies, or RESAs, in 1972. The eight...Tags: Adult Education, Teachers, Schools, Education, Teaching and Learning
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W.Va. governor focuses on education in State of State
West Virginia must ensure that every child finishes third grade reading at that level, offer full-day preschool in all 55 counties within three years, and allow local control of school calendars, Gov.Earl Ray Tomblin said Wednesday in his State of the...
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W.Va. state schools superintendent fired
Associated PressThe West Virginia Board of Education fired Schools Superintendent Jorea Marple on Thursday, and two board members who opposed the decision said they will resign. Department of Education spokeswoman Liza Cordeiro said the board voted 5-2 to terminate...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Government, Earl Ray Tomblin, Politics
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Measure in state legislature would give $1,800 raise to teachers over two years
matthewu@herald-mail.comWest Virginia school teachers, whose salaries rank 47th in the nation, would see an $1,800 increase in their base pay over two years under a measure that is advancing in the state legislature. "It's a very modest pay raise. However, in today's economy...Tags: Mountains, Land Price, Economy, Business and Finance, Labor Legislation, Maryland
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Report criticizes colleges' teacher preparation programs
Teacher preparation programs in the nation and Maryland are part of "an industry of mediocrity" that is failing to give young teachers the skills to succeed in the classroom, according to a long-awaited report by a national research advocacy group. The...
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Teaching and Learning, Loyola University Maryland, Colleges and Universities, University of Maryland Baltimore County
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Schools' effort to shift to Common Core faces a difficult test
The passage for the seventh-grade lesson was blatantly offensive — an excerpt from a 1938 anti-Semitic children's book. But that was the point: to provide students in the Santa Ana school district with a perfect illustration of insidious...
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Baltimore Teachers Union supports call to halt Common Core consequences
The Baltimore Teacher's Union has called for the district hold off on attaching penalties to schools' performance on the the new Common Core assessments, citing insufficient professional development and resources to implement the new high-stakes...Tags: Parent Organizations, Adult Education, Teachers, Credit and Debt, Teaching and Learning
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Teachers support Common Core standards but worry they are not ready to teach them, poll says
Teachers overwhelmingly support new "Common Core" academic standards in language arts and math, according to a new poll by the American Federation of Teachers. But they also are overwhelmingly worried that new tests tied to those new standards will be...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Education, Politics, Elections
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