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City, Baltimore County not among winners of Race to the Top grants
After making it to the last round of the inaugural federal Race to the Top district competition, the Baltimore City and Baltimore County school systems fell short of securing grants that would have strengthened individualized learning and helped close the...Tags: Baltimore County, Academic Progress
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Sandy Hook's Aftermath: Offering Support, Finding Help
IF YOU WANT TO HELP: The Newtown Bee reports that Newtown town officials and community leaders asked Wednesday that people "temporarily halt any further dispatching of goods to the community, its schools, churches and nonprofit organizations." They said...Tags: Willimantic (Windham, Connecticut), New Britain, Human Interest, Parenting, People's Bank
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Longer school days
School for students in five states is going to get at least 300 hours longer. On Monday Education Secretary Arne Duncan said starting in 2013, 40 public schools in Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Tennessee will take part in the three-...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students
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Don't tell kids: 5 states to try adding 300 hours to school year
Five states will experiment with giving pupils additional instruction and other support by 300 hours a year of teaching time to the school year, officials announced Monday. The program, starting next year in some schools in Colorado, Connecticut,...
Tags: Charter Schools, Education, Global Expansion, John Hickenlooper, Teaching and Learning
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'Special admissions' bring colleges top athletes, educational challenges
It has become part of college sports -- as ingrained as dunks and FieldTurf -- for large universities to accept prized basketball and football recruits and other athletes under more forgiving admissions criteria than are used for other students. Less...
Tags: University of New Haven, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Maryland Terrapins, Comcast Center (arena), Soccer
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Maryland's new school metric
The new system for measuring school progress announced by the Maryland State Department of Education this week is being touted as a great advance over the one it replaces. State officials say the School Progress Index aims to cut in half the percentage of...
Tags: School Examinations, Education, Crime, Law and Justice, Teachers, Teaching and Learning
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Gun control proposals ahead
Declaring the time for action overdue, President Barack Obama promised on Wednesday to send Congress broad proposals in January for tightening gun laws and curbing violence after last week’s schoolhouse massacre in Connecticut. Even before...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Lobbying, Politics, Joe Manchin III, Dianne Feinstein
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Sandy Hook's fallen: On day six, three towns united by mourning
WOODBURY, Conn. -- On the front lawn, white paper bags had been arranged to spell out "Hope." Hundreds of mourners descended Wednesday on a tiny funeral home in this picture-postcard town to pay their respects to Dawn Hochsprung, Sandy Hook Elementary's...
Tags: Waterbury, Stratford, U.S. Department of Transportation, Sandy Hook Elementary School, New York City
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Next education commissioner will tell us a lot about Florida's commitment to reform
With any luck, this week will bring a stop to the revolving door in the office of Florida's education commissioner. This state is on its fourth commissioner in 18 months and going on its fifth. Friday is the deadline to submit applications for the...
Tags: Rick Scott, Chris Christie, John Podesta, Politics, Regional Authority
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Teacher evaluation bill might not pass muster with feds, official says
L.A. NOWA teacher evaluations bill under consideration by the state Legislature won't necessarily bring extra federal dollars to California, the top U.S. education official said. The bill has been debated in the Assembly and is expected to go to the state... -
University of Maryland pledges to make financial aid transparent
University of Maryland system is among 10 colleges and universities promising to make financial aid transparent to students. It’s part of an Obama Administration effort to make sure incoming students understand what they’re getting into. The...Tags: Richard Cordray, Colleges and Universities, Financial Aid, Joe Biden, Education
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State Board extends application deadline for education commissioner
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelIn a short telephone meeting, the State Board of Education this morning pushed the deadline for taking applications for school chief back until the end of the November. Under it's new time frame, the board hopes to select its next education commissioner...
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