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Open thread: The Weeks in Review
Change of SubjectThe "Weeks in Review" feature is now an open thread in which commenters can talk about any current events or cultural phenomena that have caught their attention, including but limited to the topics brought up in our traditional roundup of...... -
Gates' warning on test scores
A recent op-ed article in the Washington Post warned against overusing students' standardized test scores in evaluating how well teachers are doing their jobs. There would be no surprise about that — if it had been penned by the leader of a teachers...
Tags: Students, Bill Gates, Examinations, The Washington Post, Teaching and Learning
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Movement growing to opt out of standardized tests
Daily American Staff WriterAs the annual standardized tests are being administered in Pennsylvania schools starting this week, a movement is growing among parents to opt out of the tests. North Star Superintendent Shawn Kovac said the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests...Tags: Religion and Belief, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC, Students, Standardized Testing
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Local McDonald's to offer free breakfast to second- to eighth-grade students taking STAR test
McDonald’s restaurants in the Imperial Valley are inviting second- through eighth-grade students in El Centro, Calexico and Brawley school districts taking Standardized Test and Reporting to a free breakfast May 8. The breakfast offer will run from...Tags: Education, McDonald's, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Leader Cartoon: Prinicpal's office
A third-grade teacher at McKinley Elementary School in Burbank got in hot water recently for allegedly helping a student out on a standardized test. Cartoonist Bert Ring imagines the scene. -- Dan Evans, Times Community News Follow Dan Evans on...
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McDonald's giving free breakfast for Imperial Valley STAR test takers
McDonald’s restaurants in the Imperial Valley are inviting second- through eighth-grade students in El Centro, Calexico and Brawley school districts taking Standardized Test and Reporting (STAR) to a free breakfast May 8. The breakfast offer...Tags: Education, McDonald's, Students, Teaching and Learning
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My challenge to Karen Lewis
A year ago Chicago teachers, clinicians, paraprofessionals and parents hoped that their strength in numbers and unity would yield the legislative action and contract settlement needed to remedy the problems teachers face in the classroom —...Tags: Work Rules Contract Issues, Chicago Public Schools, Students, Collective Contract, Politics
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L.A. Philharmonic's young composers program fine-tunes talent
It wasn't B.J. Thomas, exactly, but musical raindrops seemed to be falling in a white-walled rehearsal room next to Walt Disney Concert Hall, courtesy of Milo Talwani, one of the L.A. composers least likely to write melody, let alone ear candy, into a...
Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Students, Entertainment Events, The Washington Post, High Schools
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Beef-up your family's breakfast
April is full of school actives, including standardized tests and increased outdoor sporting activities. Parents may be interested to know that many studies show a direct link between nutritious, well-balanced family meals and children's academic and...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Consumers, Nutrition, Sage, Iron (dietary supplement)
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Giving every kid in L.A. a computer tablet? Pros and cons
My wife and I have tried, with mixed results, to keep our daughter from becoming too obsessed with digital electronics. And yet her school district, L.A. Unified, has a plan to give every child in every school a digital tablet. LAUSD chief John Deasy,...
Tags: Electronics, Students, Science and Technology, Teaching and Learning
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We asked you: Should severely disabled students take standardized tests?
We asked you: Should severely disabled students take standardized tests? YES 9% NO 91% Health care or education? What disabled children ... are receiving is not an education but occupational therapy. It should be handled by the health-care system,...
Tags: Education, Physical Disabilities, Medical Procedures and Tests, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Standardized Testing
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School closings occupy CPS board meeting
As Chicago Public Schools embarks on closing dozens of schools, a third-grader from Garvey Elementary School on Wednesday summed up how many parents, educators and other students feel about the shutdowns. Speaking at the monthly Board of Education...
Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Students, Politics, Gage Park, Rahm Emanuel
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Apr 11, 2013
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Apr 8, 2013
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Apr 27, 2013
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Apr 27, 2013
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Apr 26, 2013
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Apr 26, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Apr 7, 2013
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Apr 26, 2013
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Apr 25, 2013
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Apr 26, 2013
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Apr 24, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
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