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In Texas schools, failing grade for Bible courses
Guest ColumnistFifty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional the devotional use of the Bible by public schools, in its ruling on Abington Township v. Schempp. But many school districts in the Lone Star State still haven’t gotten the...Tags: Bible, Religious Conflicts, Teachers, Arts and Culture, Church and State Relations
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GUEST COLUMN: Kentucky's new test leaves many questions unanswered
Contributing WriterGrand Canyon-esque gaps in math scores. Praise for poorly performing schools. Failed top-down policies. So far, the developing story being told by the initial batch of results from Kentucky’s new testing system suggests that our public education...Tags: Students, Elementary Schools, Teaching and Learning, Education, Social Issues
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Making a list and fact-checking it twice
Contributing columnistWhile Santa’s busy checking his list, I’m inspecting claims that spending sleigh-fuls of money on government preschool programs would result in long-term improvement for Kentucky’s children. During his recent inaugural speech, Gov....Tags: Preschools, Steve Beshear, Regional Authority, Education, Schools
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Waters: Acknowledging big gains in the 'Big Easy'
Although far too few Kentucky 2011 high school graduates were ready for college, our students did improve their performance on this year’s 36-point ACT college entrance test — going from an overall composite score of 19.4 in 2010 to 19.6...Tags: School Examinations, Human Body, Louisiana, Colorado, Illinois
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Big gains in the 'Big Easy'
Guest columnistAlthough far too few Kentucky 2011 high-school graduates were ready for college, our students did improve their performance on this year’s 36-point ACT college entrance test — going from an overall composite score of 19.4 in 2010 to 19.6...Tags: School Examinations, Human Body, Louisiana, Colorado, Illinois
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Pines to vote to contract with Charter Schools USA to manage schools
Parts of the city's nationally recognized charter school system may be privatized as early as this week and more than 300 teachers could lose their jobs. Students, parents, and teachers fear that this change will lower the quality of education at the...
Tags: Teachers, Students, Broward County, Public Officials, Government
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Here's a teacher I'd want for my children
I don't know what her students' test scores are like, or what her principal thinks. But I do know that if I had a child in third grade, I'd want someone like Kaylie Gomez to teach her. Gomez is a rookie teacher at a tiny charter school in South Los...
Tags: Students, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Education, Schools
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Springs Mayor: Public pressure not needed
The city is under pressure from theater-lovers to keep open the Coral Springs Center for the Arts. But the city never planned to close the center in the first place. The idea that caused the panic in the first place was to have the center relocated to...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Schools, Arts, Coral Springs
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Nine receive 11th annual Whitetail Resort Employee Scholarship
Whitetail Resort recently chose nine candidates to receive the 11th annual Whitetail Resort Employee Scholarship promoting higher education. Eight candidates received scholarships of $500 each, and one candidate received the third annual Whitetail...Tags: Education, Career and Workplace, High Schools, Schools, Colleges and Universities
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Charter school holds groundbreaking ceremony for new building
Valley 610The Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday for its new school at 321 E. Third Street in Bethlehem. The 87,000 square-foot facility will give the school space to expand its enrollment and programs. It will... -
Group drops plan for online charter school
Virtual Learning Solutions has dropped its fight to open an online charter school in the western suburbs for now. President Ted Dabrowski said Wednesday the group has withdrawn its appeals to a state commission in light of the state's new one-year...Tags: Illinois Governor, Schools, Pat Quinn
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Minneola Elementary students get a kick out of performing for South Lake High students
GROVELAND — Minneola Elementary Charter School student Carley Carroll, 9, said it was a kick to have South Lake High School students for an audience as the third-graders sang and danced during a special performace recently. "I had a lot of fun,"...
Tags: Michael Jackson, Students, Music, Teaching and Learning, Arts and Culture
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