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Weather emergencies during MSA testing
Maryland WeatherStatewide MSA testing is underway in the public schools this week, and the state's instructors have received their memo on how to handle a weather emergency, should one occur, in order to avoid disruption of the tests. A teacher (not the one......Tags: Constipation, Tornadoes, Amy Davis
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Scrapping school board salaries a bad idea
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsAnother headline-grabbing, harebrained-idea from Tallahassee -- scrapping salaries for school board members statewide. Hmm. I've got an idea. If legislators like Sen. Steve Wise (who proposed the bill) are so concerned about part-time elected officials...Tags: Academic Progress, Bribery, Public Officials, Palm Beach County, Corporate Crime
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Broward teachers brace for layoffs (again)
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsAs National Teacher Appreciation Week came to a close last Friday, rumors swirled through Broward schools that all first and second year teachers would soon be laid off. Turned out to be a premature alarm, but not necessarily a false......Tags: Job Layoffs, Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment, Pension and Welfare, Collective Contract
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Remembering Russert
The TV ZoneYeah, that was a hell of a memorial for Tim Russert yesterday. Beautiful AND moving, and whenever deeply heartfelt memorials like this roll around, you almost instinctively remember that great Yeats line, "Think where mans glory most begins and......Tags: CBS Corp., Television Industry, National Government, Executive Branch, NBC (tv network)
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Top Palm Beach County educators touting Barack Obama
Palm Beach Politics | Sun-Sentinel BlogsThe race for the White House is taking a turn toward Palm Beach County???s school system. Several local educators, including Palm Beach County School Board Chairman Bill Graham, are hosting campaign events today for Sen. Barack Obama???s presidential...Tags: Palm Beach County School Board, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Teachers, Political Candidates, Elections
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Joe Biden: In his own words
The SwampLast October, Tribune correspondent James Oliphant interviewed the now-Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden at length while Biden was still competing for the presidential nomination. Here is an excerpt from that interview. On what feels...Tags: Philosophy, National or Ethnic Minorities, Democratic Party, National Government, Al Gore
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Bill Ayers: Obama's Arne Duncan wrong
The Swampby Mark Silva Bill Ayers, that "washed up terrorist,'' the way the McCain-Palin campaign wanted to portray an early supporter of Barack Obama in Chicago, or distinguished professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the way academics.....Tags: Weather Underground, Democracy, Wars and Interventions, John McCain, University of Illinois at Chicago
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School cuts: Besides sports, how about some FCATs?
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsLet???s say someone made me Master of the Abacus for a day. If I was Lord of the Budgets, here???s what I???d cut to save public schools money: Middle-school sports and all FCATs given to middle school and elementary school......Tags: High School Sports, Middle Schools, Dining and Drinking, High Schools, Alcoholic Beverages
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Bravo: Apres "Project Runway?" This...
The TV ZoneLook who's in biz with Bravo! (Pix: AP) ...scripted series, AND a new competition series from Sarah Jessica Parker's production company that will pit aspiring artists against one another... Enough to make everyone forget about that little show that......Tags: The New York Times, Consumer Electronics Industry, Cane (tv program), Manhattan (New York City), Michelin Group
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Race to the Top: Teachers left behind?
The Swampby Mark Silva In "the race to the top,'' no child will be left behind, we're assured, but a lot of low-performing teachers - as measured by the poor performance of their students - may be The government has set......Tags: Democratic Party, National Government, Public Schools, Charter Schools, Arne Duncan
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Jill Biden earns passing marks
The SwampJill and Joe Biden Thursday in Denver. (Ted S. Warren/AP) by James Oliphant There's a website named RateMyProfessors that must be the bane of all collegiate instructors everywhere. Students are asked to rate their teachers on a scale of......Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Schools, Joe Biden, Political Candidates, Minority Groups
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Obama seeking higher school standards
The Swampby Christi Parsons and updated President Barack Obama will announce an initiative to raise standards in public schools on Monday as part of a broad plan to upgrade the goals of the No Child Left Behind Act, an administration official......Tags: Justice System, Heads of State, Executive Branch, Government, Schools
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