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EDITORIAL: School employees want more from taxpayers
Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.Earlier this month, members of the Kanawha County Board of Education reviewed Superintendent Ron Duerring's performance and approved a $7,500 raise that brings his salary to $157,500 a year. At the most recent meeting, board member Becky Jordon raised...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Education
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Lobbyist spending down in 2013
Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.Although lobbyists spent more than a quarter-million dollars during the first four months of 2013, they tightened their purse strings a bit compared to last year. Lobbyists spent about $280,825 during the first quarter of 2013, according to documents...Tags: AFL-CIO, Politics, Values, Religion and Belief, Greenbrier
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Board measure will require schools chief to sign off on speakers
Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- From now on, the Kanawha County superintendent will have to sign off on all assemblies about sex, religion or politics. School board members passed the measure Wednesday by a 3-2 vote. Those in support said recent events show the...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Employees, George Washington High School, Career and Workplace
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Principal pay raise idea elicits criticism in Kanawha
The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Kanawha County school board member Becky Jordon's suggestion that the county's high school principals should receive raises was not well received by teachers and service personnel, who want across-the-board salary increases for all...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, George Washington, Schools, Employees
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Funding for La. Voucher Program is Declared Unconstitutional
Education Week, Bethesda, Md.The Louisiana Supreme Court has ruled that the current method of funding the state's far-reaching voucher program is unconstitutional, in a blow to one of the most sweeping private school choice efforts in the country. Twelve states and the District...Tags: Government, Politics, Executive Branch, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland)
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Common Core Supporters Firing Back
Education Week, Bethesda, Md.Supporters of the Common Core State Standards are moving to confront increasingly high-profile opposition to the standards at the state and national levels by rallying the private sector and initiating coordinated public relations and advertising...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Mike Huckabee, Politics, Radio, U.S. Senate
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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: School Examinations, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Parent Organizations, Standardized Testing
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Building toward Common Core
In his five months as Florida education commissioner, no moss has grown under Tony Bennett. He has barnstormed the Sunshine State glad-handing teachers skeptical over merit pay and selling Common Core to increasingly cynical critics who view the...
Tags: Government, Politics, Rick Scott, Regional Authority, Teachers
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Malloy Praises New Britain Mayor For Initiative To Improve Schools
The Hartford CourantAfter viewing cramped conditions at the Gaffney School on Monday, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy reaffirmed his pledge to better fund urban school districts — so long as they use the money well. Malloy said the state is prepared to help schools such as...Tags: Government, Politics, Local Government, New Britain, Regional Authority
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Pennsylvania getting swept into national 'Common Core' education debate
HARRISBURG — In the last three years, the Bethlehem Area School District and other districts have spent lots of money rewriting curriculum and lessons to prepare students for tougher state-sanctioned academic standards and exams. "It's got to be...Tags: Government, Politics, Tom Corbett, Teachers, Parties and Movements
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Lawyer Rick Esenberg revels in public policy fights
Milwaukee Journal SentinelRick Esenberg's love of law started with a long-ago television show named "Judd for the Defense," a series about a high-profile attorney who takes on tough cases across America. "For some reason, that captivated me," Esenberg says. Esenberg's own...Tags: Jon Erpenbach, Politics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, American Civil Liberties Union, Legal Service
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BRIEF: Cobleskill professor picked to lead union
The Daily Star, Oneonta, N.Y.A SUNY Cobleskill professor has been elected president of United University Professions. Representatives to UUP's 2013 Spring Delegate Assembly elected Fred Kowal as the union's new president for a two-year term effective June 1. Kowal, of...Tags: AFL-CIO, Politics, State University of New York, Teaching and Learning, Unions
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