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Teacher training � especially in California � gets poor grades
The Hechinger ReportNEW YORK California has been trying to reform how it educates teachers for more than a decade, and some of its ideas have become a model for the rest of the country. But the vast majority of teacher preparation programs in the state are still failing...Tags: Colleges and Universities, American Federation of Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, University of Southern California
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State Hopes To Avoid 'Double-Testing' Students In Coming Year
The Hartford CourantThe state plans to take steps to avoid "double-testing" students next year while it transitions from the Connecticut Mastery Test to a new computerized test called "Smarter Balanced." The move comes as a result of a letter issued Tuesday by U.S....Tags: Education, Arne Duncan, Teaching and Learning, Standardized Testing, Students
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Md. schools superintendent, head of state teachers association discuss education reform
julieg@herald-mail.comMore rigorous Common Core education standards, new assessment tests, and new teacher and principal evaluation systems that begin this school year were among the issues the superintendent of Maryland schools and the head of the state’s teachers...Tags: Education, Government, Teaching and Learning, Heads of State, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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New teacher training study decries California universities
A new front is opening in the education wars as a report released Tuesday derides California's teacher training schools as among the worst in a nation full of substandard programs. The study by a controversial Washington, D.C.-based policy group singles...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, University of California, Los Angeles, Teach for America, Students, University of California, Irvine
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Sources: Hartford Board Unlikely To OK Extension For Kishimoto
The Hartford CourantWill Superintendent Christina Kishimoto get the contract extension she wants? Urging Mayor Pedro Segarra and the board of education not to "cast a cloud of uncertainty" over the city schools' reform plans, Kishimoto has asked the board to approve a two-...Tags: University of Hartford, Colleges and Universities, Charter Oak State College, Elections, Teaching and Learning
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Fear of school-grade plunge prompts study
Florida's superintendents fear their schools' A-to-F grades will drop this year, thanks to a new, tougher grading formula that could overshadow better student test scores. In response, the chairman of the State Board of Education on Tuesday called for a...
Tags: Education, Teaching and Learning, Students, School Examinations, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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UCF rates high in new U.S. News & World Report teacher-college rankings
One of the University of Central Florida's teacher-education programs made the "honor roll" in a new national review, and UCF was one of just 13 institutions nationally to earn top ratings for at least two of its teacher-prep programs. UCF was the...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Students, Florida State University, University of Florida, Frank Brogan
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Briefs: Two 'Eaters sign
Matt Whitehouse, a junior pitcher for UC Irvine in 2013, has signed with the Cleveland Indians on Friday and has been assigned to the Mohoning Valley Scrappers, their short-season Single-A affiliate in the New York-Penn League. Whitehouse was chosen in...Tags: Major League Baseball, UC Irvine Anteaters, University of California, Irvine, Brian Thornton, Pittsburgh Pirates
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Washington County teachers being held accountable for student achievement
julieg@herald-mail.comWhile debate continues over whether local or state education officials should determine how teachers are evaluated, teachers in Washington County Public Schools will have a new evaluation model for the coming school year that will hold them accountable...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Students, Assault, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Human Interest
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Another laurel for Md. schools
A new report showing Maryland schools now lead the nation in efforts to boost student achievement levels has vindicated the commitment the state made more than a decade ago to adequately fund education and adopt smart policy choices that return the...
Tags: Human Interest, Schools, Education, Teaching and Learning, Students
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Teacher-led survey in Baltimore shows dissatisfaction with union contract
A caucus of the Baltimore Teachers Union has conducted its own survey which concluded that, of the sample participants, city teachers have been overwhelmingly dissatisfied with the union contract that is set to expire this month. According to the...Tags: Unions, Teaching and Learning, Career and Workplace, Teachers, Collective Contract
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Deasy and new board member Ratliff laud teacher report
Los Angeles schools Supt. John Deasy on Thursday broadly endorsed proposals from an outside group for attracting and retaining teachers, including more money for those who take on difficult assignments and deliver measurable academic gains. Positive...Tags: Teaching and Learning, School Examinations, Adult Education, Teachers
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