Archive for May 2015
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May 28, 2015
Key education bills face legislative deadline
(Calif.) Bills that would increase funding for school transportation, career-technical education and implementation of new academic standards are among the many proposals facing scrutiny this week in advance of a key legislative deadline.
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May 27, 2015
District rethinks hiring temp agency to cover substitutes
(Iowa) An Iowa school district is reconsidering a move to give a private employment agency control over substitute teacher hiring after the proposal hit a wall of protest earlier this month.
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May 27, 2015
More paid time for teachers on parental leave
(Calif.) New mothers and fathers that are teachers would receive a boost in paid leave under a bill pending in the California Legislature.
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May 26, 2015
Wall Street cheers Brown’s revised May budget
(Calif.) A key Wall Street rating agency gave California a positive credit report last week, paving the way for a likely credit upgrade of the state’s debt in the near future.
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May 26, 2015
Latest waiver pathway leaves NCLB altogether toothless
(District of Columbia) Five years ago the Obama administration unilaterally relieved states of key requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act in exchange for agreements to pursue a number of other educational goals. In February, the U.S. Department of Education issued new guidance that would seem to remove any remaining vestiges of federal accountability oversight altogether.
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May 21, 2015
Panel backs fee hike for teacher misconduct backlog
(Calif.) With the state Attorney General still struggling to dig out from under a significant backlog of teacher misconduct cases, a key legislative panel agreed earlier this week to higher fees for teaching credentials to support discipline activities.
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May 20, 2015
Wisconsin switches gear on testing again
(Wis.) Elementary and middle school students will take a different state exam for the third time in three years under Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed 2015-17 budget.
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May 20, 2015
CA readies new student report cards on Common Core testing
(Calif.) Sometime in the coming weeks, millions of California families will begin receiving report cards in the mail aimed at describing how their children did this spring on new statewide testing tied to the Common Core.
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May 19, 2015
Scaling back the testing cycle
(Colo.) High school students in Colorado could see a significant reduction in statewide testing following the passage of a bill that would make a number of other sweeping changes.
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May 19, 2015
Lawmakers call for more school bus money
(Calif.) A bi-partisan group of Assembly lawmakers is pushing for a budget allocation this year of nearly $150 million to reimburse public education agencies for costs of transporting students to and from school.
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