Archive for December 2014
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December 22, 2014
Happy Holidays from our family to yours
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December 18, 2014
Feds question high scoring principal evaluations
(Pa.) Just five percent of school leaders evaluated under a new performance tool in Pennsylvania were found to need improvement, and none received a failing grade.
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December 17, 2014
Only GPA outranks attendance as a performance indicator
(Ill.) After grades, attendance habits among Chicago middle school students provided the best indicator of later academic performance among a range of measures, according to new research.
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December 17, 2014
Feds take aim at school-to-prison pipeline
(Va.) Public school and juvenile justice administrators must work together and alongside community stakeholders to ensure that not only are incarcerated students receiving the free education to which they are entitled but also the support services to propel them away from prison toward greater academic and life achievement.
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December 16, 2014
Most schools solve web issues for computer testing
(Calif.) Of the state’s more than 11,000 public school sites, students at fewer than 21 of them will be taking the Common Core assessments this spring the old fashioned way – on pencil and paper.
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December 15, 2014
Technology requires schools to balance security and privacy
(Md.) As the nation ponders the second anniversary of the Sandy Hook tragedy, school administrators continue to search for the right balance between tight campus security measures and student rights to privacy.
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December 15, 2014
Charters finding ways to access capital markets
(Texas) Led by Texas school, charter schools nationally issued a record amount of municipal debt this year with expectations that the number will jump again in 2015.
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December 11, 2014
CA loses out on Obama preschool grants
(Calif.) The Golden State was not among the winners of a large $226 million preschool expansion grant announced Wednesday by President Barack Obama.
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December 10, 2014
November tax collections slip, housing softens
(Calif.) Tax collections in November fell slightly below expectations but for the year to date, California coffers are still running $1 billion ahead of estimates.
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December 10, 2014
Judge orders Common Core payment withheld
(Mo.) As a trial court judge barred the state from making payments to the national coalition developing a new set of student tests aligned to Common Core State Standards, lawmakers moved to enact legislation that would require the tests to be created locally.
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