Curriculum & Instruction - Page 162

• April 16, 2010

  Senate panel mulls over new kindergarten start date

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  Although there are several proposals before the Legislature to save hundreds of millions of dollars by rolling back the entry date for admission to kindergarten, a representative of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Thursday the administration isn't ready to take a position on the concept.

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• April 14, 2010

  U.S. Senate committee focuses on lowest-performing schools

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  A U.S. Senate panel Tuesday took up the issue of how to turnaround the nation's lowest performing schools as part of the first steps in the debate over the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act.

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• April 12, 2010

  Open source textbooks take a step forward in Texas

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  In an effort to cut down on the nearly $500 million a year Texas taxpayers spend on instructional materials, lawmakers and education officials here are taking the first steps to create free, open source textbooks.

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• April 09, 2010

  Feds keeping their distance from fight over the lowest performing schools list

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  Federal education officials are unlikely to intervene in the growing dispute over California's official list of the lowest-achieving schools, saying the selection process was something they left up to the states to decide.

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• April 08, 2010

  Final national core standards delayed until May

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  Final common core standards from the National Governors Association are not likely to be completed until sometime in May, officials close to the process confirmed Wednesday.

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