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Education secretary Garcia moving on

State Education Secretary Dr. Veronica Garcia is retiring at the end of the month to and will join an educational television network, the governor’s office announced late Friday.

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Education secretary Garcia moving on

State Education Secretary Dr. Veronica Garcia is retiring at the end of the month to and will join an educational television network, the governor’s office announced late Friday.

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Education secretary Garcia moving on

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Q&A: Education superintendent candidates on problems facing schools

The State asked the candidates for state education superintendent five questions about public education in the state.

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Q&A: Education superintendent candidates on problems facing schools

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Washington recognizes Hazen, Lindbergh with education awards

Two Renton schools won three of the 174 state education awards, which were given to the top 5 percent of improving and excelling Washington schools.

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Departing education secretary pleased with end-of-year exams, changes in curriculum

While state education secretary Gerald Zahorchak is headed to a new job as superintendent of the Allentown School District, he believes Pennsylvania is well positioned to carry on many of the changes made during the Rendell years.

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Connecticut Calls New U.S. Education Standards ‘A Good Match’ (Hartford Courant)

Proposed national education standards that, for example, would expect kindergartners to count by tens and eighth-graders to explain the Pythagorean theorem probably would not pose problems for most Connecticut students, state education officials said Thursday.

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Connecticut Calls New U.S. Education Standards ‘A Good Match’ (Hartford Courant)

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Texas education board’s social studies vote may have wide impact (KETK 56 Tyler)

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ state education board, rocked by primary elections that may push the influential panel’s far-right leanings toward the center, is set to take its first vote on a new social studies curriculum that could reverberate in classrooms nationwide. read more

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Dallastown to educate more of its own special education students (The York Dispatch)

The Dallastown Area School District plans to reclaim many of its special-education students who had been taught in intermediate unit programs.

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Texas education board’s social studies vote may have wide impact (USA Today)

Texas’ state education board, rocked by primary elections that may push the influential panel’s far-right leanings toward the center, is set to take its first vote on a new social studies curriculum that could reverberate in classrooms nationwide.

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Education coalition protests state aid cuts (The Montclair Times)

A coalition of education groups said Tuesday that it had asked U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to direct Governor Christie to restore $475 million in school aid cuts that were announced last month.

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Education coalition protests state aid cuts (The Montclair Times)

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