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Education in America

It’s time that we take a hard look at the state of education in America. How many of our kids graduate from high school? How well do they perform on standardized tests

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Education in America

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Education candidates make pitch

BULLHEAD CITY — Either the Arizona Legislature or the state’s Department of Education is letting the state’s students down, Republican candidates for Superintendent of Public Instruction told local voters and school board members Tuesday.

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Education board approves $2.375 billion budget

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma’s Board of Education has approved a $2.375 billion budget that state Superintendent Sandy Garrett says leaves the state in danger of rolling back reforms implemented during the past two decades.

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Bridgepoint Education’s Ashford University Forms Articulation Agreements with Wyoming Colleges

Bridgepoint Education, Inc. , a provider of post-secondary education services focused on providing higher access to higher education, announced today that Ashford University has signed new articulation agreements with colleges in the state of Wyoming.

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Education leaders to grill FCAT testing company over delays

Pearson officials wiill be expected to have some answers at today’s Board of Education meeting in Orlando Florida educators, frustrated and surprised by problems with the 2010 FCAT, hope the testing company that holds the state’s $254 million contract provides answers and reassurances at a meeting in Orlando today .

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N.J. education commissioner Schundler: ‘I made a mistake’

Education Commissioner Bret Schundler took full blame Thursday for making a deal with the state’s largest teacher’s union on merit pay and layoff policies before checking with his boss.

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SJ Unified chief to retire after 39 years in education

Amid education’s worst fiscal crisis in decades, he’s convinced teachers to work longer hours for less pay. He’s overseen a steady rise in test scores in some of San Jose’s lowest-performing schools.

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Manchin Promotes Education Revolution

Teachers unions and the state Education Department need to work together to improve our schools.

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Texas Board of Education votes on final social studies curriculum tomorrow

The Texas Board of Education is considering another raft of amendments to the state’s new history curriculum today before taking a final vote on the package tomorrow. The controversial new standards emphasize American exceptionalism, religion’s importance to the Founding Fathers, and the benefits of low taxes.

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Pawlenty won’t go after federal education grant

Minnesota won’t apply for millions of dollars in federal education grants, Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced Wednesday, saying the powerful state teacher’s union used its influence to block changes needed for the state to write a competitive application.

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