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seen at 2009-05-21 00:00:00 - www.washingtonpost.comDear Extra Credit: I enjoyed the column and the dialogue with the Eleanor Roosevelt High School students [Extra Credit, March 26], but there are three science and technology programs in Prince George s County. Roosevelt s program began when the schoo
trackback:http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/education/index_xml/~3/F8GYFRlyZzU/AR2009051903721.htmlHonors for a President, but Not Without Debate
seen at 2009-05-21 06:32:16 - www.nytimes.comIs it too soon to start naming public buildings after Barack Obama?
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=67f6c04ec93d281f774a37b43d53f63fCalifornia Town Votes to Recall Entire School District Board
seen at 2009-05-21 06:32:57 - www.nytimes.comThe dismissal of a beloved math teacher prompted students to gather 1,200 signatures to put the recall before the voters.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=7fa670dae5c26db67ef785cbd16fc02fFlu Closings Failing to Keep Schoolchildren at Home
seen at 2009-05-21 06:48:50 - www.nytimes.comThe vision of thousands of students spending the week out of school but still in close proximity was not exactly what city officials had in mind.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=bcfee4db8d47e0d767eadb4bb4744f2eEducation Secretary Duncan Calls for State Standards on Restraints in Schools
seen at 2009-05-21 00:00:00 - www.washingtonpost.comCiting "disturbing" reports of schoolchildren harmed when teachers physically restrained them, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan called on state school chiefs yesterday to develop plans this summer to ensure that restraints are used safely and spa
trackback:http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/education/index_xml/~3/jfHqcHuOy2g/AR2009052002520.htmlStudy Finds Relatively Small Gains From Test Coaching
seen at 2009-05-20 00:00:00 - www.washingtonpost.comCoaching for standardized college admission tests yields relatively small average gains of about 30 points overall, according to a study released today that nevertheless urges students to prepare, because even a slight improvement can boost their cha
trackback:http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/education/index_xml/~3/eWBUtMyaYZ4/AR2009051903058.htmlLoudoun Schoolteacher s Past Comes to Light at Hearing
seen at 2009-05-20 00:00:00 - www.washingtonpost.comA Loudoun County teacher yesterday became the focus of a congressional hearing on restraining schoolchildren as government investigators reported that a student in her classroom at a Texas public school died seven years ago when she lay on him after
trackback:http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/education/index_xml/~3/HOJFzGWK-0E/AR2009051902508.htmlSuccinct Opera Tweets Lead to Fairy-Tale Ending for D.C. Music Teacher
seen at 2009-05-20 00:00:00 - www.washingtonpost.com"There was a young lady called Fricka Who . . . who . . . *snore* Wake up -- it s over. It s good, I just wish it were quicka." That s the plot of Wagner s "Ring Cycle" in fewer than 140 characters, as posted on the micro-blogging Web site Twitter.
trackback:http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/education/index_xml/~3/E8Su1XWnhoo/AR2009051903423.htmlNational Briefing | Washington: Panel Concerned About Abuse of Disabled Students
seen at 2009-05-20 03:09:20 - www.nytimes.comA Congressional study found hundreds of cases since 1990 in which students were said to have been improperly restrained or confined.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f04601bc8d4ca0b82542da8e52ba0ea6In a Switch, City Tells Schools to Monitor On-Campus Military Recruiting
seen at 2009-05-20 05:10:12 - www.nytimes.comNew York City schools will also be required to provide military opt-out forms to 9th- and 10th-graders, according to new guidelines approved by the Panel for Educational Policy.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=7815e7a9f4fdfa1952402ddd55f9128aSchool Budgets to Be Cut by 5 Percent Next Year
seen at 2009-05-20 04:15:30 - www.nytimes.comPrincipals have discretion about how to trim expenses, and the expectation was that the cuts would prompt deep reductions in after-school and weekend programs.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=d1f6f3ec71eda69f3d3e0a7891a429ccEnd Is Near in a Fight on Teaching of English
seen at 2009-05-20 04:16:59 - www.nytimes.comAfter 17 years of litigation, the United States Supreme Court will decide whether Arizona is complying with federal laws requiring public schools to teach children to speak English.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f44f61dcc86c85472dffddde997c789bWoodbridge High s Sulaiman Azimi Carries on Afghan Father s Musical Tradition
seen at 2009-05-19 00:00:00 - www.washingtonpost.comTo students and teachers at Woodbridge High School, senior Sulaiman Azimi is known as the toboggan-wearing, raspy-voiced singer/guitarist whose songs even the teachers like. Word is out that he has a music producer -- in New York.
trackback:http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/education/index_xml/~3/7aYnNAYmeug/AR2009051803028.htmlNo Guidance on How to Rein In the Flu
seen at 2009-05-19 03:25:58 - www.nytimes.comCoping with an epidemic that spreads mostly in schools, officials have little solid information to use.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=c4390ec410da3621a08ea7f29cbdf016Parents’ Council and Teachers’ Union Sue Over School Zoning and Closings
seen at 2009-05-19 02:54:39 - www.nytimes.comThe city’s Department of Education was accused of unilaterally making decisions about how students are assigned to schools.
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