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UFT leader ready to make departure effective Aug. 1
Spin CycleInfluential teachers' union leader Randi Weingarten is due to make it official next Wednesday that she will depart as head of the United Federation of Teachers on Aug. 1 to head only the national affiliate American Federation of Teachers,......Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Retirement, Teachers Unions, Education, Career and Workplace
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Race to the Top: Teachers left behind?
The Swampby Mark Silva In "the race to the top,'' no child will be left behind, we're assured, but a lot of low-performing teachers - as measured by the poor performance of their students - may be The government has set......Tags: Public Schools, Bill Gates, Science and Technology, Social Issues, School Examinations
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L.A. charter schools win Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant
L.A. NOWA consortium of Los Angeles-area charter schools has won a $60-million grant to develop a new teacher evaluation system based at least partly on student test scores. The grant, part of $335 million in related awards announced today by the...... -
Union leaders ask governor not to cut education funds
L.A. NOWState labor leaders held a conference call today to urge Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger not to propose education funding cuts when he releases his budget later this week. Over the last two years, the state has cut education funding by nearly...... -
Oviedo student wins AFT scholarship
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelDeirdre Manning, who graduated from Hagerty High in Oviedo last month, is one of four students nationwide to be awarded a college scholarship this year from the American Federation of Teachers. Manning was named a winner of the $8,000  Rober... -
UTLA head says he's open to a new evaluation system
L.A. NOWUnited Teachers Los Angeles President A.J. Duffy told hundreds of his members Friday night that he is "ready, willing and able" to create a new evaluation system for instructors that is "good for kids and fair for teachers." He indicated...... -
Are charters a drain on traditional public schools?
Today's topic: How much of a fiscal drain on state and local districts are charter schools? Is it necessarily bad that the proliferation of charter schools puts pressure on low-performing districts?
Charters are a legitimate part of the public school...Tags: Harvard University, Massachusetts, Los Angeles Unified School District, Science and Technology, School Examinations
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California's higher education system could face decline
California's master plan for higher education, the product of an era of seemingly limitless opportunity, was nearly 30 years old when Nicolette Lafranchi was born in 1988. By the time she turned 20 last year, the plan was working well for her, just as...Tags: Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, California), Heads of State, Executive Branch, Science and Technology, Unemployment
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Bill Maher to welcome Christopher Hitchens, Rob Thomas
The TV Guy» Orlando Sentinel – The TV GuyBill Maher has another eclectic guest list lined up for “Real Time With Bill Maher.” His roundtable guests are musician Rob Thomas, journalist Christopher Hitchens and Randi Weingarten, president, American Federation of Teachers. Maher's... -
FEA president asks Duncan for Race to the Top meeting
Sentinel School Zone» Orlando Sentinel – Sentinel School ZoneAndy Ford, president of the Florida Education Association, sent a letter today to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan asking for his staff to meet with Florida's “education community.” The meeting would be  to share, if possib... -
Students Protest College Cuts
Proposed cuts at our state's community colleges has students fuming. Students across the state protested on college campuses Tuesday, hoping legislators will spare them from more budget cuts. The current budget plan would increase tuition at community...Tags: Government, Executive Branch, Education, Colleges and Universities
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Public education in U.S. falls short, Obama says
President Barack Obama strongly condemned the state of public education Tuesday, calling for more charter schools, higher salaries for effective teachers and the faster firing of bad ones, an agenda that could put him at odds with some longtime Democratic...Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Social Issues, School Examinations, Teachers Unions, Academic Progress
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