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Iowa education director quits for Colorado job
As the state Legislature was nearing approval of significant changes to Iowa's public school system, the Iowa Department of Education director accepted a job Wednesday as superintendent of a Colorado school district. Eagle County School District in Colorado announced that Iowa Education Department Director Jason Glass accepted the job. He ...
Education board to consider waivers for Moore
The Oklahoma State Board of Education is expected to consider waivers for public schools in the tornado-ravaged community of Moore. The State Board of Education meets Thursday in Oklahoma City. It's slated to consider waivers for Moore Public Schools relating to instructional days and filing deadlines for certain reports. The ...
LAUSD to pay $1.4M for sex abuse between students
Los Angeles Unified School District officials were ordered Wednesday to pay a special needs fourth-grader $1.4 million after she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by a male classmate in Chatsworth. Santa Monica jurors decided on the sum following an eight-day trial that found poor program supervision at Superior Street Elementary was ...
Fla. legislative leaders barnstorming across state
Days after the Florida Legislature wrapped up its work this year, Gov. Rick Scott hit major media markets to remind voters how he pushed legislators for teacher pay raises and tax cuts. Now Republican legislative leaders are making a similar trip while Scott is out of the country on a ...
Federal judge dismisses charter school suit
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit against the Metro Nashville Board of Education by a charter school that was ordered to close because of poor student performance. The Metro School Board voted in November to shut down Smithson Craighead Middle School because the charter school ranked among the ...
SC Senate defeats private school choice proposal
South Carolina senators have defeated an attempt to help parents pay for private school tuition or educate them at home through the state budget. The 23-18 vote Wednesday rejecting the budget amendment followed nearly three hours of discussion. Senators are in their second week of debating their 2013-14 budget plan. ...
Minn. teen whose farewell song became web hit dies
When high school student Zach Sobiech learned he didn't have much longer to live, his mother suggested he write letters to tell his loved ones goodbye. Instead, the Minnesota teenager turned to writing music — and his farewell song, "Clouds," became a YouTube sensation that has attracted more than 4 ...
Illinois Senate approves sex education bill
Illinois public schools that teach sex education will have to include information about contraception and sexually transmitted diseases instead of a curriculum focused solely on abstinence, according to a plan that cleared the state Senate on Wednesday. The bill, which senators approved 37-21, was headed to Gov. Pat Quinn's desk. ...
Chicago Board of Ed votes to close 50 schools
The Chicago Board of Education voted Wednesday to close 50 schools and programs, an ambitious plan that has sparked protests and lawsuits and could help define — for better or worse — Mayor Rahm Emanuel's term in office. City officials say the closings are necessary because of falling school enrollment ...
Test results up overall; voucher schools flat
A state Education Department analysis of the latest standardized test results for public school students in grades three through eight shows the state continues to make incremental overall improvement with a long way to go. The number of students performing at grade level in math, science, English and social studies ...
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