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Jonathan Becker

WWW.WPCVA.COM - 0 views

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    School superintendents protest against budget cuts
Suzan Gragg Denby

The role of government in education - 2 views

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    Reduction in direct government activities-->more opportunities for students. Really?
Tara McDaniel

Arne Duncan, Spike Lee urge Black Men to become Teachers - 1 views

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    Filmmaker Spike Lee joined Education Secretary Arne Duncan in issuing a call Monday for more black men to become teachers, making their plea at the country's only all-male historically black college
Tara McDaniel

Community Colleges: Where's Our $12 Billion? - 0 views

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    During a 2009 speech, President Obama promised $12 billion for community colleges. But they never saw any of that money because the president couldn't sell his plan to Congress.
Georggetta Howie

Center on Education Policy, Washington, DC - 0 views

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    Center on Education Policy various Publications including Press Releases and Media Adivsories
Jonathan Becker

New NSBA report finds school boards focusing on achievement, accountability «... - 6 views

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    An important read for the week on the role of school boards.
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    Really??? Some good news today? Thanks.
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    Only if you think achievement and accountability are worth focusing on... ;-)
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    Yipppeeee! 90% of school board members are "concerned about an overly narrow focus on achievement." There may be a flicker of light at the end of the tunnel.
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    I don't find anything here groundbreaking as such...what was I supposed to be surprised by again?
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    We shall see if their actions speak to their words
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    It is interesting that school board members are only "lukewarm" about certain "structural" changes such as school choice, charter schools, and year-round schooling.
Victoria Schnettler

Students in Four School Divisions Trade Textbooks for iPads - 1 views

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    The VA DOE is launched an initiative to give K-12 students ipads to increase the use of technology in the classroom and will then study the affects on SOL rates and student achievement.
Victoria Schnettler

Legislative Information System - 0 views

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    This page allows you to search for legislative rulings and cases for a variety of different areas of the law including education bills and lawsuits.
Victoria Schnettler

Governor McDonnell's Establishing the: "Governor's Commission on Higher Education Refor... - 2 views

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    While looking through the governor's education policy, it seems as though higher education is more of his focus than public K-12 education. This brief, from the governor's websites, outlines his view of higher education needs of the state.
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Highlights of Obama's 2012 spending plan - CNN.com - 0 views

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    Obama requested $77.4billion for education. The latest republican cuts included reductions in Pell Grants and other education line items.
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Obama's budget: A play for the center? - CNN.com - 0 views

  • While it's absolutely essential to live within our means ... we can't sacrifice our future in the process," he told reporters while touting some targeted new education spending. "We have a responsibility to invest in those areas that will have the biggest impact in our future" while "demanding accountability."
Jonathan Becker

State Superintendent Says Gov. Walker Goes Too Far - 1 views

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    Always tricky when the chief state school officer takes on the governor...
Angela Winston

Virginia Unveils 2011 K-12 Education Reform Initiatives | Gov Monitor - 0 views

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    Virginia's Education Reform
Angela Winston

EBSCOhost: Implementation of Supportive School Programs for Immigrant Students in the ... - 1 views

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    State policies on integrating immigrants into schools
Roger Mancastroppa

Peer Reviewed Open Access Journals - 1 views

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    Scroll down to Education
Roger Mancastroppa

WHAT IS GOOD GOVERNANCE? - 0 views

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    "Good governance has 8 major characteristics. It is participatory, consensus oriented, accountable, transparent, responsive, effective and efficient, equitable and inclusive and follows the rule of law. It assures that corruption is minimized, the views of minorities are taken into account and that the voices of the most vulnerable in society are heard in decision-making. It is also responsive to the present and future needs of society."
Victoria Schnettler

Charter Schools: A Report on Rethinking the Federal Role in Education - 1 views

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    From the Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings, a think tank, a group of researchers review the accessibility of data on charter schools and the federal government's recent push towards this growing trend.
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