Augusta, ME – Kindergarten students in the city of Auburn, Main, about 30 miles southwest of the capital Augusta are going to receive something many adults could only dream of getting, a new iPad. Though is may seem to be a far fetched plan to many, it may actually be an idea many states...
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WASHINGTON, D.C – Today, United State’s President Barack Obama placed a verbal deadline for Congress to rewrite the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law. Pres. Obama wants the law to be rewritten before the 2011 school year recommences in September. Pres. Obama stated, to the effect, that he wants every child to return to...
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Madison, WI – A Wisconsin bill passed in the State Assembly today, which among other things, will limit the collective bargaining rights for public workers unions in the state. The bill’s very proposal set off harsh protests mainly from the Teacher’s Union. After three days of debate on the Assembly floor the bill’s future...
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New York City, NY – Justice Cynthia Kern of the Manhattan State Supreme Court issued her ruling today regarding the names of teachers and their ratings being made public. Justice Kern ruled that making public the teacher ratings for 12,000 New York City teachers and their names attached is not going to be arbitrary...
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New York - An argument around whether or not to give off efficiency scores with regard to 12,000 New York City teachers is placing the parents right to know first, in opposition to the fears of educators. Teachers worry that they’re going to end up being unfairly put through ridicule determined by student test...
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Atlanta - The quantity of “dropout factory” high schools in America has decreased since 2002, converting to at a minimum, 100,000 extra students obtaining a diploma, according to a new study. However, this report coming from America’s Promise Alliance being released Tuesday asserted that improvement needs to increase fivefold so that the united states...
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London – This missy of old school tech, the boss of earth computers is going up for auction on the 23rd of November and is expected to reach an emolument price tag of about 1/4 million USD. This Apple-1 as it was called, originally brought $666.66 – only about 200 were produced. The Apple-1,...
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