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Written by Stacy Teicher Khadaroo - CSMonitor
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Friday, 05 March 2010 |
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Article Source: CSMonitor
Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced Thursday that 15 states and the District of Columbia are finalists for Race to the Top education grants. The winners will be chosen in April.
States competing for billions of dollars in education stimulus funding found out today whether they’re still in the running for the “Race to the Top.”
The competition has been a catalyst “to dramatically reshape America’s educational system ... prompting states to think deeply about how to improve the way we prepare our students for success in a competitive 21st century economy,” Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said in announcing the first round of finalists.
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Written by Nelson Garcia - 9News Denver
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Tuesday, 02 March 2010 |
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Article Source: 9News Denver
DENVER - Juan Salazar used to be one of those students who got into trouble for fighting at North High School. Now he uses words instead of fists."If someone bumped into me, I started saying something," Salazar, a senior, said. "It always led to a fight."It also always led to a suspension.
"Restorative Justice is actually not a program. It's a philosophy," Cairnes, North High School Restorative Justice coordinator, said. The premise basically states that when students fight, instead of immediate suspensions, have them sit down and discuss the issues face-to-face. They go over a series of questions with Cairnes as the mediator. Then, they come up with contract that spells out a way towards working the differences out.
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Written by USA Today
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Tuesday, 02 March 2010 |
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Article Source: USA Today
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday addressed the nation's school dropout epidemic, proposing $900 million to states and school districts that agree to drastically change or even shutter their worst performing schools.
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Written by Yesenia Robles - Denver Post
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Sunday, 28 February 2010 |
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Article Source: Denver Post
One started her career in education late in life; others felt a calling from the very beginning to reach into the lives of children. They are six of the many African-American women in Colorado who have left lasting legacies in the education system.
"They were pioneers who came into the field of education when there was a lot of discrimination," said Akbarali Thobhani, interim chair of the Department of African and African American Studies at Metropolitan State College. "But they played a great part in opening up opportunities for students and also on the teaching and administrative level."
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Written by Amanda Paulson - CS Monitor
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Sunday, 28 February 2010 |
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Article Source: CS Monitor
Strong educational practices, not demographics or organizational philosophies, most affect middle school test scores, a survey of more than 300 California schools found.
Forget the oft-debated issue of whether middle-schoolers are better off in a separate school or in a K-8 environment. The real things that improve their test scores have more to do with educational practices than school structure, according to a major new study that examined middle grades in California.
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