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Joy Resmovits

Race To The Top Adds School Districts To U.S. Education Competition

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 05.22.2012

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Race to the Top, the U.S. Education Department's $4.35 billion contest, is getting personal. The competition this year opens $400 million in grant ...

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California's 4th Year Of Teacher Layoffs Spur Concerns

AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 05.05.2012

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LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Unified teacher Mike Newman sighed when he saw the now familiar certified letter in his mailbox last month – a pink s...

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Does Publicly Naming Teachers Tied To Student Test Scores Undermine Reform?

Posted 01.14.2012

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In a departure from recent efforts to publicly name teachers tied to the performance -- and projected performance -- of their students, a new report s...

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Are Standardized Tests Pushing Teachers To Cheat?

Posted 01.08.2012

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From Georgia's southern charm to California's golden beaches, the east and west coasts boast cultures of their own. But one particular culture -- one ...

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(SATIRE) L.A. Private Schools Endure Third Annual 'LAUSD-For-An-Hour Day'

Brock Cohen | Posted 07.31.2011

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Private schools throughout Los Angeles suspended their normal schedule for what has become one of the most significant and controversial dates on the calendar: LAUSD-For-An-Hour Day.

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Joy Resmovits

Teachers Union Fights Against New Evaluation Program

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 07.23.2011

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As different districts and states re-imagine the way teachers should be graded, the country's second largest school system has hit a roadblock. Los ...

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Union Blasts LA Times Teacher Report Cards

Aug. 29, 2010 | | Posted 05.25.2011

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A controversial report by the LA Times using a "value added analysis" to rate some 6,000 LAUSD elementary school teachers has drawn harsh criticism fr...

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