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Nevada Public Schools Chief Takes Issue With Automatic Teacher Raises

Posted 11.20.2012 | Home
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Speaking to the Nevada Association of School Boards on Friday, Superintendent of Public Schools James Guthrie argued against automatic raises for teac...

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Parents Considering Moving Out Of Worst State In Country For Education

Posted 08.06.2012 | Home
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Jen Morris really values education. So much so that she's thinking about moving her family out of the state they've lived in for decades. The "Kids...

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Schools Should Rethink Bigger Classes In Early Grades: Study

Gregory Kristof | Posted 06.15.2012 | Home
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Small class sizes are crucial for learning at the younger grades, but may be less important as children mature, according to a new study. The repo...

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Does More Money Mean Better Education?

Posted 01.09.2012 | Home
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Amid major slashes to public funding, political leaders have cited assertions that money doesn't affect student learning to sometimes justify cutting ...

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State 'Irrationally' Underfunds Schools By Billions, Judge Rules

Posted 02.11.2012 | Home
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Supporters of an education lawsuit against the state of Colorado celebrated this weekend after a district judge ruled that the state severely underfun...

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Senator Introduces Legislation Limiting Class Sizes

Education News | Posted 12.07.2011 | Home
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U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced the Facilitating Outstanding Classrooms Using Size Reduction (FOCUS) Act of 2011 [bill summary, PDF], whic...

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California Class Sizes Continue To Grow Amid Shrinking School Year

California Watch | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
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This story comes courtesy of California Watch. By Louis Freedberg Underscoring the deepening impact of the state's budget crisis, nearly 60 perc...

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Chicago Teachers Union To Sue Over 'Unsafe' Class Sizes

Chicago Sun-Times | Off the Kuff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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Chicago Teachers Union officials vowed to file suit today, charging that plans to raise city class sizes to 35 are unsafe and violate the municipal co...

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