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Romney Shifts Focus To Education, Teachers' Unions

AP | STEVE PEOPLES | Posted 05.24.2012

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WASHINGTON — Originally planning to focus on education, Mitt Romney instead reignited the debate over his business credentials on Wednesday, wel...

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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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Advocates Fight Fat: 'School Setting Does Not Support Health'

Reuters | Posted 05.10.2012

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* Nonprofits want greater role for U.S. Education Department * Health needs to be integrated into school policies -groups ...

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Top 10 donors make up a third of donations to super PACs

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.18.2012

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The Center for Public Integrity

By John Dunbar and Michael BeckeliWatch NewsContrary to expectations, the much-criticized court decisions that gave us "super PACs" have not led to ...

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John Celock

Union Leaders Target Bullying

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 04.11.2012

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WASHINGTON - The heads of the nation's two largest teachers' unions stressed Tuesday night the need for government leaders to continue to focus on bul...

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Joy Resmovits

Harkin, Ryan Spar Over Littlest Learners

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.29.2012

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Even as a growing body of research attests to the importance of early childhood education as an antidote to poverty, the House is preparing to pass a ...

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California School Board Blocks Parent Takeover Bid

Reuters | Posted 05.28.2012

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By Troy Anderson ADELANTO, Calif., March 28 (Reuters) - A group of activist parents in this impoverished community were thwarted again...

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High Stakes Testing: Who's Cheating Whom?

Dennis Van Roekel | Posted 05.28.2012

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Dennis Van Roekel

Let's get back to the core purpose of public education -- ensuring students have access to a great education that prepares them for lifelong learning and success -- and leave the pressure cooker for pot roasts.

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Hostile Takeover: Parents Seek Control Of Failing School In High-Stakes U.S. Education Reform

Reuters | Posted 05.19.2012

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(Corrects information about the founding of Parent Revolution, adds that union backed anti-trigger activist in Florida, clarifies proposed structure...

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Joy Resmovits

Teachers Can't Get No Satisfaction, Says Survey

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.07.2012

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After a year that brought budget cuts, booming class sizes, radical hiring changes and governors who curtailed collective-bargaining rights, teachers'...

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Celebrate Read Across America Day

Sara Ferguson | Posted 04.30.2012

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Sara Ferguson

Take the time to share a book with a child. Time spent reading with children not only increases their academic achievement, but also improves their self esteem.

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Teachers Unions Step Up to Lead on Education Reform

Dennis Van Roekel | Posted 04.23.2012

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Dennis Van Roekel

The only way to turn around struggling schools is to work together -- by demanding concrete changes that make low student achievement totally unacceptable for any group of students.

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Emmeline Zhao

Adult Film Proceeds To Go To School Reading Program?

HuffingtonPost.com | Emmeline Zhao | Posted 02.07.2012

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Talk about dirty money. American schools and educational programs might be drowning from lack of funding, but being deep in the red isn't deterring on...

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New National Sex Ed Standards Encourage 'Safe Sex,' Sexual Identity, Anti-Bullying

AP | By KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 01.09.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Young elementary school students should use the proper names for body parts and, by the end of fifth grade, know that sexual orientation...

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Joy Resmovits

Group Encourages Ditching Standardized Tests

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 01.06.2012

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Last year, stress about Pennsylvania's state standardized tests caused third grader John Michael Rosenblum to start scratching himself so hard in his ...

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Matt Damon And Mom Reject Award Nomination

Posted 01.05.2012

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Matt Damon and his mother, Nancy Carlsson-Paige, have declined a nomination for the Friend of Education award from the National Education Association'...

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Leading the Profession

Dennis Van Roekel | Posted 02.28.2012

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Dennis Van Roekel

The status quo in public education isn't working. Not for students -- and not for educators. Now, more than ever, our schools need a highly skilled and effective teaching force to guide students in meeting the challenges of the 21st century.

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The NEA's 'New Professionalism'

Richard Lee Colvin | Posted 02.13.2012

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Richard Lee Colvin

An NEA commission report released last Thursday appears to depart from union positions on seniority; tenure; performance pay; student achievement as a factor in evaluations; and the role of teachers in evaluating their colleagues.

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Joy Resmovits

How The Super Committee's Failure Hurts K-12 Spending

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 11.23.2011

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Seventy thousand teaching jobs. More than one billion in Title I grants to disadvantaged school districts. Nearly 900 million in funding for special e...

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States Grading Teachers More Stringently, Using Numerous Measurements

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 01.17.2012

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WASHINGTON — Teachers and principals are worrying more about their own report cards these days. They're being graded on more than student test ...

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Ex-Porn Star's School Appearance Caused By Misinformation?

AP | Posted 11.18.2011

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COMPTON, Calif. -- Officials of a California school system plan to meet with the agent who schedules celebrity guests to read to children after some p...

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Joy Resmovits

WATCH: 'I'll Tell You What A Tragedy Is'

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 12.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Debate over the No Child Left Behind revision hit the Senate floor earlier than expected on Wednesday after Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) buste...

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Joy Resmovits

How Should Tests Measure Teachers?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 12.03.2011

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When Secretary of Education Arne Duncan presented the Obama administration's reforms to teacher training programs before the D.C.-based think tank Edu...

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Dennis Van Roekel: The NEA Plan For Teacher Accountability

| Dennis Van Roekel | Posted 11.20.2011

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This piece comes to us courtesy of Education Nation’s The Learning Curve blog. Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association, w...

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Teachers Unions: All For Accountability... In Theory

Bob Bowdon | Posted 11.08.2011

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Bob Bowdon

There's an easy way to predict whether teachers unions will oppose an accountability proposal. Just find out if the plan would lead to actual dismissals of poorly performing teachers.

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