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City schools superintendent defends budget
FOX 5 San Diego ReporterGoing on the defense, San Diego city schools Superintendent Bill Kowba held a press conference Friday to clear up some confusion about the district's budget. "This week it was stated the district has $66 million in extra reserves that can be used to...Tags: San Diego (San Diego, California), Finance, Career and Workplace, Layoffs and Downsizing, Job Layoffs
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San Diego school board passes budget
FOX 5 San Diego StaffIt's been one marathon session after another for the San Diego school board. Tuesday's night meeting was no exception. Two hours into the meeting, the board adopted the budget for the 2009-2010 school year with $84 million less from the state. There were...Tags: Fox Broadcasting Company, Teaching and Learning, San Diego (San Diego, California), Budgets and Budgeting
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For Romney, beating Obama on education could be tricky
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.Herman Cain had 9-9-9. Lately, Mitt Romney is all about E-E-E. As in, the economy, energy and -- new this week -- education. Romney rolled out his education plan at a speech in Washington last week, and followed up with a visit to a charter school in...Tags: Government, The Wall Street Journal, Illinois Governor, Republican Party, Teaching and Learning
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Romney makes his case on education
WASHINGTON — Targeting an issue popular with women, a key voter group, Mitt Romney assailed President Obama's leadership on education Wednesday and blamed teachers unions for problems facing American schools. The Republican presidential candidate...
Tags: Government, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Paul West, Charter Schools
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Romney tees off on Obama, teachers unions at Latino luncheon
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney used a Latino business gathering as a forum to assail President Obama’s leadership of the economy and blame teachers unions for problems facing American education. The Republican presidential candidate is making...
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Thousands of teachers rally in Chicago
Tribune reportersMayor Rahm Emanuel bore the brunt of criticism from angry teachers who filled the Auditorium Theatre on Wednesday to make clear their unhappiness with the administration's efforts to overhaul public education in Chicago. The crowd of nearly 4,000...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Montgomery (Kane, Illinois), Chicago Mayor, Michigan Avenue, Rahm Emanuel
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Teacher Evaluations: January's Dream Agreement Now On The Rocks
The Hartford CourantIn what appeared to be a diplomatic feat back in January, the state's Performance Evaluation Advisory Council heralded an agreement on a new teacher evaluation system. Teachers union leaders, administrators, board of education representatives and state...Tags: Entertainment, Teaching and Learning, Stamford, Examinations, Schools
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L.A. Unified can apply for federal Race to the Top funds
For the first time, L.A. Unified and other individual school districts can apply for federal Race to the Top grants, bypassing California officials, including the governor, who had objected to the rules for receiving the education-reform incentives....
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Letters: The power of a teachers union
Re "An imperfect union," Opinion, May 18 Troy Senik says that the California Teachers Assn. is the state's most powerful union. How does he define powerful? With pay? At an average salary of $68,000, teachers are not the best-paid public employees. Plus,...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education, Chicago Transit Authority, Teachers, American Federation of Teachers
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Newton: A split among Democrats
Gloria Romero is a Democrat. She was elected to the California Assembly as a Democrat and later to the state Senate. She served as Democratic leader of the Senate, the first woman to do so. Ben Austin is a Democrat too. He worked in the White House...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Politics, White House, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama
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Poll shows support for longer school day
Rahm Emanuel's push to extend the school day is overwhelmingly backed by Chicago voters, but far more of them side with the teachers union than the mayor on overall efforts to improve education, a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows. The survey results could...
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Lawsuit takes aim at California's legal protections for teachers
A Bay Area nonprofit backed partly by groups known for battling teachers unions has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn five California laws that, they say, make it too difficult to dismiss ineffective teachers. The suit, filed on behalf of eight...Tags: Justice System, Teaching and Learning, Layoffs and Downsizing, Michelle Rhee, Students
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