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1 hr ago | The Washington Post

Accused Labor Dept. lawyer found dead

A Labor Department lawyer, charged with sexually assaulting his co-worker in her Northwest Washington home, was found dead Tuesday in his D.C. jail cell, officials said.

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4 hrs ago | WUWM

"Milwaukee Succeeds" Sets Achievement Goals

On Monday, "Milwaukee Succeeds" said one of its goals is to increase third grade reading proficiency, from 15 to 38 percent.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing

8 hrs ago | Pacific Daily News

Students kick off summer school

Students began attending summer school at 37 of Guam's public schools yesterday, kicking off five weeks of the summer program for elementary and middle schools, and six weeks for high schools.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Standardized Testing, Kids, Family

12 hrs ago | Seattle Times

Report: Too many teachers, too little quality

The nation's teacher-training programs do not adequately prepare would-be educators for the classroom, even as they produce almost triple the number of graduates needed, according to a survey of more than 1,000 programs released Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Jack Markell, US Governors, Standardized Testing, Education Etc.

Mon Jun 17, 2013

WIGM-AM Medford

Evers calls for education budget changes

As the Legislature prepares to begin debating the two year state budget, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers is asking members to consider changes to the proposal.

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Related Topix: School Vouchers, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Government, Kids, Family

Sentinel & Enterprise

Summer learning: Changing learning loss into learning gains

Don't let your children be victims of "summer learning loss." Summer break can be a time for continued education.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Games, Scrabble, Standardized Testing

The Washington Post

Navy athletes to be charged in alleged rape

The United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. The U.S. Naval Academy is investigating allegations that three members of its football team sexually assaulted a female midshipman at an off-campus house last year.

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Related Topix: Sports, Sports Etc.

WTAQ-AM Green Bay

Minority Democrats seek GOP defectors ahead of budget debate

Minority Democrats asked moderate Republicans Monday to march with them instead of the GOP leadership, in voting on the proposed state budget for the next two years.

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Related Topix: US News, School Vouchers

SFGate

NJ may raise grade requirements for teachers

New Jersey's Education Department is considering requiring prospective teachers to achieve at least a B average in college before they can get state certification.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing

The Fresno Bee

Flash mob draws crowd to celebrate friend battling cancer

"It's not the length of life, but the depth of life," essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson was fond of saying.

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Related Topix: Wooster, OH, Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Home Schooling, Canton, OH, Hartville, OH

The Daily News Journal

GOP supermajority struggles to find footing

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam began the year by dismissing what he called misguided predictions that the new Republican supermajority in state government would devolve into infighting.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Lamar Alexander, US Senate, Republican, Bill Haslam, US Governors, School Vouchers

Journal Gazette

Righting the ISTEP harm

If you are interested in this story, you might be interested in others from The Journal Gazette.

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Related Topix: Fort Wayne, IN, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Evan Bayh, Democrat, Allen County, IN, Indiana, Standardized Testing

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Journal Gazette

Errors bedevil testing companies

If you are interested in this story, you might be interested in others from The Journal Gazette.

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Related Topix: Fort Wayne, IN, Computers, Standardized Testing

Daily Kos

Tools of the Mind Shocks Education

I don't have children, so my opinions on education are, shall we say, academic. But our opponents have made public education such an acrimonious issue that I think it's important to push back on their attacks.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Elgin, IL, US News, Liberal Political News

NBC26

June 16, 2013 1:32 p.m. Moderate Republicans seek Budget Changes

Moderate Republican state senators are seeking major changes to the Wisconsin state budget, including undoing a statewide expansion of private school vouchers and accepting a federally funded Medicaid expansion.

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Related Topix: School Vouchers

WAFF-TV Huntsville

Tenn. GOP supermajority struggles to find footing

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam began the year by dismissing what he called a "caricature" of Republicans struggling to manage their supermajority in state government.

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Related Topix: Bill Haslam, US Governors, Tennessee Government, Tennessee, School Vouchers

Off the Kuff

Perry goes on a veto spree

Here's the full list . Among the victims are the omnibus ethics bill HB217, thus giving Allen Blakemore his fondest wish; two bills aimed at reducing the number of standardized tests some students must take, one of which will make William McKenzie happy; SB15, which would have placed new limits on the power of the University of Texas System Board ... (more)

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Texas, Texas Government, University of Texas at Austin, Rick Perry, US Governors

Springfield News-Leader

Students say school celebrates diversity

Central is considered one of the nation's best high schools. It won that distinction from U.S. News and World Report -- which also ranked it Missouri's 12th best high school -- for its overall academic achievement as well as for how successfully its black, Hispanic and low-income students perform on state-mandated exams.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing

Sat Jun 15, 2013

The Victoria Advocate

Area valedictorians, salutatorians named

Achievements: Valedictorian, Refugio County outstanding senior, fifth place UIL mathematics, participated in UIL mathematics and number sense for three years Achievements: Salutatorian, Refugio County outstanding senior nominee, participated in science and math UIL events all four years of high school Achievements: Intel science talent search STS ... (more)

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Related Topix: Mathematics, Science, Refugio County, TX, Harvard University, Standardized Testing, Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Cuero, TX

Christian Science Monitor

Lego figurines: No more Mr. Nice Toy?

That's the finding of a recent study, which showed that an increasing number of Lego figures' faces are scowling, frowning, or snarling rather than smiling.

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Related Topix: Japan, World News