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Queens vendor busted for overbilling NYC Ed. Dept.
Derval (Eduardo) Lazzari has been scamming the city's schools since 2006, when his company Acme American Repairs landed a contract to fix cafeteria equipment.
By Allie Gross • Aug. 11, 2014 -
Fake Twitter account pokes fun at Campbell Brown's education agenda
The Alliance for Quality Education's @RealCampBrown calls attention to issues like Brown's refusal to name her organization's donors.
By Allie Gross • Aug. 11, 2014 -
Trendline
Learning Loss
Our latest K-12 Dive Trendline takes a closer look at how educators are addressing learning loss, as well as achievement trends and developments.
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Health textbook's sex ed content raises California parents' ire
An online petition calling for the district to abandon the book has over 1,500 signatures.
By Allie Gross • Aug. 11, 2014 -
Duncan says teachers, principals are his 'top advisers'
The U.S. secretary of education has been trying to get back in educators' good graces ever since the NEA called for his resignation last month.
By Allie Gross • Aug. 11, 2014 -
Deep Dive
Is STEM enough to prepare students for tomorrow's workforce?
Autodesk's senior director of worldwide education, Tom Joseph, says additional skills are needed on top of science, tech, engineering, and math knowledge.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 8, 2014 -
Houston teachers accused of cheating accept generous severance packages
The four teachers will get a full year's salary with their resignation package.
By Allie Gross • Aug. 8, 2014 -
Maryland district plans social media oversight for middle, high schoolers
The district will search student messages for words such as 'bomb' and 'kill.'
By Allie Gross • Aug. 8, 2014 -
Colorado Ed. Dept. fails to mention school shooting in violence data
The department says the mistake is on it, not the district.
By Allie Gross • Aug. 8, 2014 -
Louisiana launches career education training for high schoolers
The Jump Start program gives high school students training in 23 technical fields, including plumbing and construction.
By Allie Gross • Aug. 8, 2014 -
Preschool founder: Bring play and experimentation back to kindergarten
Cherry Preschool Executive Director Laurie Levy is tired of the 'test-ready' expectations foisted upon the youngest learners.
By Allie Gross • Aug. 8, 2014 -
Bus driver pepper sprays Atlanta students
The driver was attempting to break up a fight.
By Allie Gross • Aug. 7, 2014 -
Maine's first virtual charter school to open in fall
Maine Connections Academy has already enrolled 279 students.
By Allie Gross • Aug. 7, 2014 -
Test scores to count for less on NJ teacher evals
The state's board of education is taking steps to minimize the importance of student test scores on teacher evaluations.
By Allie Gross • Aug. 7, 2014 -
NY Ed. Dept. releases half of questions from Common Core-aligned exams
The selection of 2014 questions was released in an attempt to help schools better prepare for next year's exams.
By Allie Gross • Aug. 7, 2014 -
Philly schools get $256M in advance funding
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett released the funds after state legislators failed to pass a cigarette tax on Monday meant to boost funding.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 6, 2014 -
Deep Dive
4 K-12 textbooks that bred controversy
From environmental texts to religious documents, these are some of the most contentious classroom materials of the past few years.
By Allie Gross • Aug. 6, 2014 -
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Superintendent of Portland Schools gets a 28% raise
Teachers and two school board members were opposed to the pay increase, which dwarfs the 2.3% given to teachers.
By Allie Gross • Aug. 6, 2014 -
Teacher evals up for vote on Missouri ballot
The proposed measure minimizes teacher tenure protection and requires evaluations to be based largely on student test scores.
By Allie Gross • Aug. 6, 2014 -
Ohio lawmakers push for Common Core repeal
Hearings on the national standards begin Aug. 12.
By Allie Gross • Aug. 6, 2014 -
UC-Berkeley math professor finds Common Core lacking
Are the standards too focused on visual models and stories?
By Allie Gross • Aug. 6, 2014 -
Michelle Rhee named interim chair of Sacramento charter's board
Rhee will balance the St. Hope Schools position with heading her StudentsFirst advocacy group.
By Allie Gross • Aug. 6, 2014 -
ClassWallet launches beta
The site gives teachers useful strategies for collecting, managing and spending classroom dollars.
By Allie Gross • Aug. 5, 2014 -
What are America's best and worst school systems?
Using rankings from personal finance site Wallethub, the Huffington Post maps out the best and worst education systems in the nation.
By Allie Gross • Aug. 5, 2014 -
Mother sues Florida school board over daughter's suicide
The mother alleges the Polk County School Board did not do enough about another student stalking her daughter.
By Allie Gross • Aug. 5, 2014 -
Are ed reformers overlooking methods that actually work?
According to a veteran public school teacher and California Federation of Teachers council president, a number of methods that work aren't getting the attention they deserve.
By Allie Gross • Aug. 5, 2014
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