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School’s Shake-Up Is Embraced by the President

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A Rhode Island school board’s decision to fire the entire faculty of a poorly performing school, and President Obama’s endorsement of the action, has stirred a storm of reaction nationwide, with teachers condemning it as an insult and conservatives hailing it as a watershed moment of school accountability.

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Rhode Island school nears compromise on mass teacher firings

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 38, Clicks: 0)
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The decision last month to replace the teaching staff at the end of the school year cast the spotlight on a new Obama administration policy: To qualify for a share of $3.5 billion in federal turnaround aid, local officials must close the struggling school or replace the principal and start over with a new academic game plan and perhaps a new staff. That significantly tightens accountability measures under the 2002 No Child Left Behind law.

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Obama angers union officials with remarks in support of R.I. teacher firings

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President Obama voiced support Monday for the mass firings of educators at a failing Rhode Island school, drawing an immediate rebuke from teachers union officials whose members have chafed at some of his education policies.

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R.I. enters race for federal education grant

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.projo.com (Views: 27, Clicks: 0)
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Rhode Island is pulling out all the stops to capture a portion of the $4-billion Race to the Top Fund, a competitive grant by the federal Education Department designed to spur states to make dramatic school reforms.

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R.I. regents approve new guidelines for teachers

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The Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education approved a proposed set of standards that would, for the first time, require that all educators –– new and tenured teachers, principals, assistant principals and support staff –– be evaluated annually and that the evaluations meet a rigorous set of state standards.

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R.I. Regents to bolster teacher evaluations

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The Rhode Island Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education plans to make evaluations of educators and school employees more discerning and timely. The plan calls for all teachers, school administrators and support staff to receive annual in-depth reviews. For teachers, evaluations would include the achievement results of students. Previously, some teachers had not been evaluated for five or more years.

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The new educational divide

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.boston.com (Views: 35, Clicks: 0)
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AS THE OBAMA administration touts its $5 billion “Race to the Top’’ fund and uses it to promote charter schools, it is time to acknowledge that we are encouraging a new split within our public school system.

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Rhode Island’s new education commissioner comes from similar post in Washington, D.C.

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Rhode Island’s new education commissioner, who has summited Mount Kilimanjaro, now faces a steeper climb — significantly improving achievement gains for all students in the state, especially low-income and minority students stuck in low-performing urban schools.

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R.I. Schools Required to Teach About Dating Violence

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.abcnews.go.com (Views: 34, Clicks: 0)
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A new law in Rhode Island called the Lindsay Ann Burke Act requires all public middle and high schools to teach students about dating violence in their health classes.

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By 2012, a higher standard to graduate

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.projo.com (Views: 33, Clicks: 1)
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As expected, the Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education yesterday approved new, tougher high school regulations that, starting in 2012, make state standardized tests count for a third of a student’s graduation requirements in English and math.

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After school can be key to student’s success

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Teenagers operate from the gut. They haven’t learned abstract thinking or how to generalize from one experience, according to Abigail Baird, director of Laboratory of Adolescent Studies at Vassar College, who kicked off yesterday’s conference on after-school programs at the Providence Marriott hotel.

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School’s Shake-Up Is Embraced by the President

Rhode Island school nears compromise on mass teacher firings

Obama angers union officials with remarks in support of R.I. teacher firings

R.I. enters race for federal education grant

R.I. regents approve new guidelines for teachers

R.I. Regents to bolster teacher evaluations

The new educational divide

Rhode Island’s new education commissioner comes from similar post in Washington, D.C.

R.I. Schools Required to Teach About Dating Violence

By 2012, a higher standard to graduate

After school can be key to student’s success

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