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International Baccalaureate program helping raise expectations at Woodrow Wilson High

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.dallasnews.com (Views: 7, Clicks: 2)
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Forty-seven high schools in Texas offer the IB diploma, which is awarded after students pass exams in six subjects, write a 4,000-word essay and take a Theory of Knowledge Course, among other requirements. Students with an IB diploma graduate with a minimum of 24 college credit hours.

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Obama signs bill that requires Texas to maintain education spending to receive federal funds

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.dallasnews.com (Views: 15, Clicks: 3)
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Texas would have to preserve its current education spending levels through 2013 to qualify for more than $830 million in federal aid under a Texas-specific provision signed into law Tuesday by President Barack Obama.

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Obama Calls for U.S. to Lead in Graduation

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 15, Clicks: 2)
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President Obama, at the University of Texas, called for the nation to lead the world in college graduation.

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Rick Perry, David Dewhurst vow to challenge education-spending rule if Congress passes bill

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.dallasnews.com (Views: 15, Clicks: 3)
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State leaders vowed Thursday to go to court if Congress gives final approval to a bill that would force Texas to preserve current education spending levels through 2013 to qualify for additional federal aid.

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Need seen for more minority teachers in Texas

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.dallasnews.com (Views: 9, Clicks: 2)
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Texas' minority student enrollment continues to surge, but the state's teacher corps isn't keeping pace. That has left large numbers of black and Hispanic children without the role models experts believe would help them achieve more.

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The scores are in, and the Texas Projection Measure results are mixed

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.dallasnews.com (Views: 10, Clicks: 2)
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For months, Texas education officials have been defending a controversial formula that predicts whether students who fail the TAKS tests are likely to pass in the future. Last week, the state released the results of its first real-life test of the formula.

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New academic standards clearer, more rigorous

nitajo sumitted ago via http://hosted2.ap.org (Views: 12, Clicks: 3)
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The common academic standards many states will adopt this fall are clearer and more rigorous than those currently used by three-quarters of all states, according to an analysis by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

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Texas schools' accountability ratings jump dramatically in TEA report

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.dallasnews.com (Views: 13, Clicks: 4)
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The number of Texas public schools that earned "exemplary" or "recognized" under the state accountability ratings jumped dramatically in 2010. But most of the improvement was due to exemptions that allowed campuses to claim credit for students who had failed TAKS tests.

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Doubling Down on Crazy: Texas State Board of Education

Skinner sumitted ago via http://www.dailykos.com (Views: 22, Clicks: 4)
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The Permanent School Fund was set up by the founders of Texas, written into the Constitution to ensure that all children in the state of Texas could receive a quality public education. Unfortunately, members of the board apparently do not believe in public education as Sam Houston and the founders envisioned it. Last week the SBOE members decided to take funds set aside for our children’s education to buy real estate to rent to charter schools at a subsidized rate.

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State board votes to tap Texas' public education fund to help build charter schools

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.dallasnews.com (Views: 9, Clicks: 3)
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A sharply divided State Board of Education opened the door today to tapping the state's education trust fund for charter school facilities, despite warnings that the action could harm the fund.

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Survey: 4 in 10 Texas teachers moonlight to make ends meet

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.dallasnews.com (Views: 8, Clicks: 1)
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More and more Texas teachers are struggling to pay their bills. Just ask the four in 10 teachers – a record number – who moonlighted this year.

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Texans favor teachers setting school standards, poll says

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.dallasnews.com (Views: 8, Clicks: 1)
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The poll comes two months after the board approved new curriculum standards for social studies that reflect a more conservative view of U.S. history and other subjects. Those standards will be used to guide classroom instruction and write new textbooks over the next decade.

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State may eliminate use of student testing projection measurement

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.statesman.com (Views: 11, Clicks: 2)
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Facing stinging criticism, the Texas Education Agency may retool or eliminate the practice of counting as passing students who fail state-mandated tests but who are expected to pass in later years.

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A weird accountability system in Texas

nitajo sumitted ago via http://voices.washingtonpost.com (Views: 10, Clicks: 1)
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Valerie Strauss -- In the category of “data will set your school system free -- unless, of course, the data don’t tell the literal truth,” we have the Texas Projection Measure. It’s part of an accountability system that awards schools credit for students who have actually failed state-mandated tests but who are expected to pass sometime in the future.

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Transparency law for Texas professors sets off academic freedom debate

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.dallasnews.com (Views: 40, Clicks: 14)
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A law requiring Texas' public colleges and universities to post detailed course information online will take effect this fall, stirring a debate between advocates of transparency and academic freedom.

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