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California Students Protest Education Cuts

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Angered by increases in tuition and cuts in state financing, thousands of students, parents and faculty members protested across California on Thursday at colleges, universities and even elementary schools to plead for help with the state’s education crisis.

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Teachers Suspended Over Role Model Choice

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His name has not been released, so it was not possible Thursday to ascertain what an elementary school teacher here was thinking when he pinned a photo of O. J. Simpson on the shirt of a second-grader who was marching in a Black History Month parade.

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Students at Edmond North raise $170K for BALTO week

nitajo sumitted ago via http://newsok.com (Views: 14, Clicks: 3)
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The students at Edmond North High School raised more than $170,000 for a camp in North Carolina.

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Ocoee Middle School Gotta Keep Reading

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Ocoee Middle School in Ocoee, FL partnered with Full Sail to create an inspirational music video to get students across the country excited about reading.

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Bus tour fights Oklahoma's dropout rate

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Event highlights limited economic impact of high school dropouts.

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How To Get the President to Speak at Your Graduation

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.whitehouse.gov (Views: 27, Clicks: 4)
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Arne Duncan -- "At the beginning of the school year, the President encouraged students to take responsibility for their education, study hard and graduate from high school. That’s why the President and I are proud to announce the Race to the Top High School Commencement challenge. The challenge encourages schools to show how they are making great strides on personal responsibility, academic excellence and college readiness."

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Obama transparently to governors: Let's 'kick the press out...and we'll get to work'

nitajo sumitted ago via http://latimesblogs.latimes.com (Views: 22, Clicks: 0)
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President Obama to governors -- "America's prosperity has always rested on how well we educate our children -– but never has that been more true than it is today. And it's true for our workers as well, when a college graduate earns over 60 percent more in a lifetime than a high school graduate. This is true for our businesses when, according to one study, six in 10 simply cannot find the qualified workers that they need, are ready and willing to hire."

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Norman Public Schools names teacher of the year finalists

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Six Norman teachers have advanced to the finalist round for the district’s 2010 Teacher of the Year.

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O Canada! Considering the Impact of Hosting the Olympics

nitajo sumitted ago via http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com (Views: 11, Clicks: 0)
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Exploring the image of and information about Canada, as host country of the 2010 Olympic Games.

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Teachers’ impact can last a lifetime

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While reporting on Norman's Teacher of the Year, Jennifer Griswold reflects on her teachers. -- "All those exemplary teachers got me to thinking about some of my teachers through the years, and how they influenced me."

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Education Secretary Duncan calls Hurricane Katrina good for New Orleans schools

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 13, Clicks: 1)
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Education Secretary Arne Duncan called Hurricane Katrina "the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans" because it forced the community to take steps to improve low-performing public schools, according to excerpts from a television interview made public Friday.

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Condoleezza Rice speaks in Tulsa

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 15, Clicks: 0)
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The United States must continue to defend itself while helping heal failed states and vigorously promote democracy, former U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said in Tulsa on Thursday.

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A moment to reflect how far we have come

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.theaustralian.com.au (Views: 18, Clicks: 0)
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The Australian Editorial -- Australia Day marks the real start of the year in this country: once tomorrow's holiday is out of the way, the nation gets down to the serious business of work and school after the summer break.

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After Angering Parents, Proposed Raffle Ban in Schools Is Rescinded

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 58, Clicks: 0)
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While New York City schools are struggling with budget cuts, the Department of Education had proposed a ban on raffles, after already banning bake sales.

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This year's FCAT lesson: Plan ahead

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.heraldtribune.com (Views: 16, Clicks: 0)
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Third-graders at risk for failing at Englewood Elementary received letters about two months into the school year that they would no longer attend science and social studies classes. One Manatee County middle school started its weekend FCAT boot camp last month.

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