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Oklahoma not a finalist for funding

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After an eight month marathon of grant writing, Oklahoma was eliminated from the first round of the Race to the Top federal grant Thursday.

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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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Stepping up: Communities come through for schools

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Oklahoman Editorial -- "The year’s first large slate of bond issue proposals in school districts across the state left one clear message: Voters are solidly behind local school districts, despite whatever financial troubles they may be having at home."

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TPS has used about half its stimulus cash

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Tulsa Public Schools has spent or encumbered nearly half of the $16.7 million the district received in federal Title I funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, with the salaries of 47 employees being supported by the federal stimulus bill.

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Seasonal affective disorder increasingly a workplace issue

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Some employees seek adjustments for SAD, serious depression triggered by limited daylight. One teacher sued a school district that refused to move her from a windowless basement room.

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Criminal investigation opened in grade-changing scandal at Churchill High

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The Montgomery County state's attorney has opened a criminal investigation into a grade-changing scheme at Winston Churchill High School, officials said Wednesday, elevating the digital subterfuge into a major scandal at one of the region's most prestigious public schools.

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Don’t count state out in reform competition

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Oklahoman Editorial -- "Oklahoma lost out on its first shot at millions of dollars in federal Race to the Top money to improve the state’s public schools. That’s no reason to panic. State officials now know much more about what it will take to impress federal education officials and tweak Oklahoma’s application before a second round of competition this summer."

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Gov. Brad Henry OKs bills to put budget deal into action

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Gov. Brad Henry quietly signed bills Friday that complete a budget agreement that takes care of a nearly $300 million projected deficit at the end of this fiscal year.

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Silver Spring students enjoy free extracurricular activities

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Students are benefiting from a new wave of extracurricular activities at East Silver Spring: free programs that aim to expose the low-income, mostly-minority students to cultures, skills and instruction not previously available to them inside or outside the classroom.

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Race to Top Enters Home Stretch With 16 Finalists

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U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, in announcing the finalists March 4, said that no more than $2 billion will be divided among “very few winners” when the awards are given out in April—and suggested, in effect, that there would be seven or fewer victors.

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15 States Plus D.C. Are Named Race to the Top Finalists

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Michele McNeil -- "We'll have more analysis on the winners-and losers-later, but our first take on the list of finalists is that many of them are Southern, right-to-work states. New York is a surprise because many argue its student-teacher data law is weak, and its attempt to loosen restrictions on charters failed. Kentucky made the list, but has no charter law. Also, Colorado is the only Western state to make the cut."

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Ready for phase 2: Back to the drawing board

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Oklahoma was not among the states chosen as finalists for the first phase of a competition for $4 billion in federal Race to the Top grants, but state leaders vowed to push ahead with a second-phase application.

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Quantcast Thousands protest California education cuts

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Rallies and walkouts are largely peaceful, but 150 are arrested in Oakland as a freeway is blocked. The demonstrations are part of a nationwide 'Day of Action for Public Education.'

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California disqualified from receiving federal school funds

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No reason was given for the decision. Education leaders announced that 15 other states and Washington, D.C., are in the running for billions in grants under the Race to the Top reform program.

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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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Oklahoma not a finalist for funding

School’s Shake-Up Is Embraced by the President

Stepping up: Communities come through for schools

TPS has used about half its stimulus cash

Seasonal affective disorder increasingly a workplace issue

Criminal investigation opened in grade-changing scandal at Churchill High

Don’t count state out in reform competition

Gov. Brad Henry OKs bills to put budget deal into action

Silver Spring students enjoy free extracurricular activities

Race to Top Enters Home Stretch With 16 Finalists

15 States Plus D.C. Are Named Race to the Top Finalists

Ready for phase 2: Back to the drawing board

Quantcast Thousands protest California education cuts

California disqualified from receiving federal school funds

California Students Protest Education Cuts

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