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Wanted: science and math teachers

As English and social studies teachers go, we are a land of plenty. Not so much. And special-education teachers, who are qualified to teach science and math, are especially rare. Over the next six years, the nation will need tens of thousands of

Jan. 09   5:09 pm

Full Story at Lancaster Online


Bush declines to enact higher fuel-economy standards

They need to completely dump these ridiculous requirements that burden car companies & suppliers with higher costs, which then get passed onto consumers. Not to mention the fact that it hinders companies' ability to compete with foreign manufacturers.

Jan. 09   2:55 pm

Full Story at AutoblogGreen


Lawmakers must find way to track students through school career

The idea seems so simple. Develop a system for accurately tracking students in California so we'll know which ones have dropped out of school and which ones have transferred to schools in other communities. But the education bureaucracy resisted

Jan. 09   2:54 pm

Full Story at Fresno Bee


KIPP?ed

Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin take to the pages of The Washington Post to outline a five-point education agenda for President-Elect Obama.  You should read it.  It?s important and good stuff they put forward and hard to disagree with any of the

Jan. 09   2:26 pm

Full Story at Eduwonk


Remarks By The President on No Child Left Behind

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you for the warm welcome. And Laura and I are thrilled to be here at Kearny School. We have come because this is one of the really fine schools in the city of Philadelphia. We bring greetings from the Nation's Capital, but more

Jan. 09   1:57 pm

Full Story at News Blaze


U.S. President Bush visits General Philip Kearny School in Philadelphia

U.S. President George W. Bush shakes hands with Rev. Al Sharpton before taking part in a roundtable discussion during his visit to General Philip Kearny School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Jan. 8, 2009. Bush made the visit to talk about the No Child

Jan. 09   1:52 pm

Full Story at People's Daily Online


McClintock Appointed to Resource and Education & Labor Committees

Jan. 8, 2009 - Congressman Tom McClintock achieved a key goal today and announced he has been appointed as a member of the House Natural Resources Committee. "I have made my appointment to Natural Resources Committee a top priority because of the

Jan. 09   1:49 pm

Full Story at YubaNet


Strikeouts define Bush's term

What do Reggie Jackson, Sammy Sosa and Jose Canseco have in common? It's not their home runs. They rank in the top five for career strikeouts. They thought each time they went to the plate, they were going to hit a home run. And many times they were

Jan. 09   1:01 pm

Full Story at The Jackson Sun


A cookie-cutter education is wrong

Don't be too quick to judge Howell Public Schools on the basis of not meeting federal standards. The scores are produced from tests designed to assess performance for very narrow intellectual abilities. (See www.harvard.edu, Project Zero.) Varied

Jan. 09   11:57 am

Full Story at Livingston Daily


Rise & Shine: Friday, 1/9

Workers at PS 3 in Greenwich Village found a 90-year-old time capsule at the school. (The Villager) More on the plight of math teachers at Bronx Science, with video. (NY1) A new study about how to get kids ready to read has some surprises. (Christian

Jan. 09   11:42 am

Full Story at Gotham Schools


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