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NACSA President Calls on Congress to Strengthen the Charter School Sector, Details High Quality Authorizing Practices to Achieve Goal

CHICAGO, March 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, NACSA President Greg Richmond testified before the US House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies on the need for high quality authorizing

Mar. 18   5:01 pm

Full Story at PR Newswire

The Pope?s Opposition to Condoms Hurts US Policy

This morning, as the pope traveled to Africa, he issued his first explicit statement opposing condom use. In an interview on the papal plane to Cameroon, the pope acknowledged the HIV/AIDS crisis but claimed that the distribution of condoms would not

Mar. 18   4:46 pm

Full Story at The Hill

Reduce Risks Firefighters Face (Rep. Ed Perlmutter)

Everyday, firefighters across the country put their lives on the line for the safety of others.  I believe we have an obligation to provide firefighters the tools and resources they need to safely and successfully do their job.  I am proud to partner

Mar. 18   2:58 pm

Full Story at The Hill

Massive Government Stimulus Has Not Helped CAT as Promised (Rep. Aaron Schock)

The Hill : To coincide with The Hill's Special Report on Children's Initiatives, The Hill's Erica Wisniewski spoke with Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers(R-Wash.) about her role advocating for Children with disabilities. Erica Wisniewski : You?ve taken on

Mar. 18   2:33 pm

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Raising Taxes on Small Businesses Isn?t a Recipe for Job Creation (Rep. John Boehner)

At a time when American families and small businesses are hurting, raising taxes on any American should be out of the question. Unfortunately, the President?s massive $3.6 trillion budget contains $1.4 trillion in new taxes that will affect every

Mar. 18   1:51 pm

Full Story at The Hill

State educators favor longer school day for students

Hawai'i public school students spend six hours per day in class, slightly less than the national average but well below what some local educators believe is necessary to increase learning. Last week, President Obama announced a major shift in the

Mar. 18   1:06 pm

Full Story at The Honolulu Advertiser

Building better schools with less

Nevada?s budget crunch is starting to hit locally. Washoe County pretty well knows what its revenue hit will be and is making cuts now. The Washoe County School District picture is a little more muddled. Although the bulk of the WCSD operating budget

Mar. 18   1:01 pm

Full Story at North Lake Tahoe Bonanza

Randi?s Choice

2006 Winner, Best K-12 Administration Blog -- "Best of the Education Blog Awards" -- eSchool News and Discovery Education "unexpectedly entertaining"..."tackle[s] a potentially mindfogging subject with cutting clarity... they're reading those mushy,

Mar. 18   12:10 am

Full Story at Eduwonk

Rise & Shine: Good news from city and state on schools

The city says students who are just learning English are doing better than ever. (Times, GothamSchools) The Christian Science Monitor takes an in-depth look at how teachers are paid.  Fewer city schools are failing, according to the state and NCLB.

Mar. 18   11:16 am

Full Story at Gotham Schools

More city schools removed from federal watch list

More city schools were removed from a federal watch list this year, keeping pace with a statewide decline. The number of schools that didn't make enough progress on standardized tests, as required by the No Child Left Behind law, dropped 5.1% from 374

Mar. 18   9:46 am

Full Story at New York Daily News

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