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1 hr ago | The Orlando Sentinel

Graduation shows personal touch of counselors, teachers

Lyman High School's 458 graduates sat in alphabetical rows, tassels on their blue caps uniformly hanging to the right, eyes focused forward on the stage they were about to cross.

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Related Topix: Seminole County, FL, Standardized Testing, Opinion

5 hrs ago | San Mateo Daily Journal

OP-ED: More kudos to our schools

As a member of the Foster City Council and a longtime resident, I have always been proud that we have some of the top schools in the state right here in our backyards.

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Related Topix: San Mateo County, CA, Standardized Testing, Education Etc., Foster City, CA, San Mateo, CA, Opinion

9 hrs ago | The Campbell Reporter

State school API rankings show middle school can be tough, but some excel

Math teacher Suzanne Hughes works with eighth-grader Anisha Kakarlamudi at Thomas Russell Middle School on Wednesday morning, May 22, 2013, in Milpitas, Calif.

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Related Topix: California, Family, Teenagers, Standardized Testing, Daly City, CA, East Palo Alto, CA, Menlo Park, CA

Fri May 24, 2013

San Bernardino County Sun

California releases annual school rankings based on API scores

The state on Friday released its annual list of K-12 school rankings based on student performance on standardized tests, revealing little in the way of surprise for the South Bay and Harbor Area, where nearly 60 percent of the schools surpassed the statewide average.

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Related Topix: California, Standardized Testing, Education Etc., August, CA, San Marino, CA, Piedmont, CA

TwinCities

Wisconsin: Walker expects compromise on voucher school plan

Republican Gov. Scott Walker says he expects GOP leaders will reach some sort of compromise on a contentious section of his budget that would expand private school vouchers next week.

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Related Topix: Scott Walker, US Governors, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Government, School Vouchers

WZVN-TV Fort Myers

Burke's last speech highlights Lee's graduation rate

The theme of Friday morning's breakfast was "It's a Small World After All," focusing on how schools can prepare for the global marketplace.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing

Examiner.com

Economics: School voucher, cheaper education cheaper products

We have all heard and felt how large industry is cutting wages, thus cheaper labor is wanted by those who can not find another path to profits.

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Related Topix: School Vouchers

Examiner.com

Making physical education a core subject in school

"Schools have been responsible for various health programs such as nutrition, breakfast and lunch programs, immunizations, and screenings, etc.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Medicine, Nutrition, George Bush, Family, Kids, Standardized Testing, George Miller, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Politics

Limerick Today

Judge orders arrest of County Limerick parents

A JUDGE has ordered gardai to arrest the County Limerick parents of a 12-year-old girl after hearing she has missed over 80% of the school year.

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Related Topix: Home Schooling, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Family

WTOP-FM Washington

Older brother held in deaths of 2 younger siblings

A 15-year-old boy is in custody after authorities investigating the stabbing deaths of his younger adopted brothers found him miles away with traces of blood on him, officials said.

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Related Topix: Sundance Film Festival, Home Schooling

Contra Costa Times

Review: A dazzling 'Arcadia' at ACT

Rebekah Brockman and Jack Cutmore-Scott in A.C.T.is production of Tom Stoppardis Arcadia, directed by Carey Perloff.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing

MSN Living

Do single-sex schools teach kids stereotypes?

Earlier this year, Maine faced a bill that would allow public schools to offer single-gender classrooms.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, Standardized Testing

Thu May 23, 2013

Banner-Tribune

Senate to have say on Common Core standards

BATON ROUGE, La. - A tea party-backed attempt to keep Louisiana from using a set of uniform national standards for public school testing will be considered by the state Senate.

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Related Topix: Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA, Standardized Testing, Slidell, LA

Journalgazette.net

FWCS rejects ISTEP+ results, presses review

The district will not use the data from the test in its evaluations and will not distribute the test results to parents or teachers 'unless and until they can be validated by a legitimate, independent third party.' 'It is now time to pause sanctions related to this test - a test that was not designed to measure all aspects of educational ... (more)

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing

Missileer

Director details furlough plans for DOD schools

DODEA operates schools overseas and at some U.S. locations for the children of military families.

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Related Topix: Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Family, Department of Defense, US News, Standardized Testing

TheBlaze.com

Power to the Parents: The Fight for Home-School Rights

Editor's note: For TheBlaze Magazine 's June cover story, Assistant Editor Sharon Ambrose dug into the history and success of - and Progressive attacks on - home-schooling. What she found was, despite a history of proven great accomplishment in the home-education movement, the Left continues to wage war on home-schoolers. And these attacks aren't ... (more)

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Related Topix: Home Schooling, Kids, Family, US Politics, US News

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Texas Tech System leaders give annual update on institutions

Texas Tech Interim President Lawrence Schovanec speaks during the State of the Texas Tech University System luncheon Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX, Standardized Testing

The Janesville Gazette

Rock County Christian students post above average test scores

Rock County Christian students take the Explore and PLAN tests, which are part of the ACT suite of tests, intended to show students' readiness for college work.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing

Wed May 22, 2013

CBS Local

Grief Counselors At A Broward High School After Soccer Star Commits Suicide

Grief counselors were called into a Broward High School on Wednesday after a 17-year star soccer player with a bright future took her own life.

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Related Topix: Suicide, Broward County, FL, Standardized Testing

KTIV-TV Sioux City

Rep. Jorgenson says Iowa lawmakers have tentative education deal

Republican Rep. Ron Jorgenson of Sioux City says Iowa legislators have a tentative education policy deal that would provide additional school funding.

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Related Topix: Sioux City, IA, Home Schooling, Webster County, IA, Harlan, IA