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U.S. Ed Department agrees to review 9 districts’ plan for NCLB waiver - by...
The nine California districts seeking a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind Act have gotten their foot in the door. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it has accepted...
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Evolving from professional development to professional learning - by Ellen...
Ellen Moir Every student deserves an effective teacher, one who is always seeking the very best ways to reach each student. While there has always been an onus on teachers to commit to improving, state...
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San Jose teachers, board adopt landmark teacher evaluation system - by John...
Breaking new ground in California, San Jose Unified has adopted an innovative teacher evaluation process that gives teachers a role in reviewing their peers and greatly revises the current – and some...
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Nine districts resubmit ‘stronger’ application for NCLB waiver - by John...
(This article has been updated.) Nine California districts resubmitted their application Tuesday for a waiver from key provisions and sanctions of the No Child Left Behind law after spending weeks...
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Duncan indicates support for district waiver, praises Brown’s funding reform...
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan in San Francisco. (Source: Public Policy Institute of California). U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan set aside years of acrimony and disagreements with Gov....
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CORE districts to make final personal pitch for No Child Left Behind waiver -...
Quickly running out of time, a delegation from nine California school districts will go to Washington this week to make a last pitch to federal officials for a waiver from the No Child Left Behind law....
View ArticlePoll: Voters support standardized testing, teacher accountability - by Susan...
California voters strongly support standardized testing and believe that student performance on the tests should play an important role in teacher evaluations, according to an online poll released...
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Commission considers performance tests for administrators in training - by...
Five years ago, California became the first state to mandate that all candidates for becoming a teacher demonstrate that they have the skills needed for the classroom. Soon, it will be aspiring...
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Stanford professor finds Michelle Rhee’s teacher evaluation system was...
Michelle Rhee. Credit: Neighborhood Centers Score one for Michelle Rhee and performance pay. A study released Wednesday of the controversial teacher evaluation system that Rhee initiated when she was...
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Pending lawsuit, if successful, could precipitate monumental changes - by...
Seth Rosenblatt With all of the discussion around the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), the Common Core State Standards, and Smarter Balanced Assessments, we may be missing the biggest potential...
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