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                                    Calif. votes to reject Texas textbook changes
                                
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                                    Steinberg's teacher layoff bill buried in Assembly
                                
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                                    Kindergarten to shift to Sept. 1 start
                                
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                                    L.A. Unified board makes first statements about test score analysis of teachers
                                
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                                    Bill targets parents of chronically truant kids in grades K-8
                                
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                                    NYC study gives K-8 schools an edge over middle schools
                                
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                                    Survey finds limited familiarity, success with turnarounds
                                
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                                    It’s the poverty, stupid: The education reform debate is misdirected.
                                
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                                    High-ranking teachers ignore pacing standards
                                
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                                    Saddleback school district imposes 13.5% pay cut
                                
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                                    School Beat: How much will federal education dollars cost us?
                                
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                                    When does holding teachers accountable go too far?
                                
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                                    Should test scores be used AT ALL for teacher evaluation?
                                
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                                    Edujobs money won’t be budget hostage 
                                
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                                    CTA, flexing political clout, targets Steinberg tenure proposal
                                
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                                    L.A. civic leaders urge LAUSD, union to revamp teacher evaluations
                                
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                                    Teachers comment on their value-added evaluations
                                
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                                    America's best teacher and the L.A. Times
                                
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                                    Charter school scandal could bolster transparency bill
                                
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                                    Obama must stick to his guns on education
                                
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                                    RTT and the problem with trying to do too many things at once
                                
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                                    U.S. asks educators to reinvent student tests, and how they are given
                                
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                                    California to use new type of nationwide school tests
                                
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                                    Politics, not evidence, drive education reform
                                
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                                    Hearing opens in legal battle over Arizona ELL programs
                                
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                                    Some i3 winners still scrambling for grant match
                                
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                                    California's 'English learner' students are learning faster
                                
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                                    California schools to receive federal boost
                                
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                                    A matter of time before exit exam’s exit
                                
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                                    New Common Core tests to shelve "modified achievement standards"
                                
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                                    Good teachers, good students
                                
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                                    Accuracy and disclosure: the issues in values-added dispute
                                
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                                    School achievement gap endures despite reforms
                                
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                                    Interim superintendent of L.A. County education office appointed
                                
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                                    WHO ASKED US: What's the matter with CA schools? L.A. students poll their peers
                                
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                                    In a new role, teachers move to run schools
                                
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                                    Analysis notes virtual ed. priorities in RTT winners
                                
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                                    Teaching to the next test
                                
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                                    Educators push back against Obama’s "business model" for school reforms
                                
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                                    L.A. and Ariz.: Will data conflicts spur a chill effect?
                                
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                                    Earlier cutoff date to enter kindergarten a step closer in California
                                
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                                    BP aids state's school content
                                
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                                    ACLU raises questions about microchip tracking of preschoolers
                                
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                                    UTLA head A.J. Duffy fights to make union part of reform
                                
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                                    Local tax measures crowd ballot as voters asked to foot bill for budget crisis
                                
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                                    State appeals court blocks school drug tests
                                
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                                    Sister: 'Little Rock Nine' member's mission was education for all
                                
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                                    The root: Marches alone cannot fix education
                                
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                                    Welcome back to school "reform"
                                
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                                    Learning-disabled enrollment dips after long climb
                                
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                                    L.A. Unified delays first day of school year
                                
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                                    Duncan announces plan for year-round testing
                                
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                                    New tests: expensive, harmful, unnecessary
                                
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                                    Schools: The Disaster Movie
                                
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                                    Parents Across America demand to be heard
                                
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                                    Education department still lags in employee satisfaction
                                
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                                    Should California teachers be graded by students scores?
                                
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                                    Jobs bill tardy for schools: Many districts expect to use funds next year
                                
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                                    Students follow legacy of late farm labor leader
                                
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                                    Viewpoints: State must be forced to fund education
                                
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                                    EdSource report weighs in on school finance debate
                                
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                                    California charter schools grow in popularity
                                
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                                    Wading through data on student spending
                                
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                                    Race to Top Winners embed STEM projects in plans
                                
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                                    First, bash the teachers: Media find a scapegoat for educational failure
                                
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                                    We must shift from teacher quality to teaching  quality
                                
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                                    Rhee in D.C.: The myth of the heroic leader
                                
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                                    Los Angeles Unified School District workers rally against budget cuts
                                
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                                    LAUSD unveils teacher evaluation plan
                                
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                                    Two Long Beach schools teaching algebra with iPads
                                
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                                    Governor urged to sign bills to allow for distribution of money to schools
                                
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                                    Public schools face lawsuit over fees
                                
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                                    Schools vs. Slogans
                                
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                                    Luis Sanchez, a top aide to L.A. school board president, will run for open seat on panel
                                
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                                    Jobs money flowing, but not smoothly
                                
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                                    Able and very willing to sign Edujobs bill
                                
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                                    State shifts cash crisis to schools
                                
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                                    Arizona education chief: Feds looking at claims of English bias
                                
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                                    The Great Education Myth
                                
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                                    Why kids in school need to play
                                
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                                    Yes we need great teachers! But vague, emotional rhetoric can be counterproductive
                                
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                                    Assessing a teacher's value: Too unreliable
                                
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                                    Teachers spend own cash for class supplies
                                
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                                    Why the RTT consensus has led us nowhere
                                
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                                    Oversight questions fuel school pay-to-play lawsuit
                                
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                                    California bill would ease arts requirement in high schools
                                
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                                    NCLB foe releases slew of bills
                                
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                                    Foundations urge adopting A-G for all
                                
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                                    Perpetual cycle of school reforms
                                
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                                    Where's the smart money in a Great Recession?
                                
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                                    'i3' winners pin down last-minute matches
                                
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                                    Black male grad rates: despair, and a ray of hope
                                
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                                    Obama's back-to-school speech coming Tuesday
                                
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                                    Bill Gates stirs up the education debate in Toronto
                                
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                                    A new year, a new school complex for L.A. Unified
                                
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                                    Number of failing schools in California increases dramatically
                                
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                                    Calif. schools make gains on state academic index
                                
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                                    Racial disparity in school suspensions
                                
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                                    Few changes on SAT posted by class of 2010
                                
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