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  • Wash. Po. – U.S. students show incremental progress on national test

    Here.  An excerpt: The nation’s fourth- and eighth-graders made incremental progress on math and reading tests administered earlier this year by the federal government, according to data released Thursday. The results detail performance in 2013 on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, that U.S. students have taken every two years since the early 1990s. The…

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  • Education Cuts Hang in Balance as Budget Haggling Begins

    Here is the discussion from ED Week.  An excerpt: Education advocates are keeping close tabs on a congressional conference committee charged with coming up with a budget solution in hopes that lawmakers may stop a series of blunt, across-the-board cuts known as sequestration. The cuts, which have already eliminated thousands of Head Start slots and caused…

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  • Tracking Student Discipline

    Here is an article from ED Week regarding student data databases and their uses.  A quote: Years ago when teachers, administrators and school staff were looking to build early warning systems to catch children from falling through the cracks, they would keep attendance records, grades and whether the students were tardy or leaving early on a…

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  • South Dakota Native Students Still Not Closing Gap

    Here, as the State Legislature’s Long Range Planning Committee was told.  An excerpt: One school district where the gaps are getting smaller is Timber Lake. LuAnn Lindskov, who lives at Isabel, was selected last week as South Dakota teacher of the year for 2014. She is a math and science teacher at Timber Lake. Her…

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  • Wisconsin tribe works to teach Ojibwe language to next generation

    Here is an article on an ANA grant for language preservation. Young children in the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa tribe will soon have more opportunities to learn their native Ojibwe tongue from tribal elders as part of a language preservation grant from HHS’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF). …. The grant allows…

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  • Education Built to Last Facilities Best Practices Tour – Going Green in the Golden State

    Here is an article regarding the recent facilities tour the Department of Education took.  This article focuses on schools in California, and new measures the state may pass to increase expenditures for such construction.  A quote: A long-time supporter of green school facilities, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson said, “I’m thrilled to see…

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