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States Tackle School Safety After Sandy Hook Shootings
At least 20 states are considering bills that would allow some teachers to be armed. Others are focusing on emergency plans and mental health checks. more
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U.S. Senate Committee Probes “School-to-Prison Pipeline”
Education, civil rights and public safety leaders discussed ways to dismantle the “school-to-prison pipeline” on Capitol Hill this week. more
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Call for Reformers and Unions to Get Along
Speaking in Washington, D.C. at the fifth annual Excellence in Action National Summit on Education Reform, John Podesta said that major electoral defeats in Indiana, Idaho and South Dakota showed the folly of painting unions as the enemy. more
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Mayors Back Parent-Trigger Laws for “Drop-out Factories”
The nation’s mayors have endorsed an approach that gives parents more say in how to run failing schools, an issue that has divided state legislatures. Led by a posse of mostly Democrat mayors, including Los Angeles’ Antonio Villaraigosa, Sacramento’s Kevin Johnson and Newark’s Cory Booker, the city leaders on Satu
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Herbert Reverses Course, Vetoes Abstinence Education Bill
EDUCATION BEAT: Proposed legislation would have banned sex education teachers from discussing any method of contraception other than abstinence. more
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Branstad Pulls Back Teacher Proposal in Iowa
EDUCATION BEAT: A much-discussed plan to create four separate tiers for Iowa teachers - apprentice, career, mentor and master - has been placed on hold by the governor only weeks after its introduction.more -
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Arizona's Brewer Vetoes School Bill
EDUCATION BEAT: An education bill is rejected by the governor in Arizona ... California universities seek to attract more out-of-state students ... Detroit schools send out thousands of pink slips, and more education news. more
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Idaho Governor Signs Anti-Tenure Teacher Law
TODAY'S TAKE: Idaho Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter agreed to measures to introduce merit pay and end tenure for public teachers, ideas that he said were "a long time coming." Efforts to weaken public sector unions also advanced in Florida and Tennessee, while New Jersey labor leaders sought to limit the damage by offering early concessions. more
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Idaho's Tom Luna Offers Sweeping School Overhaul Plan
If Idaho's school superintendent gets his way, the rights of teachers would be sharply curtailed. more
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Alabama Ethics Law Angers Teachers Union
TRANSITION WATCH: Alabama Republicans restrict payroll deductions used to boost a leading teachers' group, Wisconsin Democrats' last gasp at contracts for public workers fails and more news of the historic shift in power in the states. more
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N.J. Teachers Rush Into Retirement
TODAY'S TAKE: Chris Christie, the outspoken New Jersey governor who has become synonymous with spending cuts, appears to have instilled fear in state labor unions. New numbers show that teachers, in particular, are retiring in waves, apparently fearful that the Christie administration will go after their pensions and benefits.more -
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Vermont's Pension Experiment
Like many states, Vermont faces rising public employee pension costs while trying to close a budget shortfall. A state panel recommended cutting pension benefits, angering employee unions. Legislative leaders and the state treasurer tried something different: inviting the teacher's union for a series of private talks that ended with a novel compromise. So far, everyone's happy.more -
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Teachers Lured From Struggling States
One state's misfortune is another's opportunity, as out-of-state recruiters hire teachers away from states with large budget gaps.more -
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WORTH NOTING: Nevada ed official out after making out
A Nevada education official resigns after smooching with his wife at a board meeting. A religious group in West Virginia balks at new driver's license security measures. And a trio of MIT students are in trouble for hacking the Boston subway. In case you missed those stories this week, "Worth Noting" fills you in.more -
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Report: Teachers Earn Less Than Peers
In 40 states, public school teachers fail to make as much as workers in comparable professions, such as reporters and insurance underwriters, according to a new report. Nationwide, teachers earn only 88 cents for every dollar paid to workers in equivalent jobs.more -
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States venture into teacher performance pay
Performance pay, or compensating teachers based on how much their students learn, has been proposed for the next version of the federal No Child Left Behind law. But the experience in the states shows mixed response to the concept.more -
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Students get an eyeful
An Ohio lawmaker accidentally flashes nude photos to high school seniors. Public urination could be a separate crime in New Hampshire, and that would be a good thing for violators. And Alabama now bans the selling of sex toys - unless, of course, people say it's for their health. In case you missed those stories this week, "Worth Noting" fills you in.more -
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Cal. Law Blocks Transfer of 'Lemon' Teachers
SAN FRANCISCO -- In a move watched by educators across the nation, California is curbing preferential hiring treatment for teachers who transfer from job to job within a school district in what critics call "the dance of the lemons." The Democratic-controlled Legislature adopted the change to help principals at lower-performing schools, over the opposition of powerful teacher unions.more -
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Report: States Fail in Devising Teacher Equity Plans
The majority of states did a poor job addressing how to ensure that poor and largely minority student populations get their fair share of high-quality teachers in plans they recently submitted to the U.S. Department of Education, according to a new report released Aug. 10.more -
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Fewer Choosing Teaching Jobs
States that don't take measures to attract more teachers soon could face a serious teacher shortage, education advocates say. Fewer people are choosing to enter the low-paying field, baby boomers are heading toward retirement, and fewer young teachers are making a life-long commitment to the career.more