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Oliver Morrison » BEAT REPORTING: Historic opening of 6 suburban districts outside Memphis

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BEAT REPORTING: Historic opening of 6 suburban districts outside Memphis. Larr; DATA REPORTING: The new suburban districts by the numbers. ARTS FEATURE: A place for literary pirates →. I covered the historic separation of six new suburban school districts outside Memphis during the summer of 2014 for Chalkbeat TN. The separation marked the end of a long struggle between the mostly black Memphis city and the wealthier, whiter suburbs. August 7, 2014 The one new suburban district that doesn't fit in. The B...

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Better use of time. Is a news site covering educational change in Indiana schools. Senate education leader: More funding needed for after-school programs. Before- and after-school programs that serve nearly 45,000 Indiana children each day aren’t a funding priority in Indiana, but an influential state lawmaker said today that it’s time for that to change. Apr 13, 2015. After-school programs seek recognition as more than an after-thought. Apr 10, 2015. Aug 20, 2014. Jul 30, 2014. Indianapolis Mayor Greg B...

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Better use of time. Tag Archives: After-school learning. Senate education leader: More funding needed for after-school programs. Before- and after-school programs that serve nearly 45,000 Indiana children each day aren’t a funding priority in Indiana, but an influential state lawmaker said today that it’s time for that to change. Apr 13, 2015. After-school programs seek recognition as more than an after-thought. Apr 10, 2015. Stagnant funding hurts after-school programs, survey finds. Mar 30, 2015. Effor...

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Longer school day |

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Better use of time. Tag Archives: Longer school day. Traditional schools increasingly adopting longer school day, year. For the first time in the U.S., more district schools than charter schools are expanding the school day or year, according to a recentreport. But the national trend does not appear to be catching on in California. Apr 17, 2015. 94 struggling NYC schools will get extra support and tutoring time, but could still close. Nov 03, 2014. Jul 31, 2014. Jul 30, 2014. As the city scurries to make...

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Better use of time. Is an independent, non-profit news organization that serves as a watchdog and resource for urban school improvement. Teachers: More prep for PARCC. Teachers say the new PARCC is an improvement over the previous Illinois state tests, but they want more time to prep for it and say not all of their students are ready for its level of academic challenge. Mar 10, 2015. Latino Studies curriculum will make CPS a pioneer. Mar 09, 2015. Computer science becoming a high school staple. A new stu...

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What I read | Having New Eyes

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An exploration of education and the empowerment of thinkers and doers. Zack’s favorite thinkers and doers (people or organizations). Inspired by The Atlantic Wire’. S What I Read. Series that asks interesting people to describe their “media diets,” this page is a quick summary of the sources of news and commentary I encounter on a regular basis. Of my own design. At least weekly (and usually lots of times per week):. I’m usually participating in several Coursera. Everything). For example:. Who currently ...

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Better use of time |

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Better use of time. Tag Archives: Better use of time. Specifics vary widely as ‘competency-based’ learning gains steam. May 01, 2015. Testing time shuffles schedules, impacts instruction. As close to half of the state’s school districts wrap up their first week of standardized testing and the rest prepare to start, school and district leaders have mixed feelings about how state standardized tests affect instructional time. Mar 06, 2015. Later school start times slowly gain traction in Colorado. Hayward s...

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Better use of time. Monthly Archives: April 2015. Adams 50 gets grant to explore Pay For Success financing. Adams County School District 50 won a $120,000 grant this month to explore the use of the Pay For Success financing model to expand early childhood programming. Apr 24, 2015. With pre-K applications almost due, parents’ phones keep ringing. With names culled from birth records and child-care centers, workers have already dialed up more than 135,000 parents of four-year-olds. Apr 23, 2015. Senate ed...

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Questioning Tennessee's "Opportunity School District": A Heads up for Georgia's Take Over Plan? — The Art of Teaching Science

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The Art of Teaching Science. Progressive and Humanistic Education. The Artistry of Teaching. August 20, 2016. You are here: Home. Questioning Tennessee’s “Opportunity School District”: A Heads up for Georgia’s Take Over Plan? April 23, 2015. Questioning Tennessee’s “Opportunity School District”: A Heads up for Georgia’s Take Over Plan? Anthony Cody, over at Living in Dialog. Written by John Thompson, who blogs at This Week in Education. And the third article. As will be the case in Georgia, the state rec...