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Tag: K12: Page 7
Students
Experts Recommend a Switch in Teacher Evaluations
When it comes to judging teacher effectiveness, value-added models—statistical models that a number of states and districts have adopted to rate teachers based on student test scores—are too problematic to be of practical use and could unfairly hurt teachers who get assignments in struggling schools.
March 24, 2013
Sports
Board Oks Pacts With Pa. University Faculty Raises
The board that oversees Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities gave the green light Wednesday to new contracts for thousands of faculty members and hundreds of sports coaches.
March 20, 2013
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Texas Senate Considers Changes to School Testing
Texas senators started a debate Tuesday that will likely last for weeks as lawmakers try to decide how many standardized tests students must take to graduate from high school.
March 12, 2013
Faculty & Staff
12 Charged With Manslaughter in FAMU Hazing Death
Ten of the band members had been charged last May with third-degree felony hazing for the death of Robert Champion, but now the charge of manslaughter has been added for each defendant.
March 5, 2013
MSIs
Michigan Lawmaker Proposes In-State Tuition for Veterans
Active duty military personnel and veterans would pay in-state tuition in Michigan under measures introduced by one Democratic lawmaker.
March 3, 2013
Students
New Teacher Assessment Tool Making Headway in Education Programs
Several states already have formally adopted the edTPA and more than 160 institutions of higher learning are “field-testing” it.
March 3, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Holmes Scholars: The Next Generation of Higher Education Faculty
When Saron LaMothe served as counselor for several K-12 schools in some of this city’s most impoverished areas, she used to pick up on cues from Black students indicating that they felt they weren’t meant for certain careers.
February 27, 2013
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Duncan: Sequestration Cuts Could Take a Major Toll on Higher Ed
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on Thursday pleaded with a Senate committee to stave off the 10 percent across-the-board cuts set to take place throughout the federal government on March 1.
February 14, 2013
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Scholar’s Analysis Details Rapid Growth of Latinos in K-12, College Populations
Noted economist and demographer Mark Hugo Lopez has explained how a recent surge in Latino students attending U.S. colleges resulted in Hispanics becoming the largest minority group enrolled in four-year institutions.
January 30, 2013
Faculty & Staff
HBCU Presidents Stood Up for Civil Rights
This past December, the Southern Education Foundation (SEF) released two new videos in their series of oral history videos that link seasoned activists with emergent leaders.
January 13, 2013
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Semester-long Exploration of Race Underway at University of Michigan
The University of Michigan has launched the Understanding Race Project to showcase a wide-ranging selection of public exhibitions, lectures, performances, symposia and other events exploring the role of race in American society.
January 7, 2013
MSIs
Higher Education Spared Cuts — For Now
Higher education programs and education-related tax breaks get a reprieve of at least 60 days as a result of the agreement by President Obama and Congress that averts the “fiscal cliff.”
January 2, 2013
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