public schools
Obama school plan has pluses but big minuses, teachers and others warn
March 17, 2010The administration's education "blueprint" discards some of the No Child Left Behind law's much-criticized features, but keeps or adds others that teachers, their unions and other public school advocates oppose.
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The bottom line in the debate about charter schools
March 1, 2010When it comes to New York City's public schools, one thing is not in dispute: there are problems, a lot of them.
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R.I. town becomes ground zero in war on teachers
February 25, 2010The mass firing of nearly 100 teachers and school personnel, backed by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, will be seen by many as a slap in the face to teachers, their unions and the entire labor movement.
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School chief fires every teacher at town’s only high school
February 15, 2010The school superintendent in Central Falls, R.I., says she will fire all 74 teachers at the town's only high school, after their union refused to accept her demands.
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Expect major changes in No Child law, officials say
February 2, 2010The Obama administration is proposing major changes to the nation's No Child Left Behind education law.
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