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Fairfax parents lobby for more money for instructional coaches and language program

Education News from Washington Post - Wed, 05/15/2013 - 3:59pm

Fairfax County parents and teachers rallied at a Tuesday night budget hearing to advocate for more money for instructional coaches— who collaborate with teachers in the classroom— and to expand the district’s world languages program.

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In bankrupt Michigan district, schools might reopen after abrupt closing

Education News from Washington Post - Wed, 05/15/2013 - 3:49pm

A week-long shutdown of public schools in Buena Vista, Mich., appears to be ending after state officials agreed Wednesday to send state dollars to the bankrupt school system so children can return to class and finish the school year.

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N.J. middle-schoolers learn about budgets and grocery shopping

NCSS Smartbrief - Wed, 05/15/2013 - 2:00pm
New Jersey eighth-grade students have been learning about budgets, economics and how to stretch a dollar in the grocery store -More
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Utah school integrates business concepts across curriculum

NCSS Smartbrief - Wed, 05/15/2013 - 2:00pm
Educators at a Utah charter school are hoping to teach students about entrepreneurship and finances by awarding play money fo -More
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How -- and why -- one Mich. district makes time for field trips

NCSS Smartbrief - Wed, 05/15/2013 - 2:00pm
Teachers in a Michigan district say field trips are an important part of the school curriculum, calling them in some cases "s -More
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Ohio educators travel to sister school to learn about teaching in China

NCSS Smartbrief - Wed, 05/15/2013 - 2:00pm
A Cleveland high-school principal and four teachers recently traveled to China to visit their sister school in Guangzhou.  -More
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Teachers weigh in on best routes to the classroom

NCSS Smartbrief - Wed, 05/15/2013 - 2:00pm
A recent report, released by a group of 17 classroom teachers and the Center for Teaching Quality, seeks to add the voice of  -More
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U.S. Senator checks in with students via Skype

NCSS Smartbrief - Wed, 05/15/2013 - 2:00pm
U.S. Sen.  -More
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Wis. elementary-school students share what they know about history in "museum"

NCSS Smartbrief - Wed, 05/15/2013 - 2:00pm
The Prairie School in Wisconsin was temporarily transformed into a "Window to the World" museum that reflects what the elemen -More
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Ohio students complete youth police academy program

NCSS Smartbrief - Wed, 05/15/2013 - 2:00pm
A group of nine seventh- and eighth-grade students from Youngstown, Ohio, recently completed training with the Black Knights  -More
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