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Washington County teachers being held accountable for student achievement
julieg@herald-mail.comWhile debate continues over whether local or state education officials should determine how teachers are evaluated, teachers in Washington County Public Schools will have a new evaluation model for the coming school year that will hold them accountable...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Common, Finance, Curricula, Music
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Events planned around the Lehigh Valley area
LEHIGH COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR CHILDREN will offer Kids & Animals: Awesome Bodies! featuring six summer camp sessions between June 17 and July 26 at the Donley Children's Campus, Fowler Building, 1520 Hanover Ave., Allentown, for kindergarten-...Tags: Arts and Culture, Invention and Innovation, Travel, Science and Technology, Tourism and Leisure
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Teacher loses job at Catholic school because of ex-husband
SAN DIEGO -- A veteran teacher at a Catholic school has lost her job because school officials are worried her ex-husband, now serving a jail sentence for domestic abuse and stalking, poses a danger to students and teachers when he is released. When...
Tags: Trials, Religion and Belief, Abusive Behavior, Punishment, Roman Catholicism
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University presses: a view from the academy
The front table in Hyde Park's Seminary Co-op Bookstore has been a must stop for book browsers for book lovers since the early 1970s. It is always brimming with more than 100 newly published scholarly works vying for readers' attention. Most of the titles...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Media Industry, Periodicals, Social Media, Services and Shopping
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Another laurel for Md. schools
A new report showing Maryland schools now lead the nation in efforts to boost student achievement levels has vindicated the commitment the state made more than a decade ago to adequately fund education and adopt smart policy choices that return the...
Tags: Education, Academic Progress, Schools, Human Interest, Students
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A raw, realistic reflection from a first-year Baltimore teacher
As this week marks the end of the school year for Baltimore City schools, I thought I'd share a piece sent to me by a first-year teacher that draws a rather provocative conclusion that many of the district's struggles are fueled by its own low...Tags: Personal Income, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Homer E. Favor, civil rights activist
Dr. Homer Eli Favor, a retired Morgan State University economist who was an original member of the civil rights activist group whose members called themselves the "Goon Squad," died of heart disease Saturday at the Baltimore-Washington Medical Center. A...
Tags: Druid Hill, Colleges and Universities, Crime, Law and Justice, The New York Times, Baptist
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Imperial High's 107th senior class closes out graduation season
Staff WriterIMPERIAL — The senior class of Imperial High School closed out the Valley’s graduation season after nearly 200 seniors participated in the school’s 107th commencement ceremony at Shimamoto-Simpson Stadium here Friday night. Like high...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Graduation, Science and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Students
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Wendy Paulson, birder and conservationist
It takes a trained ear to know the call of the grasshopper sparrow. Or a bobolink. Or even a meadowlark. For Wendy Paulson, standing in the grasslands of North Barrington and focusing her telescope on a rare savannah sparrow for all to see, it brings...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Endangered Species, Customs and Tradition, Conservation, Wildlife
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Internationally known Victoria Schneider leads Mount Dora School of Ballet workshop
MOUNT DORA — Kathryn Wheeler wants the world for her students at the Mount Dora School of Ballet. Wheeler, who founded the school in 2002, has brought internationally known teachers of ballet to Lake to give students a taste of professional ballet...
Tags: Education, Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Students, Dance
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CPS announces teacher layoffs; union braces for more
The Chicago Teachers Union knew school closings were going to be a blow for its membership, and it's starting to learn how big the hit could be. The announcement by Chicago Public Schools on Friday that 420 teachers, more than a third of them with...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Job Layoffs, Career and Workplace, Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment
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Teacher at Catholic school loses job over ex-husband's actions
SAN DIEGO — A veteran teacher at a Catholic school has lost her job because school officials are worried her ex-husband, now serving a jail sentence for domestic abuse and stalking, will pose a danger to students and teachers when he is released....Tags: Justice System, Trials, Religion and Belief, Lawyers, Abusive Behavior
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