Pinellas schools use ‘co-teachers’ to meet class size requirements
ST. PETERSBURG — With student enrollment increasing for the first time in a decade, Pinellas County school officials have bolstered their unusual methods of complying with strict student-teacher ratios...
View ArticleGOP Incumbent Endorses Democratic Valarie Wilson to Succeed him as Georgia’s...
(Source: Democratic Party of Georgia) Release: Thursday, October 23, 2014 Republican Incumbent Endorses Democratic Candidate Valarie Wilson to Succeed him as Georgia's State School Superintendent...
View ArticleFresno Unified superintendent backs Hill in judge race
In a rare — but not unprecedented — move, Fresno Unified Superintendent Michael Hanson has backed a candidate for...
View Article$24.7 million to transform NAPLAN to online testing (Department of Education...
(Source: Department of Education - Australian Government) The Australian Government has today announced $24.7 million to construct the national platform for online NAPLAN testing across Australian...
View ArticleWriting a New Narrative for Education in Jacksonville
By Willa Seldon, Andrew Belton, and Betsy Haley Doyle What will it take to turn around a city's underperforming public schools in just five years? It's a bold question a group of Jacksonville...
View ArticleMuch at stake in State Board of Education races
The State Board of Education has long been considered one of the biggest political lightning rods in Texas, at the heart of debates over everything from evolution to the role of Mexican-American heroes...
View ArticleDown ballot races draw attention in SC
CHARLESTON, S.C. — In an election year topped by races for governor and both U.S. Senate seats, several down-ticket races are also drawing attention in South Carolina as Democratic challengers question...
View ArticleRetired LAUSD superintendent Ramon Cortines named John Deasy’s interim...
LOS ANGELES>> The Los Angeles Unified School District Thursday morning released a statement naming Ramon C. Cortines interim superintendent moments after beleaguered John Deasy announced his...
View ArticleHow to make substitute teachers feel welcome
Help! I’m a substitute teacher. That’s what the superintendent and school administrators would hear if they would only pay attention. Although they fill a critical void in the education process,...
View ArticleEducator, ex-board member vying for schools chief
TULSA, Okla. Former state Board of Education member Joy Hofmeister is trying to become just the second Republican in Oklahoma history to be elected as its top education official. The first to do it is...
View ArticleBruni: Toward better teachers
More than halfway through Joel Klein’s forthcoming book on his time as the chancellor of New York City’s public schools, he zeros in on what he calls “the biggest factor in the education equation.”...
View ArticleA new superintendent won't cure all that ails L.A. Unified
With John Deasy no longer in charge at the Los Angeles Unified School District, the school board needs a new superintendent who shares his passion for improving the lives of children in poverty, but...
View ArticleAntonio Villaraigosa to join candidate for California superintendent at...
SHERMAN OAKS - Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is scheduled to join state superintendent of public instruction candidate Marshall Tuck in Sherman Oaks today for a news conference about...
View ArticleEditorial: Joe McCulloch the best of two good choices in SC House District 75
COLUMBIA, SC — VOTERS IN Columbia’s House District 75 are fortunate to have two smart, capable, mainstream candidates to choose from in next month’s election. Republican Rep. Kirkman Finlay and...
View ArticleEditorial: District 87’s Todd Atwater a smart, savvy legislator who needs to...
COLUMBIA, SC — REP. TODD Atwater might be a little farther to the right than we’d like on some issues — he notes that “If you’re to the right of me, you’re not stable, and if you’re to the left of me,...
View Article>School funding, standards tops at SC ed debate
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Both major party candidates to be South Carolina's top educator said Monday that they support the idea of revamping school funding guidelines and are in favor of looking at ways...
View ArticleCandidates to be SC's top educator to debate
COLUMBIA, S.C. The two major party candidates to be South Carolina's top educator are debating on statewide television. Republican Molly...
View ArticleDuval, Neuhausen vie for Hernando’s school board in District 5
BROOKSVILLE — Retired Springstead High School Principal Susan Duval and electrical engineer Robert Neuhausen are vying for the Hernando County School Board District 5 seat now held by Cynthia Moore....
View ArticleEducation Superintendent: Ed Murray, American Party
Columbia, SC — Year of birth: 1957 Number of years living in the district you seek to represent: 1974 – 1982; 2005 – Present; 17 years total Family: Spouse: Julienne (Joey) Nichols. Son: Richard Murray...
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