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Abolish the Department of Education! (Mark A. Kilmer (the weblog))

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:17:59 GMT

It has been twenty years since President Reagan left office, with his vision of disbanding the Department of Education left unfulfilled. And our schools teach less as the Federal Government interferes more with what we teach our kids, K-12. Over at Huck PAC’s Vertical Day, I’ve found someone for whom the dream has not yet [...]

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Another Reason Academia Reviles The Administration: The Demand For Accountability (Sigmund, Carl and Alfred)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:02:00 GMT

From The Chronicle Review : Who is Sara Martinez Tucker? Hers is not a household name, and it is not likely to become one. Ms. Tucker was appointed in late 2006 as the Under Secretary for postsecondary education in the U.S. Department of Education. She is holding the tiller of the department’s higher education programs at a time when her ship (the Bush administration) is sinking under the waves....

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Grant to Oregon to Help Create Charter Schools (Department of Education)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:40:00 GMT

ED Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement Doug Mesecar visited the Self Enhancement Inc., Academy in Portland, Ore., today to present a $9,500,000 Charter School Program grant award to the Oregon Department of Education. Susan Castillo, Oregon State Superintendent of Public Instruction, joined Mesecar for the announcement.

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County MSA Exam Scores Rise, Remain Ahead of Pack (Washington Post)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Howard County students continue to outperform their peers on statewide exams, making gains in reading and mathematics, according to data released by the Maryland State Department of Education this month.

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County's Test Scores Rise in Every Grade (Washington Post)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Anne Arundel County students improved their scores at every grade level on this spring's Maryland School Assessment exams, according to data released this month by the Maryland State Department of Education.

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Fuel Crisis Sparks Ingenuity, and More Confusion (The Point)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:23:49 GMT

Here's an innovative way to handle the fuel crisis: The Department of Education has approved a four-day school week for students in the MACCRAY district in western Minnesota. They are making the switch to save money on fuel. The district...

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Fear and Loathing In Griftdriftville (Drifting Through The Grift)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:38:00 GMT

People keep wanting to call me a Democrat. It's true I mostly hang with the Ds because unlike the Rs, they actually invite me to their reindeer games - where I start talking about guns, the NEA or dissolving the Department of Education to see the look on their faces. Fine. I'm a democrat. A South Park democrat . I hate liberals but I really f*cking hate conservatives. To be the hate one most...

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When You Visit ED.gov, What Do You Hope to Accomplish? (Department of Education)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:26:00 GMT

When you visit ED.gov, why do you come -- what do you hope to accomplish? We are trying to identify the most important or popular tasks that people hope to accomplish at ED.gov, the main website of the U.S. Department of Education. Please help! Simply select the 5 tasks that are most important to you when you visit ED.gov.

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Grants given regionally for foreign language learning (Detroit Free Press)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:49:00 GMT

Dearborn Public Schools in Wayne County and Utica Community Schools in Macomb County each will receive about $300,000 in U.S. Department of Education grants to help increase the number of Americans learning foreign languages critical to national security and commerce.

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LP-A wants new school bond vote (DL-Online : Detroit Lakes)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A new high school for grades 7-12 in Lake Park, and a renovated and expanded elementary school in Audubon - that's the latest proposal the Lake Park-Audubon School Board is sending to the Minnesota Department of Education for approval. Advertisement: Carol Winskowski - Realtor - ABR, ASP(TM), CRS, GRI Love Lake Living? Look Here!! LAKE MELISSA. Love lake living? Then this Lake Melissa 3 bedroom,...

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Beshear makes move to behead Draud (Kentucky Progress)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:03:00 GMT

Gov. Steve Beshear's first action after his election last November was to try to get rid of Education Commissioner Jon Draud. Looks like he has found his man . Not that Draud has been any kind of change agent at the Department of Education, but if Beshear plans to replace him with Rep. Frank Rasche , he is not exactly moving us forward.

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Technical Assistance Center for Minority Institutions (Department of Education)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:46:00 GMT

ED announced the award of a $1.5 million grant to the University of Illinois at Chicago for a national center to help minority institutions seek funding opportunities for projects that serve students with disabilities, especially in personnel development.

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Grants for Critical Foreign Language Instruction (Department of Education)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:46:00 GMT

ED announced the award of more than $2.2 million in grants to school districts in seven states to help increase the number of Americans learning foreign languages critical to national security and commerce. The five-year grants were awarded to local educational agencies to work in partnership with one or more institutions of higher education.

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Did You Know I am a High School Drop Out? (The Common Room)

noreply@blogger.com (Headmistress, zookeeper) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:45:00 GMT

Crimson Wife at Bending the Twig notes that several homeschool organizations now suggest that California homeschoolers should stop using the term ISP and instead use "private school satellite program" or "PSP". Apparently, the California Department of Education has taken the position that only home study programs of government-run schools that comply with specific regulations in the CA Ed....

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Golf Great Phil Mickelson Stresses Value of Math, Science (Department of Education)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:56:00 GMT

Phil Mickelson, the No. 2-ranked pro golfer in the world, visited the ED to emphasize the value of math and science by showing students from Quantico, Fort Belvoir and Washington, D.C., how those subjects influence golf.

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California: New school-level data put online (Resource Shelf)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:50:56 GMT

From the article: California’s Department of Education has a new way of tracking dropout rates throughout the state’s public schools. Since 2002, state law has required that each student from Kindergarten to twelfth grade receive a Statewide Student identifiers (SSID). Using the SSIDs state education officials can better track students what happens to students after the dropout [...]

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Secretary Spellings' Remarks at Summit on Higher Education (Department of Education)

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:47:51 GMT

Secretary Spellings spoke at the 2008 Higher Education Summit, "A Test of Leadership," in Chicago.

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New school rises in what used to be rebels' lair (Positive News Media)

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:08:20 GMT

DUMAGUETE CITY, July 22 (PNA) – After a long wait and persistent requests from parents at a remote area in southern Negros Oriental, the Department of Education (DepEd) and the provincial government finally opened the first-ever high school there.

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DepEd set to provide computer laboratories to 6,000 public secondary schools (Positive News Media)

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:03:35 GMT

MANILA, July 21 (PNA) - To enhance the skills of high school students in information technology (IT), Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Jesli Lapus is set to provide some 6,000 public secondary schools nationwide with computer laboratories before the schoolyear ends.

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State summer lunch program for kids goes largely unused (Detroit Free Press)

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:19:00 GMT

Since the Michigan Department of Education took over the program in 2004, its outreach efforts have added more than 200 sites. But relatively few people who are eligible know about it.

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