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• House approves $20.5B Colo. budget for next year
• When Kids Are Afraid to Tell Teachers About Bullying—That Is a Problem
• LPB gets grant for educational programming
• At Odds: Connecting Dots Between Rutgers, Yahoo, Atlanta Teachers and Politics
• Should Memphis’ Failing Schools Be Taken Over By Charter Operators?

House approves $20.5B Colo. budget for next year Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:06 PM PDT After bitter finger-pointing, the Colorado House on Friday passed a $20.5 billion state budget for next year, sending more money to public schools, paying down some pension debt, and earmarking money to ...

When Kids Are Afraid to Tell Teachers About Bullying—That Is a Problem Posted: 05 Apr 2013 12:17 PM PDT When I first started teaching, I wasn't exactly sure how I should respond to tattling. I wanted children to tell me what was going on, but I didn't want to hear everything, did I?  After all, how did I know if a child was tattling to get someone in trouble, or telling me information that would help another child?

LPB gets grant for educational programming Posted: 05 Apr 2013 10:04 AM PDT Louisiana Public Broadcasting has won a federal grant totaling $113,000 to share its educational programming focused on literacy and math with children at three Head Start locations and three public schools, ...

At Odds: Connecting Dots Between Rutgers, Yahoo, Atlanta Teachers and Politics Posted: 05 Apr 2013 04:56 AM PDT Atlanta teachers accused of cheating. Yahoo bans telecommuting. A Rutgers' basketball coach hurls balls and epithets at his players. Meanwhile, in Washington, the president and House Republicans can't or won't bridge their differences and regain the trust of voters.

Should Memphis’ Failing Schools Be Taken Over By Charter Operators? Posted: 04 Apr 2013 05:35 PM PDT With their low graduation rates, insufficient student retention, and sliding test scores, some Memphis schools are among the worst in Tennessee. In an attempt to improve them, the state has wrested control from local school boards and placed the schools in a special state-run district called the Achievement School District. This special district was created with funding from the U.S Department of Education's Race to the Top, a school-reform competition.

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