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• NYC analyzes 12 teacher-education programs
• Teachers in Moore, Okla., express hope and anguish as schools resume for the first time since May tornado
• Austria offers teachers "professor" titles to end labor dispute
• Arizona school district wants parents to submit to contract agreeing to lock up guns

NYC analyzes 12 teacher-education programs Posted: 14 Aug 2013 12:15 PM PDT The New York City Department of Education's new process of grading the colleges and universities that train the largest share of its new teachers shows that all are producing high-quality candidates, a ...

Teachers in Moore, Okla., express hope and anguish as schools resume for the first time since May tornado Posted: 14 Aug 2013 10:17 AM PDT Kids head back to school on Friday as the city still tries to recover from its devastating loss.

Austria offers teachers "professor" titles to end labor dispute Posted: 14 Aug 2013 08:10 AM PDT VIENNA (Reuters) - In Austria, where a title before one's name is a huge status symbol, the government is offering to elevate all schoolteachers to "professor" to help settle a 12-year labor dispute. Schoolteachers who dug in their heels against any reform of working conditions have been asked to work longer hours under more flexible conditions in exchange for a range of benefits including "professor" titles. ...

Arizona school district wants parents to submit to contract agreeing to lock up guns Posted: 14 Aug 2013 06:04 AM PDT A school district in a generally rural section of northwest Tucson, Arizona is asking the parents of high school students and junior high school students to pledge never to use guns or violence to resolve problems.

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