2015年5月22日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Education News

Newark NJ students call for local control of schools run by state

Posted: 22 May 2015 02:36 PM PDT

By Sebastien Malo NEWARK, N.J. (Reuters) - Hundreds of Newark, New Jersey, students walked out of classes on Friday to protest policies of the city's top schools official, who was appointed by the state to overhaul the struggling education system. The protests are an effort to wrest control of Newark's schools from Superintendent Cami Anderson, whose appointment has met with bitter opposition from students, parents and teachers unions in New Jersey's largest city. Anderson's "One Newark" plan calls for some schools to be consolidated or shut, charter schools expanded and some students shifted to schools far from home.

Top Educators Say Teacher Quality Isn’t the Key to Student Achievement

Posted: 22 May 2015 01:22 PM PDT

Top Educators Say Teacher Quality Isn't the Key to Student AchievementSeventy-six percent of the teachers said students' home lives kept them from doing their best in the classroom, while 63 percent identified poverty as the biggest factor. "As teachers, we know those factors present huge barriers to our students' success," Jennifer Dorman, Maine's winner, told The Washington Post. "Helping students cope with those three factors is probably the most important part of my job.

Results due for investigation of deadly California bus crash

Posted: 22 May 2015 01:34 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 11, 2014, file photo, officials and California Highway Patrol Officers look over the remains of a tour bus that was struck by a FedEx truck on Interstate 5 in Orland, Calif. More than a year after the fiery wreck between a FedEx semi-truck and a charter bus killed 10, including five high school students, authorities are expected to address the biggest remaining question: What caused the crash? On Friday, May 22, 2015, the California Highway Patrol is set to release the results of its 13-month investigation into the Thursday, April 10, 2014 head-on collision in Orland, about 100 miles north of Sacramento. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than a year after a fiery wreck between a FedEx semi-truck and a charter bus killed 10, including five high school students, authorities are expected to address the biggest remaining question on Friday: What caused the crash?

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