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Schools' worthwhile leap online
It may cause some nervousness among stakeholders: Burbank and Glendale Unified school districts are moving some classes online — a model long used by colleges to reach a wider audience and to better fit into the busy schedules of students. Surely,...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Glendale Unified considers shelving librarians
Librarian positions at four Glendale Unified high schools may be eliminated for the 2012-13 school year as the district tries to balance budget and staffing variables, officials said.
The four librarians — who are also credentialed teachers...Tags: Academic Progress, California State University, Long Beach, Arts and Culture, Libraries
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Columbus Elementary rated 'outstanding'
With more than half of its students hailing from non-English-speaking households and 78% qualifying for free and reduced-price lunch, Columbus Elementary School has some of the toughest demographics in Glendale Unified. But staff members there are too...
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Ron Kaye: La Caņada's education revolutionary
Imagine what it's like to teach in a community with schools that rank No. 2 in California on standardized tests, where nearly everyone is highly educated and very well to do, and where the kids are really smart and highly motivated, and challenge just...Tags: Teachers, Academic Progress, Media Industry, Teaching and Learning, Princeton University
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Local students to ride on Glendale's float
Three years ago, Angela Sanchez was living in a homeless shelter with her father, laboring over classwork and college applications while trying to keep her circumstances secret from teachers at Hoover High School. On Monday, Sanchez, now 20 and studying...Tags: Students, Festive Events, School Examinations, Schools, Teaching and Learning
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Planning underway for the new year
Winter Recess begins in the Glendale Unified School District on Thursday and runs through Jan. 6 with students returning to classes Monday, Jan. 9. Though hallways may be quiet, staff and PTA volunteers are busy planning activities that will resume in...Tags: Students, Human Interest, American Red Cross, Concerts, PTA
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Clark: An educational beacon
That Clark Magnet High School stands to earn its second National Blue Ribbon designation is a testament to that model of delivering education to a diverse student population. The math-and-science-focused campus was one of just 35 schools in California to...Tags: Academic Progress, School Examinations, Academic Progress
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Due to testing error, Pasadena school to lose Blue Ribbon nomination
Roosevelt Elementary School in Pasadena is expected to have its federal Blue Ribbon nomination rescinded due to an administrative test-taking error that was reported in October, officials said.
Roosevelt Elementary would have been the nearest school to...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Academic Progress, Politics, School Examinations
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More face time with teens needed
Since Drew Ferraro’s heartbreaking death at Crescenta Valley High School, a deep shock of sadness has settled silently over our entire community. It is a time to cry, and a time to ask “why.” Why would Drew and thousands of other...Tags: Human Interest, Health and Safety at School, Facebook, Xbox 360, Health
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Small Wonders: Are your kids as smart as his?
I have the smartest daughters in the world. I know this not because Thing 1 and Thing 2 have perfect grades (though they scored very well on last year’s standardized tests). I know this not because their teachers send home notes detailing their...Tags: Michael J. Fox, Eric Stoltz, Nobel Prize Awards, Facebook
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Educational foundation hopes to raise $500K for art programs
Glendale Educational Foundation officials hope to follow one banner year with another, announcing an ambitious $500,000 fundraising goal on Thursday to benefit local school music programs.
The sum would double the $250,000 raised during the 2010-11...Tags: Academic Progress, Examinations, Teaching and Learning, Campaign Finance, Arts and Culture
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Glendale API scores trend upward
Glendale Unified improved its overall score to 851 for the 2010-11 school year on the Academic Performance Index, the all-important statewide measure of student achievement, according to data released Wednesday.
The district score improved nine points...Tags: Academic Progress, PTA, John Muir
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