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On Education: Time to be a little less polite
Glendale Unified school board candidates are a very polite bunch. I am convinced, in fact, that our local education race might be the last bastion of civilized discourse in American politics. Two months of campaigning has seen a string of cordial forums...Tags: Politics, Princeton University, Media Industry, Political Fundraising, PTA
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Grant shouldn't be a bargaining chip
As a retired GUSD teacher, I am disheartened by Tami Carlson's attitude in the Oct. 24 article, “Race to the Top for Glendale still up in the air.” We should seize this opportunity to showcase our schools and potentially earn much needed...Tags: Students, Academic Progress, Medical Procedures and Tests, Teachers, Teaching and Learning
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Race to the Top for Glendale Unified still up in the air
The Glendale Unified school board on Tuesday authorized the district to move forward with the federal Race to the Top grant application that could bring $40 million to the district, but with just days left until the Oct. 30 deadline, an agreement has...Tags: Washington, DC, Layoffs and Downsizing, Health and Safety at School, Teaching and Learning, Teachers
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GUSD grant application still on hold
With less than two weeks remaining until Glendale Unified officials must submit an application for a federal grant that could net up to $40 million, they have yet to reach an agreement with the teachers union over a provision that would require student...Tags: Flu, Adam Schiff, Unions, Academic Progress, Teaching and Learning
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Glendale Unified scores on state test improve
Glendale Unified improved its overall score on the all-important Academic Performance Index that measures student achievement, according to state data released Wednesday. The overall score improved by eight points from last year's 850 mark to 858, well...
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Teachers' union story is misleading
In its front page story (“Teachers battle union leader,” Oct. 6,), the Glendale News-Press suggests that a large-scale battle among the approximately 1,200 Glendale Unified teachers is brewing over the Glendale Teachers Union’s president...Tags: Academic Progress, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Barack Obama
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Federal grant comes with strings
As part of Glendale Unified's quest for millions in federal Race to the Top funds, district officials are in union negotiations over a big string attached to the money: using standardized student test scores to evaluate teachers. Much is as at stake...Tags: Students, Examinations, Academic Progress, Teaching and Learning, Teachers
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The Crosby Chronicles: What counts as student achievement?
Getting lost during the national attention on the recent Chicago Teachers strike was that administrators in the Los Angeles Unified School District agreed to have student achievement be part of their job evaluation, an unprecedented arrangement. What...Tags: Students, Chicago Teachers Strike, Human Interest, Strikes, Teachers
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Glendale Unified scores well on high school exit exams
Glendale Unified posted strong results among sophomores who took the state high school exit exam this past school year, according to the latest figures released Wednesday. For 2011-12, 93% of sophomores who took high school exit exams passed the...Tags: Students, Science and Technology, Examinations, Teaching and Learning, Los Angeles Unified School District
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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, School Examinations, University of California, Los Angeles, Schools, High Schools
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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: School Examinations, Academic Progress, Academic Progress
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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: Facebook, Health, Human Interest, Xbox, Health and Safety at School
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