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Glendale Unified ponders wireless world
Glendale Unified school board members this week are slated to continue discussions over a district-wide policy change that could ease restrictions on students bringing wireless devices, such as smartphones and iPads, to class. The new policy being...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Electronics, Science and Technology, Music
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On Education: It's hard to not feel that everyone lost out
When Glendale Teachers Assn. President Tami Carlson approaches the podium at school board meetings, she likes to describe herself as representing “the best darn teachers in the state of California.” She means it. Still, there will be fewer...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment, Washington, DC
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The Crosby Chronicles: The consequences of voting no on Prop. 30, 38
Voters should consider seriously the consequences of voting "no" to Proposition 30 or 38, ballot measures which would raise taxes in order to raise revenue for schools. People get tax fatigue easily, especially when the economy is not doing well. So it&...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Voting, Politics, Science and Technology
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Mountain Avenue Elementary students learn from authors, artists
The students at Mountain Avenue Elementary welcomed literary celebrities to their school on Oct. 18, courtesy of the Assistance League of Glendale. The authors and illustrators visiting were Joe Cepeda, Mary Ann Fraser, Amy Koss and Michelle Markel,...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Animal, The CW (tv network), Charity, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Reeling GCC football team heads for L.A. Valley
Last week, the combination of the hopeful momentum boost of a quarterback change, the continued presence of one of the most effective running backs in the Pacific Conference and the opportunity to break a losing streak against one of the weaker teams in...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Football, Sports
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Glendale teachers union rejects grant deal
With its teachers union continuing to withhold support, Glendale Unified faces the worst-case scenario of having to overnight its 70-page application for federal Race to the Top funds on Monday. The grant application for the highly competitive pot of...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment, Job Layoffs
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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: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Academic Progress, School Examinations, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Government should negotiate tuition cost
The U.S. government, the largest purveyor of loans to colleges, does absolutely nothing to try to reduce the cost of the tuition they pay for on behalf of the student debtor. Our government should negotiate tuition by stating to any given college that...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education, Colleges and Universities, Loans
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Italian official: Dual-language program is looking molto bene
Students studying Italian at Franklin Elementary were paid a visit Wednesday by Paola Ebranati, the education director for the Italian consulate in San Francisco. The Milan-born Ebranati, who was raised near the Alps in northern Italy, toured the...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Halloween, Education, Italy, Milan (Italy)
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Holy Family alums reunite
It was 1937, the year of the Hindenburg disaster and disappearance of Amelia Earhart, and the world was grinding toward its second World War. That was the year a small Catholic church in Glendale started a high school with 21 female freshmen. On...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Apple iPad, Roman Catholicism, Manufacturing and Engineering, High Schools
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Glendale's Teacher of the Year credits kindness
Glendale Unified’s Teacher of the Year doesn’t really understand why she won the honor. “I don’t see myself as being an outstanding teacher,” said Olivia Macaulay, who learned of the honor earlier this month. During a...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, G8, Education, Human Interest
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GCC football shut out for fourth straight loss
LOS ANGELES -- The Glendale Community College football team forced three turnovers, and sophomore running back Collin Keoshian rushed for 133 yards against last-place Los Angeles Southwest College. But with the help on defense and the good ground attack...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Football, Sports
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