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Denver Teachers Won't Be Forced Into Most Troubled Schools Anymore
Veteran Denver teachers who can't find a job in the district won't be assigned to the city's most troubled schools next year, according to a new edict by Superintendent Tom Boasberg. The rule changes Denver Public Schools' direct-placement system, which disproportionately shunted unassigned, tenured teachers into the poorest and neediest schools. "I believe the practice is wrong," Boasberg said in an ... -
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Key to Student Achievement? ASPIRE to It
It is common knowledge that across the nation, students are struggling. Public-school reform has become so commonplace it barely has meaning anymore. What school system is not in the process of trying to improve? To say that technology has improved the way we communicate and do business is an understatement, when in fact technology has transformed our personal lives and created ... -
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Tough Lesson for Teachers as Jobs Become Scarce
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - When Jenelle Holmes started as an education major at St. Joseph's College, she remembers being told it was a great time to become a teacher, "because in four years all the baby boomers will be retiring." That wasn't, she quickly learned, the case by the time she graduated in spring 2009. After networking and passing out resumes ...
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