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If you have a news tip or a question about the report, call 800-242-9022 or 414-225-3580. The supervisor is Carrie Antlfinger followed by Dinesh Ramde at 4:30 p.m. The news editor is Roger Schneider. Report technical problems to 800-242-8865. Send...Tags: Baseball, Schools, Food Industry, Major League Baseball, Transportation Industry
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Budget passes; education, energy get more
and Marc Levy Of The Associated PressA state budget that boosts education spending and borrows for energy, infrastructure and economic development projects easily passed the state Legislature on Friday and was signed into law by a visibly pleased Gov. Ed Rendell. ''We did an awful lot in...Tags: Economic Policy, Society, Schools, Budgets and Budgeting, Delaware
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State tightens rules for charter school teachers
The state Department of Public Instruction has tightened the requirements for charter school teachers. But there is discussion whether the new rules will ensure the schools have quality teachers or whether the rules will threaten some of the best things...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Schools, Wisconsin
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Pingree Grove brings other towns to table for boundary talks with annexation ploy
Special to the Chicago TribuneAn annexation dispute that played out this week in tiny Pingree Grove almost resembled a high-stakes game of Texas Hold 'Em. By making a surprise bid to acquire a contested 657-acre property along Illinois Highway 47, Pingree Grove officials brought to...Tags: Carpentersville, Farms, Illinois, Schools, Arable Farming
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Villaraigosa and his partners set for school to start
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe termites among the bookshelves in her classroom at 99th Street Elementary did it for Janet Lee. When the third-grade teacher alerted authorities at the South Los Angeles campus, "the note I got back was: 'The termite exterminator came yesterday,'...Tags: Employees, Schools, Campaign Finance, Academic Progress, Boyle Heights
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Missed opportunities for better education
Thank you for publishing "What do we tell the kids?" (Voice of the People, June 25), written by Rufus Williams, president of the Chicago Board of Education, and Arne Duncan, CEO of Chicago Public Schools. It is clear that the families they serve and the...Tags: Family, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, Illinois, Schools
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School rules eased for Md.
Sun reporterMaryland schools with only a small group of students who can't pass state tests will no longer be labeled as failing and be forced to make draconian changes under a plan approved yesterday by the U.S. Department of Education. Maryland was one of six...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Brooklyn Park, Schools, High Schools, Students
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Former Boyd Anderson principal gets fresh start at new Coral Springs charter school
South Florida Sun-SentinelThis summer, Kevin Sawyer became a principal again. And a Coral Springs building is once more a school. When school ended last month, so did The Day School of Coral Springs, a private kindergarten through eighth-grade school. It will reopen this fall...Tags: Lauderdale Lakes, Coral Springs, Elementary Schools, Schools, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
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6 states to design own plans for fixing schools
AP Education WriterSix states are getting the OK to write their own prescriptions for ailing schools under the Bush administration's signature education law. It's a softening from how No Child Left Behind currently works -- with schools having to take certain steps at...Tags: Illinois, Pennsylvania, Schools, Alaska, Texas
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Broward County: Public libraries' hours to be cut starting Aug. 1
The hours at Broward County public libraries will be cut back beginning Aug. 1. County commissioners agreed to the reduced hours last month as part of spending cuts to pay for property tax relief. At a minimum, libraries will be open 40 hours a week...Tags: Broward Community College, Coconut Creek, Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Coral Springs
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