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Prospective Teachers Should Ask About Training & Curriculum
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Teachers looking for new jobs can determine more easily if a prospective employer is right for them by asking a few simple questions. |
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Michigan State Research Finds Boost to Reading, GPA
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Internet use helps raise students’ academic performance with no ill effects, according to Michigan State University research. |
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Some States Are Streamlining Certification
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Short on teachers, some states are experimenting with alternative means of authorizing people to teach in the public schools. |
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14 Internet-Based Schools Available Fall 2003
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Arizona parents and students have new online schooling options. |
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Book Describes Options, History, Statistics
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What schooling options do parents have across the United States? A new book by The Heritage Foundation analyzes education options state by state. |
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U.S. Department of Ed Sponsors Publication
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People looking for hard information about education in America can turn to a comprehensive new source from the federal government. |
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Growth in Charter School, Homeschool Students
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Charter schools, homeschooling and school vouchers are expanding across the country. What does that mean in terms of where children are learning? |
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‘Alaska Online’ Opens in 2003-04
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Children scattered across sparsely settled Alaska now can turn to the Internet for schooling. |
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The Case for Their Effectiveness Grows Stronger
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Consistently positive results and the absence of any negative results from school voucher research indicate the remarkable strength in the evidence supporting vouchers. |
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Alternative Schools Benefit At-Risk Students
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California’s charter public schools are at least matching the performance of the state’s traditional public schools and educate a they “seem to do the most good for kids who need the most help,” says a new report on the increasingly popular education option. |
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The Result in Many Cases: Primarily Black Schools
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A report charges that charter schools are more segregated by race than are traditional public schools, though many white charter school students attend schools with greater minority enrollment than do their counterparts in traditional schools. |
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Report Compares Schools Serving Similar Populations
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Charter schools that serve the general student population do a better job of teaching children than do traditional public schools, says a new report. |
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A Review of the Rand Study on Charter Schools
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According to a Rand study released June 30, charter schools provide good news to a state that badly needs it. |
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