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Andre Agassi making children champions
Andre Agassi was preparing to face longtime tennis rival and friend Pete Sampras in February during an exhibition match at Madison Square Garden in New York. But before he took… Read more
L.A. Unified School District: Veteran teachers find their work history hampers job search
In a bizarre game of musical chairs, nearly 1,000 Los Angeles teachers — who are guaranteed jobs somewhere in the school system — have been hunting for a school that… Read more
Education Debate Taking a Downward Turn
Richard Whitmire – Less than a year ago, as I was finishing a book on Michelle Rhee, the combative former chancellor of schools in Washington, D.C., the time arrived to… Read more
KIPP helps grow college funds in savings program
Organizations will match money that families save A housekeeper since her teenage years, Rebeca Figueroa wants better for her four children. She thought she’d have time to save for their… Read more
GOP Proposes Unprecedented Flexibility in Ed. Spending
States and districts would get unprecedented leeway to move around federal money under the latest in a series of bills to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. But the… Read more
Wicomico school employee unions again forgo contract negotiations
SALISBURY — Wicomico County school officials said the decision by local employee unions to forgo negotiations this year were unprecedented. While it was clear salary increases were probably not an… Read more
The Truth About Graduates Today
Are you among those who invested a good part of your retirement savings into your child’s college education? Factors in today’s job market in the U.S. will affect both recent… Read more
Wisconsin schools buck union to cut health costs
The Hartland-Lakeside School District, about 30 miles west of Milwaukee in tiny Hartland, Wis., had a problem in its collective bargaining contract with the local teachers union. The contract required… Read more
Teacher: ‘Next year my classroom will be different’
Shelley Wright My first confession is that I didn’t know I was a constructivist. Once I realized this, it’s become easier to make intentional decisions about my classroom. So what… Read more
Why urban schools miss great teachers
Jay Mathews I saw the D.C. schools headline in The Post, “600 instructors could be fired in July.” Here we go again, I said. Summer is often a bad time… Read more
