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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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Gates Foundation dumps 'big idea' approach to build on school progress in L.A. and elsewhere |
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The education experts at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation used to be after the one “big idea” that could transform public school education. They tried breaking down large schools into smaller, more intimate communities. They tried using test scores to evaluate teachers.
Now experience seems to have taught them not to impose so much from outside.
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http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-edu-gates-foundation-education-grants-20180828-story.html |
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WASHINGTON POST
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2 in 3 Americans say public school teachers are underpaid |
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Most Americans say public-school teachers are underpaid and say they would support them if they went on strike for better wages, a new poll shows, offering backup for newly assertive educators.
At the same time, the poll found American confidence in teachers at a low point. Also, the share of Americans who would want one of their children to become a teacher has fallen sharply, partly because of low pay, the poll found.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/cddf5b6a-a953-11e8-b1da-ff7faa680710_story.html |
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EDSOURCE
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A California community college adopts a New York model that doubled graduation rates |
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California is looking outside its borders for a proven approach to improving community college completion. The challenge is real. Though the state budget has increased spending on the community college system by $2.6 billion since 2011, the system has fallen short of its goals for student graduation. As of 2017-18, less than a tenth of its students who seek degrees or certificates earned them within three years. |
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https://edsource.org/2018/a-california-community-college-adopts-a-new-york-model-that-doubled-graduation-rates/601701 |
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SI&A CABINET REPORT
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New law calls for seat belts on all school buses |
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All school buses in California must have seat belts by 2035 under a bill signed Monday by Gov. Jerry Brown. While data shows that students are actually safer traveling to and from school on a bus than in other vehicles, highly publicized crashes involving school buses in recent years has highlighted areas for improvement. |
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https://k-12daily.org/politics-education/new-law-calls-for-seat-belts-on-all-school-buses |
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