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Donald Trump understands the value of school choice

Edit Denver Post 25 Sep 2016

9 about his plan to spend $20 billion during his first year in office to help states expand school choice programs. I was encouraged to hear Donald Trump unveil his school choice policy earlier this month, because school choice made made such a difference for my family ... The city had a public high school focused on preparation for careers in health care. The school boasted very high student academic outcomes....

Attendance in govt schools not more than 50%

Edit The Times of India 25 Sep 2016

Attendance in government-run primary schools and upper primary schools in Bijnor is not more than 50%. This despite the fact that various steps, including introduction of a scheme to provide fruits in midday meal every Monday, have been taken to increase attendance in state-run schools ... According to midday meal branch, the number of students attending the schools ranges from 50% to 55%....

Police file offence against school staff in ragging case

Edit The Times of India 25 Sep 2016

The Gangapur police have registered an offence against the director, staffers and a few students of Wisdom High International School ofor allegedly harassing and ragging a standard VIII student. The complainant, the child's mother, said the boy has been studying at Wisdom High International School since his senior KG days ... Although she complained about the matter to school authorities, no cognizance was allegedly taken....

Did Cleveland schools improve as promised? Scores fell, but rose when compared to state

Edit Cleveland 25 Sep 2016

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Mayor Frank Jackson and the Cleveland school district promised in 2012 to improve the district and to put more students in better schools through their school improvement plan and with money from a tax increase that year ... Test scores for Cleveland schools have improved – if you compare them to the declines seen by other districts across Ohio ... Click here to see the comparison for all schools in Ohio....

Doon valley’s Kendriya Vidyalaya bags India’s cleanest school title

Edit The Times of India 25 Sep 2016

Doon valley's Kendriya Vidyalaya, a government school under the union ministry of human resource development, has been adjudged the 'cleanest school' among all the KVs in India as a part of Swachh Bharat Mission initiative. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to felicitate the school principal in New Delhi on September 30 ... However, it feels great to be acknowledged as the cleanest school in the country,"she said....

Nearly all Ohio middle schools flunk 8th-grade reading test

Edit The Columbus Dispatch 25 Sep 2016

Under a new system that was designed to raise the bar to ensure that kids are prepared for college and jobs when they graduate, Ohio apparently is experiencing a middle-school reading crisis ... The previous year, more than half of traditional public schools and more than a quarter of charters met the state’s standard for eighth-grade reading, which required at least 68 percent of eighth-graders in a school to be proficient in reading....

Eastern Carver School District closes to make room for Ryder Cup

Edit Pioneer Press 25 Sep 2016

Schools surrounding the Hazeltine National Golf Club will close this week as more than 300,000 people make their way to Chaska for the Ryder Cup golf tournament ... Officials for the Eastern Carver County School District have canceled classes for the week as two schools in the district, Chaska High School and Pioneer Ridge Middle School, sit adjacent to Hazeltine National ... “Just the smooth operation of school would be disturbed,” he said....

Foreign children, Japanese schools / Growing need to increase dedicated teachers

Edit The Japan News 25 Sep 2016

The Yomiuri ShimbunAgainst the backdrop of an economic recovery and other factors, the number of foreign residents living in Japan has reached an all-time high, accompanied by a rise in the number of their children who cannot understand Japanese and are unable to follow lessons in school ... Issues at the schools and the way in which support should be provided are being considered....

Hillary Clinton is dedicated to fighting for public education

Edit Denver Post 25 Sep 2016

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton waves as she arrives to speak at Adams City High School in Commerce City on Aug ... I’m a product of Colorado public schools — from the Holly School District to Colorado State University to the University of Colorado Law School ... And she has a comprehensive plan to strengthen our public schools and make sure that belief stays a reality ... Clinton will end the school-to-prison pipeline....

700 buses for 2,500 schools?

Edit The Times of India 25 Sep 2016

There are only 700 registered buses for the 2,500 schools in Amritsar, an official of the district's transport office has confirmed. Given that each school has at least three to four vehicles for ferrying the children, this means that there are 10,000 such vehicles and most of them are plying illegally, said a source in the transport office. Of the 2,500 schools, 1,000 are private ... Norms for school buses....

Holiday for most, exam rush for few

Edit The Times of India 25 Sep 2016

Government and private schools remain closed on Saturday on account of the Maratha Kranti Morcha, touted to be the biggest ever rally in the state. The education department had sent circulars to schools a day before the rally, asking them to take a call on if the institutes should remain closed depending upon location and situation ... The officer said all the government schools were closed for the day and private schools also responded....

Parents set deadline to transfer tainted teacher

Edit The Times of India 25 Sep 2016

Parents of students in Hindu High School, one of the oldest in the district, are continuing their protest over the reinstatement of Kannada teacher Basavaraj Kandhari who is facing cases under the Pocso Act for allegedly misbehaving with girl students ... They accused the school management of trying to protect Kandhari ... Parents were agitated after the school management revoked Kandhari's suspension....

Homeless kids fly under radar

Edit Arkansas Online 25 Sep 2016

On Wednesday afternoon, Little Rock Central High School sophomore Kleontae Green had to make the 45-minute trek from school to the homeless shelter on Roosevelt Road where he lives with his mother. School let out at 3.45, and he had only a five-minute window between the last bell and when his bus departed ... The number of homeless students enrolled in Arkansas schools is nearly 12,000, more than double what it was a decade ago....

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