The Seattle Times Reports….
on students that are having to take the WASL test again.
on students that are having to take the WASL test again.
the school district is poor working conditions says a 2005-2006 teacher turnover report. Around 1 in 5 teachers will not return next year.
The teachers says that facilities, training, school leadership and time given to plan lessons are worse than other school districts in the state.
The school district has stated to use teacher mentors for the new teachers and that has worked in getting more teacher to stay in the school district.
Wednesday. They were fighting for more teachers, cleaner bathrooms, and new textbooks.
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund sued the state to fix some of the chronic problems in the schools. Money set aside from the lawsuit after the suit was settled mostly only gets freed up after formal complaints get launched.
I think the students are doing the right thing and that all the money set aside from the lawsuit needs to be spent on fixing the chronic so no more formal complaints get launched.
will get over 400 million bucks to buy new technology from money earned in the anti-trust settlement with the Microsoft company.
the amount of school districts that can take part in a tutoring experiment. The experiment so far is getting more students to do tutoring. States involved in this idea are Alaska, Delaware, Indiana, North Carolina and Virginia.
The IndyStar also has an article up on this news.
place for the teachers in the Waterbury Connecticut area.