{"id":24639,"date":"2011-04-13T13:50:47","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T17:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myeducationalplan.com\/?p=24639"},"modified":"2011-04-13T13:50:47","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T17:50:47","slug":"education-articles-for-april-13-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myeducationalplan.com\/?p=24639","title":{"rendered":"Education Articles For April 13, 2011&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-me-0413-value-add-20110414,0,1675000.story\">The LA Times reports<\/a> on L.A. Unified releases school ratings using &#8216;value-added&#8217; method.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/education\/20110413_Ackerman_owes_IRS__has_been_paying__lawyer_says.html\">The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a> reports on Superintendent Ackerman that owes the IRS 20,000 in back taxes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.signonsandiego.com\/news\/2011\/apr\/13\/sd-teacher-pink-slips-rescinded\/\">The Union Tribune<\/a> reports on some local teachers that will have their pink slip rescinded.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/article\/20110413\/NEWS\/304120051\/1970\/NEWS04\/IPads-kindergarten-start-vigorous-debate\">The Tennessean<\/a> reports on some kindergarten students getting iPads 2.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/education\/sign-language-will-soon-be-eligible-for-va-schools-credit\/2011\/04\/12\/AFucckSD_story.html\">The Washington Post<\/a> reports on Virginia students that can take sign language as a foreign language for credit. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/USA\/Education\/2011\/0412\/Schools-facing-rise-in-homeless-students\">The Christian Science Monitor<\/a> reports on more schools that are dealing with homeless students.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.detnews.com\/article\/20110413\/SCHOOLS\/104130367\/1026\/Crowd-lambastes-Detroit-school-closure-plan\">The Detroit News<\/a> reports on a crowd that lambasted the Detroit school closure plan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/open\/index.ssf\/2011\/04\/gov_john_kasich_signs_bill_all.html\">The Cleveland Plain Dealer<\/a> reports on Gov. John Kasich signing a bill allowing schools up to five snow days.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/2011\/04\/12\/2164504\/dade-schools-to-consider-layoffs.html#ixzz1JQJnzhx6\">The Miami Herald<\/a> Reports on Dade schools to consider layoffs, salary cuts for maintenance workers<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/education\/k_12\/articles\/2011\/04\/13\/boston_officials_will_scrutinize_school_choice_once_again\/\">The Boston Globe<\/a> reports on Boston school officials that will present their vision for a major overhaul of the city\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s more than two-decade-old system of assigning students to schools.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/education\/k_12\/articles\/2011\/04\/13\/bill_cuts_job_security_for_new_teachers_in_sc\/\">The AP reports<\/a> on South Carolina&#8217;s school districts that would be able to try out new teachers longer and the teachers would have less job security under legislation that a House committee approved.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/education\/k_12\/articles\/2011\/04\/13\/okla_bill_expands_reasons_teachers_can_be_fired\/\">The AP also <\/a>reports on a Oklahoma bill that expands reasons teachers can be fired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The LA Times reports on L.A. Unified releases school ratings using &#8216;value-added&#8217; method. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on Superintendent Ackerman that owes the IRS 20,000 in back taxes. 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