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What is public opinion on the state of education?
How concerned are Americans about the state of the nation’s high schools? How important is it for voters that their congressional representatives act this year to reform the nation’s high schools? To...
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Morning Announcements: September 10, 2010
More than 40 percent of Chicago’s public high schools are failing, according to the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Public Schools’ internal documents. In California, a civil liberties group is suing the...
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Report Round-Up: September 24, 2010
The Federal Role in Confronting the Crisis in Adolescent Literacy from the Alliance for Excellent Education. This report calls for the federal government needs to substantially step up its role in...
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Call for Presenters: Digital Learning
The Alliance for Excellent Education is pleased to announce that it will be holding an online forum highlighting successful practices in middle and high school education with online/blended learning...
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Morning Announcements: December 14, 2010
Yesterday, President Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, a bill that provides more money to districts for school lunches and improves nutritional standards for food provided in schools....
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In today's video blog, I talk about my recent trip to Denver, CO to visit Skinner Middle School and the Mapleton Expeditionary School of the Arts. I explain how these schools are using elements of...
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Morning Announcements: June 22, 2011
After months of feuding and failed negotiations, lawmakers and governors in several states remain deadlocked on how to close budget shortfalls and pay for education and other services, according to...
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This past week I spent a few days with district teams in Florence, Alabama to learn about the state’s ACCESS (Alabama Connecting Classrooms, Educators, and Students Statewide) Program and how it is...
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October 4 Issue of Straight A's Is Available
The October 4, 2011 issue of Straight A's, the Alliance's biweekly newsletter, is now available. This week's issue focuses on NCLB waivers, federal education funding, an Alliance report on teacher...
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Advanced Placement Testing Sees Moderate Increase; Obstacles Still Remain
For the eighth straight year, the number of high school graduates who took an Advanced Placement (AP) exam increased nationwide according to a new report by College Board. Data from the recently...
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