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It's 10 a.m.: Do You Know What Car Your Kid is Driving?
KickingTiresTwo years ago, my son started driver???s education at our local high school. Curious about what cars they were using, I discovered it was a Chevy Aveo, which had some of the poorest crash test ratings, according to the Insurance......Tags: Chrysler Group LLC, Censorship, Vehicles, Plymouth, Teaching and Learning
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Top 10 Best and Worst Chicagoland Driver's Ed Fleets
KickingTiresIn the Chicago Tribune's investigation of high school driver's ed fleets with Cars.com, some scored quite well, while others delivered embarrassing results in terms of safety. Below we break down the best and worst fleets. If you're not familiar with........Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Elmhurst, Niles, Vehicles, Hinsdale
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Clinton, Reagan, Nixon, LBJ: Farewells
The Swampby Mark Silva As President George W. Bush and his writers place the final touches on 15 minutes of televisied talk that will deliver a farewell to the nation after two tumultuous terms in office, it's worth remembering the most......Tags: Justice and Rights, Money and Monetary Policy, Censorship, United States, John F. Kennedy
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Know Your FAU Owl II; Troy fans defend oversigning
FAU Sports | Sun-Sentinel BlogsOK, round two of Know Your FAU Owl. Who is this dude who does a nice job of finding the ball, adjusting, and hauling it in???(and CallawayOwl, sit this one out, please. You come in when people get stumped.) -......Tags: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Teaching and Learning, Education
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Educator backs state's Keystone Exams
Professional word merchants can get a little insecure when some unjournalist comes along and does a better job of putting passages together. It happens to me all too often. I'll write a column filled with dazzling piquancy and logic, and along comes...Tags: Academic Progress, Teachers, Kutztown, Standardized Testing, Teaching and Learning
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The test score racket
WASHINGTON -- It is time to acknowledge that the fashionable theory of school reform -- requiring that pay and job security for teachers, principals and administrators depend on their students' standardized test scores -- is at best a well-intentioned...
Tags: Teachers, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Michelle Rhee, Organized Crime, The Washington Post
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Keystone Exams loophole undermines impact of standardized tests
On the surface, the "Keystone Exams" action by the State Board of Education appears to establish firm standards for high school graduation in Pennsylvania. 'It's official," began Saturday's story in The Morning Call. "Students in Pennsylvania will be...
Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Edward G. Rendell, George W. Bush, Standardized Testing, Teaching and Learning
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FCAT mania: Evaluating to the test irks teachers
How absurd is Florida's new teacher evaluation system, which rates teacher effectiveness based on student standardized test results? In at least two cases, a school's "Teacher of the Year" has been given a subpar rating, threatening their jobs. Alachua...Tags: Teachers, Academic Progress, Glades Middle School, Alachua County, Teaching and Learning
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Preparing for the GRE
Last week, I downloaded a free GRE practice test and a smartphone application for on-the-go studying. As both items finished downloading, I recalled the comment that one of my favorite professors made about the GRE. "Taking the GRE is basically...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education
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The Prospector: Things are coming up Ivy for some of Florida's football prospects
Yale University assistant football coach Kevin Cahill, whose emphasis is on special teams with the Bulldogs, also has the task of recruiting Florida and Georgia for the academic institution. This is his first year at Yale, and so it was also his first...
Tags: College Sports, Drake Bulldogs, Princeton Tigers, College Football, Sports
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Newton: It's legacy time for Villaraigosa
First of two parts | Part two
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa doesn't like to talk about his legacy. He's still moving forward, plowing through the work that is left for him to accomplish with two years remaining. Like it or not, though, this is what faces...Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Richard Riordan, Interior Policy, Wages and Pensions
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Florida's new formula for rating teachers makes Einstein's theory look simple
How can teacher greatness be measured? In Florida, by a formula that makes Einstein's Theory of Relativity look like child's play. "It looks like hieroglyphics," said Debra Wilhelm, president of the Palm Beach County Classroom Teachers Association....
Tags: Jeb Bush, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Students, Barack Obama, Teachers
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