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Those of you who no longer have a dog in the fight and / or don’t follow education should probably pay attention. There is a movement in this country to federalize nationalize what is taught to every child in public school in this county. That movement is backed with money from the federal
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The VA General Assembly is considering a number of bills that affect education. One is HB576, which deals with teacher contracts, evaluation policies, and reasons for terminating a teacher, among other things. Current Law Currently teachers are hired for what is called a continuing contract after t
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Last night the school board approved Math Connects for use as the primary instructional resource for grades K – 8. The board amended the textbook adoption committee’s recommendation in selecting Connects. Regular readers of this site know that we originally formed to oppose Math Investi
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The VEA has sent out a flyer asking teachers to wear black on Friday Feb 17 2012 to protest what they claim is a “lack of commitment to public education and loss of respect accorded teachers by our elected officials.“ (see 2012BlackFridayFlyer). So what terrible, horrible, awful, no goo
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The Washington Post is reporting that PWC teachers have threatened to Work to the Rule to protest the district’s proposed budget. Under Work to the Rule, teachers will only work the hours that they are obligated to work, according to their contract. At the elementary level, that means teache
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Is it possible to waste $1.5 billion in one year? If you work in public education, apparently it is. In fact, if you work in public education you can waste $1.5 billion in one year, and then demand more money the next year because the $1.5 billion wasn’t enough. And yes, billion, with a B.
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PWCS recommended Mathematics textbooks to the school board on Wednesday night. Here is a link to the committee report and recommendations. Having read the report and listened to comments from individuals on the committees, we have few questions and concerns. Elementary Recommendation enVisionMath b
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The school division presented it’s first draft of the 2012 – 2013 SY budget. The highlights: (1) The rate we put aside funds for teacher and staff retirement has increased significantly, which will result in nearly $32 million in additional expense next year. (2) Enrollment will increa
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Legislation repealing the “King’s Dominion Law” has passed the VA House Education Committee. The legislation, HB 43, was proposed by Del. Bob Tata and will repeal the law which prohibits schools from opening before Labor Day. The full text of the bill is below the fold. The VA S
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Yes, you read that correctly. The National Sexuality Standards for K – 12 have been released. Under Race To The Top, (RttT), all states which have signed on to RttT will have to implement instructional materials and programs that meet these Sexuality standards in all of their public schools
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