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BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog | 08/20/08 9:59

BoardBuzz hates to be the "doom and gloom" about the economy, but the reality is that cuts and tightened purse strings are affecting school districts, communities, parents, and students nationwide. And we just can't ignore it. An article that came to us via AP points out that school districts are coming up with creative...

  Those Pistol-Packing Texas Teachers

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The Education Wonks | 08/19/08 22:52

Did you hear the one about the School District who wants their teachers to pack heat? AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry indicated Monday that he supports a school district's decision to allow teachers and staff to pack guns for protection when classes start this month. Trustees of the Harrold Independent School...

  Higher ed law underscores pre-k initiatives

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BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog | 08/19/08 11:05

Preschool was definitely on the mind of Congress when it reauthorized the Higher Education Act before adjourning for the August recess. Early childhood educators will get a boost in training and financial support under the new Higher Education Opportunity Act (H.R. 4137), which was signed by President Bush on Aug. 14. The...

  More schools expected to land on AYP watch list

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BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog | 08/15/08 10:10

BoardBuzz couldn’t agree more with this editorial from the Star Tribune that NCLB’s accountability system is wrongly ensnaring more and more schools. The latest NCLB results showed that almost half of Minnesota’s 1,900 public schools failed to make adequate yearly progress or AYP, compared with 729 last year and 247 in...

  The Back to School List

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BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog | 08/15/08 9:50

When getting children ready to go back to school, buying supplies, books, and clothes is at the top of the list. Those are definitely things children need in order to be ready for school. But Board Buzz wants to remind everyone that, in order for children to be ready to learn, they also need to be healthy. Part of that...

  Bernanke on board

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BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog | 08/14/08 12:51

School board, that is. Our friends at the New York State School Boards Association passed along this little tidbit that will be appearing in their upcoming issue of On Board. Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, served two terms as a member of the Montgomery Township (N.J.) Board of Education. According to a...

  Good news from the ACT

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BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog | 08/14/08 11:31

Yesterday, ACT, Inc. released the latest results from their college entrance exam for the Class of 2008. BoardBuzz has read the Center for Public Education's summary of the results and they show once again that our schools are working hard at getting more students prepared for college. Click here to find out for yourself how...

  Fewer days, longer hours

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BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog | 08/14/08 9:13

The media is still awash in stories (including this one in Time with word from NSBA's own Marc Egan) of school districts discussing converting to four-day weeks to cut down on rising fuel, utility and food prices. But for the most part those discussions have not translated into changing the school calendar. Most of the 100...

  Fewer days, longer hours

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BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog | 08/14/08 9:13

The media is still awash in stories of school districts discussing converting to four-day weeks to cut down on rising fuel, utility and food prices. But for the most part those discussions have not translated into changing the school calendar. Most of the 100 or so small, rural districts currently on a four-day week have...

  And the winner (or loser) is . . .

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BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog | 08/14/08 8:41

While others are occupied with the Olympics, BoardBuzz has gotten wind of another kind of contest. A battle of wits, if you will. The annual award for bad writing was announced recently, and thankfully BoardBuzz was absent from the list. The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, named for Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, crafter of...