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...they would have spent anyway to live up to their own laws. School districts don't break down the costs that way--and many of them are prone to exaggeration. In any case, the testing required by No Child is not all that pricey, but other requirements--to increase teacher training and offer after-school tutoring to children who are struggling...
...rebellion). Utah spends less money per student ($4,900 a year) than any other state. New York and New Jersey spend twice as much, even after adjusting for regional cost differences, according to Education Week. This year Education Week gave Utah a D+ for its efforts to improve teacher quality...
...automatically look at the upper-righthand corner to see whether their school made adequate yearly progress. I looked at that space and about died." There were no significant financial consequences, but the failure cut deeply. "We're in an upper-middle-class area. We have 95% attendance at parent-teacher conferences," Smith says. "Parents were flabbergasted." She took her story to a state representative, who ultimately introduced Utah's protest bill...
...alumnus of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (GSE) won the 2005 National Teacher of the Year Award and had the opportunity to receive the honor in the Rose Garden at the White House this past month...
...first time I was bullied was on the playground when I was in the fourth grade. The last time occurred when I was in a ninth-grade classroom. The only difference: in the fourth grade I was a student, and in ninth grade I'm the teacher...