PPS News
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June 21, 2009, The Next Page: For a New Allegheny County -- 26 school districts, 26 municipalities, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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June 20, 2009, Public schools graduating 1,705 this weekend, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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June 17, 2009, Schools to seek out students with insufficient immunizations, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Local & PA News
- June 19, 2009, Federal education chief supports Rendell's push for more school spending, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- June 17, 2009, Graduation exams still on state board's agenda, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- June 17, 2009, Cyber school teachers vote to unionize, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- June 15, 2009, Work on tests means cash for states, News & Observer
National News
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June 19, 2009, Duncan to states: Don't slash school funding, eSchool News
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June 17, 2009, NCLB Found to Raise Scores Across Spectrum, Education Week
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June 15, 2009, Active Summer, Active Minds, The Washington Post
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June 14, 2009, No Longer Letting Scores Separate Pupils, The New York Times
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June 8, 2009, Ed secretary: judge teachers on how students do, Associated Press
Research
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June 17, 2009, Part I, Is the Emphasis on "Proficiency" Shortchanging Higher- and Lower-Achieving Students?, Center on Education Policy
- This report is the first in a series of reports describing results from CEP's third annual analysis of state testing data. The study provides an in-depth look at the full range of student performance in order to better understand whether the No Child Left Behind Act's focus on proficiency has caused teachers to shortchange students at either end of the academic spectrum
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