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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Will Matthews, ACLU, +1-212-549-2582 or 2666, media@aclu.org; Debbie Seagraves, ACLU of Georgia, +1-770-303-8111, dseagraves@acluga.org
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Merger Will Bring Greater Attention to Benefits of OpenCourseWare Movement
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The OpenCourseWare Consortium (OCW Consortium) has pa...
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A loaded handgun was found Thursday afternoon in a boy's backpack in a North Side school for disruptive or underachieving students.
The gun was discovered as students were being dismissed for the day from Clayton Academy on Clayton Avenue, which is operated for Pittsburgh Public Schools by a Nashville-based company, Community Education Partners.
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A loaded handgun was found Thursday afternoon in a boy's backpack in a North Side school for disruptive or underachieving students.
The gun was discovered as students were being dismissed for the day from Clayton Academy on Clayton Avenue, which is operated for Pittsburgh Public Schools by a Nashville-based company, Community Education Partners.
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A new coalition of community groups, United Partners for Public Education in Buffalo, is sponsoring a public forum Thursday to provide information on plans for the city's low-performing schools.
Interim Superintendent Amber M. Dixon, parent leader Samuel L. Radford III and attorney Steven Polowitz will be among the speakers, according to Helene Kramer, chairwoman of United Partners.
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Community Housing Partners is offering free homebuyer education classes several times this year.
Each two-night class will cover personal finance, home loans, mortgages and more.
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Partners in Arts Education Program supports collaborations between community arts education organizations and public schools
NEW YORK, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- MetLife Foundation and the National Guild for Community Arts Education announced the winners of the MetLife Foundation Partners in Arts Education Program. Grants totaling $215,000 were awarded to 12 nonprofit arts education organizations that will partner with K-12 public schools to provide sustained, quality arts instruction to nearly 6,000 students during the 2010-2011 academic year. An expert review panel also found that each of the grantees will employ partnership practices that can increase public schools' capacity and commitment to provide arts education.
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A teacher who "rocked the night" with an original music performance in the gym at El Dorado
Community School last week was in turn rocked with surprise and excitement when Partners in Education unexpectedly honored her with a Teachers Who Inspire award Wednesday afternoon.
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HARRISBURG, Pa., June 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) has unveiled Solutions That Work, a comprehensive blueprint for change in public education. The program is a far-reaching and fact-based reform plan that includes multi-pronged recommendations grounded in firsthand knowledge and supported by research, including recommendations for all schools, and recommendations that especially focus on struggling schools.
Solutions That Work is not just a list of ideas," said James P. Testerman, PSEA president. "It is a campaign to rewrite the book on education. This summer, we will share our ideas with policymakers and community partners, and we invite educators, families, and others to get involved, learn more, and share their thoughts online at www.So...
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The Parents' Committee of Inland Congregations United for Change, which is made up of parishioners from various churches and whose children attend multiple schools in the San Bernardino City Unified School District, has been conducting trainings and research in order to have a say in the changes soon to take place at the schools designated by the state for intervention.
Our goal is to form a comprehensive plan, along with the district and other community partners, to reduce the dropout rate and improve education quality throughout the district.