(Baton Rouge – October 14, 2013) The teacher evaluation system known as the Value Added Model is dangerously flawed, and the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education should seriously consider three items on its Educator Effectiveness Committee meeting Tuesday afternoon, according to the Louisiana Federation of Teachers.
(Baton Rouge – October 14, 2013) The state’s highest education board should seriously consider delaying the full, consequential implementation of Common Core State Standards until problems threatening the success of our children and educators are addressed, according to the Louisiana Federation of Teachers.
On September 19, 2013, eight educational assistants traveled to Clovis, New Mexico to testify to the Legislative Educational Study Council (LESC). They were invited to tell their stories about the work that they do in the classroom and the need for living wages for classified employees.
‘I work as a nursing assistant...the work I do matters to the students who depend on my care and I do it because I love it but it is unfair that after 15 years of employment I earn only $15,000 a year,” said Kathy Sanchez a health assistant for APS.
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Education Central Minnesota Services is offering three different training opportunities for local presidents, treasurers, negotiators and newer teachers on Wednesday, October 23rd, at K-Bob’s Café, 109 Rum River Dr, in Princeton. We will start with a delicious meal paid for by ECMS at 5:00 p.m. There will be door prizes and we will be done by 7:30 p.m.
Some good news from the NRCSD music department!
First, one of our Fieldstone students, David Ramirez, who is a student of Ellen Pancerev's, auditioned for, was called back to, and accepted into the S
