Heartland Newspapers - Education

Florida District Cuts Competition Opportunities for Choice Schools

Sherri Ackerman
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February 20, 2013
Gussie Lorenzo-Luaces and three classmates at Deer Park Elementary in Tampa, Florida wanted to find what sort of paper allows a paper airplane to fly the farthest.

Voucher-like Measure Passes Montana Legislature

Ashley Bateman
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February 19, 2013
As Montana legislators wrap up their legislative session, school reform measures have made some progress for the first time in a largely blue, traditional, and rural state.

Texans Debate School Choice Possibilities

Jim Waters
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February 18, 2013
While Texas lawmakers have so far proposed relatively small school choice programs, more than that may happen in this legislative session, say local observers.

Wisconsin’s Walker Proposes More School Choice

Joy Pullmann
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February 18, 2013
School choice advocates are optimistic Wisconsin Gov.

Idaho Reconsiders Common Core

Lindsey Burke
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February 17, 2013
Idaho’s House Education Committee heard testimony in January concerning the Common Core education standards, an effort to standardize what schools across the country teach through common K-12 stand

Bipartisan Leaders Rethink Indiana’s Common Core Participation (updated)

Joy Pullmann
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February 16, 2013
Indiana’s Senate passed a bill to withdraw the state from Common Core national education standards in February, after the bill morphed into a bipartisan bid to have the state reconsider with more p

Students, Teachers Abandon Academics

Will Fitzhugh
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February 16, 2013
“We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.”—George Orwell 

States Should Not Dictate Curriculum

Audrey Spalding
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February 16, 2013
Recently, en route to Michigan’s northernmost point, it struck me that Calumet is more than 500 miles away from Lansing, where state legislators make policy.

Iowa Ranks Low on Teacher Prep as Governor Seeks Revamp

Sheena Dooley
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February 15, 2013
DES MOINES, Iowa—Iowa’s teacher-preparation programs fail to produce graduates who are ready to lead a classroom, according to 

Bill Would Withdraw Georgia from Common Core

Joy Pullmann
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February 15, 2013
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A lawmaker has filed a bill that would withdraw Georgia from Common Core national education standards and prohibit personal information collected on the tests from being shared outside the state.
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