Armed Educators a Reality in Some Schools, Debated in Others

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Smoke and shell casings fly as teachers and staff from Clifton Independent School District in Clifton, Texas, fire handguns at a range just outside of Clifton during training on what they need to know to get a license to carry a concealed gun. —Lance Rosenfield/Prime for Education Week

Shooting instructor Johnny Price looked at the teachers lined up in front of him, a selection of handguns resting on the table before them. He slid his fingertips over the clean, round bullet holes beyond the outlines of a human torso on paper targets a few yards away.

“That,” Mr. Price said, pointing to a hole that missed the target completely, “is a child.”

Mr. Price, the owner of Big Iron Concealed Handgun Training in Waco, Texas, spent two days this month training teachers and staff members from the Clifton school district in all they need to know to earn licenses to carry weapons out of sight. There is no indication that the 1,000-student district is leaning toward allowing employees to...

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Départements, cities, schools pan boards Otter tax cut

BOISE, Idaho (not) statement cities, départements And school boards are opposed to the proposal the ruler from the 140 million the economic picture is Idaho dollars private property tax paid by business, I draw a line battle on one of the following Questions the legislature sélection.

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Three groups, hearing what John they also said that the proposal to avoid the tax by the year 2020 create a '' make intenable '' in the Valley General Idaho, because the State must as far as, and 90 million dollars in replacement funds for local governments, ...

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Changing the Debate we Charter Schools

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As charter schools have dominated public discussion we education in the pastor several years, the debate at times has appeared to the Bay between charter schools for the whole country or no charter schools at all. This black-and-white take we charter schools (and many other programs) does disservice the to the complex, multifaceted problems that front our education system. Trying to frame the research that has emerged about charter schools as completely positive or completely negative misses the nuanced approach that most research attempts to take. The problems with charter schools lies note in the research, not just in the structures can of the argument itself. The argument should instead Bay about where and when charter schools can...

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Panel kills bill allowing guns in Wyo. schools

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A bill that would allow people to carry concealed guns in Wyoming K-12 schools and on college campuses has died...

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Fired ex-W.Va. schools chief sues Board of Ed

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A longtime West Virginia educator has filed the lawsuit she threatened over her firing...

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A better plan of Walker like to ask the public schools the angers

MADISON, born (not) statement Governor Scott Walker plans to expand private school have the Document of the program opportunity, while is not right in public schools spending to increase, in a boat two réponses in Monday to those who fear budget she left public school students.

The debate on Walker Valley the public education proposal And has a desire to become more like private alternative school-likely to become one de la fiercest Statehouse in this year, even division Republican who control legislature.

Opponents for another sprinklers the market plan statement allowing-for targeted students special need statement go to Capitol in Monday to urge ...

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NYC to open high schools focused on health, energy

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NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Michael Bloomberg says New York City will open new high schools focused on health care and the...

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NYC to open high schools focused on health, energy

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NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Michael Bloomberg says New York City will open new high schools focused on health care and the...

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Complaint: End American Indian mascots in schools

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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Department of Civil Rights is taking federal action to prohibit the use of American Indian mascots and...

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Complaint: Ban American Indian mascots in schools

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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Department of Civil Rights filed a complaint Friday with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, asking to ban the use of American Indian mascots and imagery in K-12 school because it denies equal rights...

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Attendance 'scrubbing' tempts low-ranked schools

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former superintendent went to prison in Texas for conspiring to remove low-performing students from classrooms to boost average test scores. Principals in Oklahoma and Missouri are out of their jobs after attendance-related scandals.

In Ohio, a recent state audit uncovered nine districts that withdrew students retroactively or improperly reported they were attending alternative programs. In one instance, Auditor Dave Yost said, a district ignored state rules "because they didn't like them."

It's all part of a percolating national saga in which grown-ups — not kids — are the ones accused of cheating. Temptations to "scrubbing," the process of improperly fixing enrollment or attendance data to somehow improve a building's situation, can include rosier district report cards, added state or federal...

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Assembly passes state takeover of failing schools

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Legislation pushed by Gov. Bob McDonnell to allow the state to take over chronically failing schools received final General Assembly approval Wednesday.

The House of Delegates voted 64-34 to pass the bill, a major component of the Republican governor's education reform agenda. The Senate previously passed the measure on a tie-breaking vote by Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling. It now goes to McDonnell for his signature.

The legislation will take effect only if the state budget — now the subject of negotiations — includes the $600,000 McDonnell proposed to...

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Miss. bills could lead to prayer in schools

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Supporters say bills to guarantee religious freedom in Mississippi public schools are meant to ensure students can talk about spiritual beliefs and aren't deprived of their rights.

But some supporters also say the measures would legalize prayer before school audiences, and that makes people who advocate for separation of church and state uneasy.

Both the state House and the state Senate have passed versions of the Schoolchildren's Religious Liberties Act. The chambers must agree on a single bill before anything would go to Republican Gov. Phil Bryant. The Senate version represents the first time the chamber has passed such a bill, improving chances that...

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Test helps schools assess students' language needs

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LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Kindergartner Enrique Medieta was busy running his fingers along a world map rug in a Glen Acres Elementary classroom as his English teacher, Marge Hemmer, smiled at him. He was sitting on the part of the rug where Indiana is located. She was on South America.

"Enrique, escucho!" Hemmer said, knowing it would be silly to tell him "listen" in English. The boy's family moved from Mexico to Lafayette two weeks ago.

He's one of 1,900 local students being evaluated in...

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Arrest made in connection with schools lockdown

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KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — A 23-year-old Kona man has been arrested after several schools on Hawaii's Big Island were...

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Political Constitution discipline face a schools

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College 'E-Advisers' Show Promise for K-12 Schools

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Data analyses now being used in Tennessee colleges may highlight a new way for high schools to meet increasing college- and career-readiness requirements for their students at a time when school guidance staffs are shrinking.

More than a dozen colleges across the state have started to use the mountain of data they have on incoming students to recommend courses and even predict how well students will perform.

Now used only at the college level, the system, Degree Compass , highlights the potential of the trove of K-12 student data collected in every state to be used not just for school accountability, but also for giving individual students and staff members more understanding...

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Arrest made in connection with schools lockdown

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KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — A 23-year-old Kona man has been arrested after several schools on Hawaii's Big Island were...

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Panel advances idea of appointing SC schools chief

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The governor could appoint South Carolina's education chief under legislation advanced...

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