
Career Choices curriculum RT @TeacherBeat: Read my writeup of the Gates Foundation's teacher-effectiveness grants http://bit.ly/4AIfFy

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TENNESSEE FANS: Gates has $$ for you, too: http://ednews.org/articles/memphis-city- schools-to-sign-pact-for-90-million-from -gates-foundation.html
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The city school board is expected to sign an agreement today with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that will funnel more than $90 million to Memphis for a plan to change how teachers are hired, placed, evaluated and retained.

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FLORIDA FANS: Hillsborough gets $100M from Gates: http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/k 12/hillsborough-school-board-unanimously -approves-100m-gates-grant/1052305
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The Hillsborough County School board unanimously approved a $100 million grant agreement with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. It expects to learn Thursday if it has won the grant, as part of the foundation's $1 billion effort to improve U.S. schools.

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PENNSYLVANIA FANS: Gates Foundation awards $40 million to Pittsburgh schools: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/101 4314-298.stm#ixzz0XDu4g9FO
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In what officials said would be the largest grant ever made directly to the Pittsburgh Public Schools, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has offered the district $40 million for sweeping initiatives to maximize teacher effectiveness.

Career Choices curriculum "Failure is not an option!" 9th grade promotion rates are soaring at Grace King High School in Louisiana. See why: http://bit.ly/Umq9T And if you missed Pamela's moving Best Practices session at Focus on Freshmen 2009, you can watch it here: http://bit.ly/2d3WDm

Career Choices curriculum Duncan, Gingrich, & Sharpton on Meet the Press. Watch here: http://bit.ly/1RSlG6 #rtt #edreform

Career Choices curriculum Race to the Top Begins: Secretary Arne Duncan releases final application for $4 billion to speed achievement gains. http://bit.ly/edgov220
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Secretary Arne Duncan released the final application for more than $4 billion from the Race to the Top Fund, which will reward states that have raised student performance in the past and have the capacity to accelerate achievement gains with innovative reforms.

Career Choices curriculum RT @usedgov: Press conference call with Secretary Arne Duncan on $4.35 billion #RttT Fund, Nov. 12, 2:00-2:45 p.m. http://bit.ly/edgov71
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Career Choices curriculum Race to the Top final guidelines expected to be released Today, reports WSJ http://tinyurl.com/yb3x9uu
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A handful of states stand to win major federal funding to revamp schools under rules to be released Thursday.

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Career Choices curriculum Tired of nagging kids to get to class on time? Try using music to hustle them along. It's working in Kansas! http://bit.ly/RtOu9
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The latest tool for battling tardiness at many local schools is old-fashioned Pavlovian conditioning: Music — usually the same tune each day — plays over hallway or parking lot speakers as a cue for students to get to class.

Career Choices curriculum New @amprog 'Leaders and Laggards' interactive map: http://bit.ly/2YaKLa
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Career Choices curriculum Application requirements available now for final $11.5 billion in State Fiscal Stabilization Funds. http://bit.ly/edgov219
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Secretary Duncan announced that application requirements for the final $11.5 billion in State Fiscal Stabilization Funds under the Recovery Act of 2009 are now available. In exchange for this unprecedented ...

Career Choices curriculum RT @EdEquality: White House press release on Race to the Top. Good summary, no "new" news. Final apps "in coming wks" http://bit.ly/41eaSK #edreform #rttt
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