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Rhee unveils new DC professional development program
With contract negotiations still stalled, Michelle Rhee has revealed the other prong of her DCPS overhaul: professional development.
With contract negotiations still stalled, Michelle Rhee has revealed the other prong of her DCPS overhaul: professional development.
The ranks of home-schooled children seem to be growing, according to a USA Today story that examines numbers from the Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
"School" is out in Sheffield, England. The singular term has so many negative connotations that a new school there has dropped the offending noun from its name, according to a report in The Guardian. Instead, the institution will be called a "place for learning," said headteacher Linda Kingdon.