Randi Weingarten

Randi Weingarten

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  In rural W.Va., schools rethink their role

  When school started here in the fall, 1 out of 7 classrooms was without a teacher; leaders couldn't recruit enough educators to this sparsely ... 

• Teachers head: Don't link tests to evaluations yet

  The head of the country's second-largest teachers union said Tuesday governments should hold off on linking standardized test results with evaluations ... 

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  NRA study suggests trained, armed school staffers

  The Senate gun control debate on the near horizon, a National Rifle Association-sponsored report on Tuesday proposed a program for schools to train ... 

• After decade of criticism, student grouping rises

  Teachers say they are grouping students of similar abilities with each other inside classrooms and schools are clustering pupils with like interests ... 

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  Philly coming to grips with mass school closings

  When ninth-grader Zach Kaufmann found out his school was one of 27 targeted for closure in Philadelphia, he fought back. He joined a youth activist ... 

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  Parents hesitant about NRA armed schools proposal

  The nation's largest gun-rights lobby called Friday for the placement of an armed police officer in every school, but parents and educators questioned ... 

• Union calls for teacher certification exam

  Schoolteachers should have to pass a stringent exam — much like the bar exam for lawyers — before being allowed to enter the profession, one of the ...