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Several schools shine as API scores are released
Burbank schools uniformly exceeded the much-coveted Academic Performance Index score of 800, according to 2010-11 data released Wednesday by the California Department of Education.
Leading the pack was Stevenson Elementary School, which earned a score...Tags: Teaching and Learning, School Examinations, PTA, Academic Progress
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Burbank schools step up on tests
Burbank Unified achieved what few districts across the nation can claim: Every single campus beat the federal student testing benchmark last school year — a score of 800 on the Academic Performance Index. The achievement was made all the more...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education, School Examinations, Academic Progress
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School board candidate Roberta Grande Reynolds
Current school board member Roberta Grande Reynolds is a Burbank native, and a member of a three-generation Burbank family. As a child she attended Franklin Elementary, Luther Middle School and Burbank High School. Her two adult daughters also attended...Tags: Elections, Teaching and Learning, Budgets and Budgeting, School Examinations, Health and Medical Professionals
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School board candidate Ted Bunch
Current school board member Ted Bunch has lived in Burbank for 24 years, and taught in Burbank Unified from 1962 to 1999. A military brat, Bunch attended Glendale Community College and San Fernando State College, eventually earning a general secondary...Tags: Elections, Schools, Teaching and Learning, Unions, Burbank (Los Angeles, California)
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Leader announces endorsements for City Council, school board
Leader backs Bric, Gabel-Luddy for Burbank City Council
A down economy, ongoing police oversight issues, impacts of a new airport transit center and a behemoth Universal City development adjacent to Burbank, a possible high-speed rail corridor —...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Unions, Teaching and Learning, Small Businesses, NBCUniversal
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Four file to vie for school board
Three current Burbank Unified school board members and one challenger have filed preliminary papers to run in next year's election. Incumbents Roberta Reynolds, Ted Bunch and Dave Kemp will seek to protect their seats against challenger Gregory Bragg in...Tags: Elections, Teaching and Learning, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), School Examinations, Primaries
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Apodaca: New SAT? How about 'Game of Thrones' style?
Many of us believe the college admissions process has spiraled out of control. Plenty among us also feel that our education system has become too test-centric. And at the intersection of the two lies the SAT, the most dreaded, derided and feared test...Tags: Teaching and Learning, World War I (1914-1918), Students, William McKinley, Education
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Naperville student aces SAT and ACT
It's rare for a high school junior to earn a top score of 2400 on the SAT college test. It's even more uncommon to notch a composite top score of 36 on the ACT test. But Aseem Jha, a 17-year-old at Naperville North High School, recently found out that...
Tags: Schools, Teaching and Learning, Students, Education, High Schools
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State recognizes schools for physical fitness, arts programs
In an era where test scores dominate discussions about education, a handful of schools received state recognition Friday for their physical fitness programs. Other groups were singled out for arts programs or career education. Warren High School in...Tags: Schools, Human Interest, Teaching and Learning, Siemens, Middle Schools
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LAUSD fighting for zero-tolerance on teacher cheating
The job of veteran teacher Ricardo Gonzales was on the line before a state review panel. He's a respected elementary school instructor who tutors students and coaches soccer on his own time. But the L.A. Unified School District wanted to fire him...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology, Students, School Examinations, Sex Crimes
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Education advocate Michelle Rhee fends off accusations
Michelle Rhee, head of an influential education advocacy group that backs using student test scores to evaluate teachers, this week fended off accusations that she failed to pursue evidence of cheating when she ran the District of Columbia school system....
Tags: Teaching and Learning, The Washington Post, Prosecution, Students, Michelle Rhee
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Letters: Teaching and tests
Re "Gates' warning on test scores," Editorial, April 11 Bill Gates has figured out what those of us in education have known all along: Standardized tests are pretty good at identifying students' academic strengths and weaknesses, one of them being test-...
Tags: Bill Gates, Teaching and Learning, Los Angeles Unified School District, School Examinations, Teachers
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