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BY JAN MURPHY AND CHARLES THOMPSON, The Patriot-News
Gov. Tom Corbett wanted a school voucher program in his Christmas stocking this year, but the legislators decided against giving it to him.
In a last-ditch effort on Wednesday to deliver vouchers this fall, state House Republican leaders failed to get majority support for this centerpiece of Corbetts education-reform package.
This could push any chance of another voucher vote until after next years legislative election.
Meanwhile, the state Senate voted 26-24 to approve new congressional district boundaries that would govern U.S. House races from next year through 2020. The plan, which recasts the midstates congressional delegation, passed intact despite charges by Democrats of a secret political power play and significant dislike from some Republicans.
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State House rejects school-voucher proposal The Patriot-News House Republicans tried to negotiate a different proposal than the one approved by the state Senate, but couldn’t get enough votes for any version of the bill.
An outpouring of emotion for Sheppard The Notebook blog Supporters of Sheppard Elementary told the District leadership at a regional facilities meeting why their school should not be closed, and screened a video to help make the case.
Hearing for School District employee will continue The Inquirer The District’s webmaster who says he may be fired for working on projects for former Superintendent Arlene Ackerman will have a discipline hearing next week.
Administration offers guidance on weighing race in admissions, attendance zones Education Week via The Notebook blog The Obama administration offered districts guidance on legal standards for weighing race in matters such as admissions, but some critics say the supreme court may change those standards soon.
A Vision Statement for School Change Practical Theory blog That bottom-line vision: any person can walk into a school and ask any person in the school “what does teaching and learning look like here”?
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Nearly half of America’s public schools didn’t meet federal achievement standards this year, marking the largest failure rate since the much-criticized No Child Left Behind Law took effect a decade ago, according to a national report released Thursday. The Center on Education Policy report shows more than 43,000 schools — or 48 percent — did not make “adequate yearly progress” this year. The failure rates range from a low of 11 percent in Wisconsin to a high of 89 percent in Florida.
Ricardo Arduengo, The Associated PressU.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan delivers a speech during the Puerto Rico Education Summit in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Oct. 17.
The findings are far below the 82 percent failure rate that Education Secretary Arne Duncan predicted earlier this year but still indicate an alarming trend that Duncan hopes to address by granting states relief from the federal law.
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Youngsters will be told about the challenges facing transsexuals and others and why it is wrong to bully them.
Schools will also be told to provide more support for pupils who are transgender, under an action published yesterday.
In a related move, murderers will serve longer prison terms if they are motivated by hate crime, such as hostility towards transgender people.
One parents’ campaigner said there was a danger of “overloading” children with issues that may never affect them.
The last Labour Government was accused of political correctness when it proposed introducing gender equality lessons in to the classroom in 2009.
However, the Coalition Government has now revived the idea.
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Pleasant Grove’s players love that they are back in today’s Sac-Joaquin Section Division I championship football game at Sacramento State.
And while the defending section champs know Granite Bay will be a formidable test this afternoon, they can’t hide their disappointment that the Grizzlies aren’t Lincoln of Stockton.
The Trojans handed the 12-1 Eagles their only loss 50-49 in overtime early in the season. Granite Bay upset top-seeded Lincoln in the semifinals last week.
“It’s a little disappointing for us because we wanted to avenge our loss, but you can’t worry about the things you don’t have control over,” said senior tackle Arik Armstead. “Granite Bay won the game.
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