Education Official to Oversee Data
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A new position overseeing nothing but test scores and data has been created in the State Office of Education.  The new associate superintendent's job was awarded to state testing director Judy Park.
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Plans to boost the educational chances of children in care are to be outlined in a White Paper.
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President George W. Bush selected domestic policy adviser Margaret Spellings, an education aide when he was governor of Texas, to replace Roderick Paige as the secretary of education.
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The office in charge of cyber-security in the Department of Homeland Security is planning to continue moving ahead on the agenda the agency has already set.
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New York City Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein will today announce the selection of IBM  to develop the Achievement Reporting and Innovation System (ARIS), a first-of-its-kind system that will provide information about student performance and progress to educators and parents.
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IT experts issue a warning over a potential security risk to primary school pupils' personal data.
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Outgoing HP chair looks forward to setting the record straight.
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Gordon Brown may rejig departments in making science a top priority, the education secretary says.
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WASHINGTON - Education officials in six states were put on notice last month that a computer disc found in Iraq over the summer contained photos, floor plans and other information about schools in their districts, two U.S. government officials said...
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Leaders of New York City's Department of Education intend to create a new framework for competitive athletics in middle and elementary schools.
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Report sets out data management recommendations A new report has outlined the next steps in the long-term management of data for the Joint Information Systems Committee and other higher education institutions.â¦
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WASHINGTON - The Education Department has advised school leaders nationwide to watch for people spying on their buildings or buses to help detect any possibility of terrorism like the deadly school siege in Russia.    The warning follows an analysis by the FBI and the Homeland Security Department of the siege that killed nearly 340 people, many of them students, in the city of Beslan last month...
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Diplomas could become the "qualification of choice", says the Schools Secretary Ed Balls.
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For nearly six years, the federal government has defined school success mainly by how many students pass state reading and math tests. But a growing number of educators and lawmakers are pushing to give more weight to graduation rates, achievement in science and history and even physical education.
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Government official calls for tools to help investigators sift through increasing amounts of data seized by law enforcement.
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Head teachers are calling on the new education secretary to bring in plans for a new diploma in full.
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Changing course, the Education Department will allow states to count teachers as highly qualified even under standards that may do little to ensure quality.