School Budget Woes Trim Teacher Ranks
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Many U.S. public school districts are  starting a new school year with fewer teachers as less state  funding and other factors leave them with gaping budget holes  and nothing else left to cut but instructors, school and  teachers union officials say.
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What's wrong with the teachers at T.C. Williams High School?
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A head teachers' leader is alarmed by a suggestion that reform of 14-19 learning in England might be toned down.
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The last phase of the reform timeline outlined by No Child Left Behind poses challenges for underperformers.
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A London secondary school is having to reduce its timetable because it cannot recruit enough teachers.
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Officials are considering plans to hire private groups at taxpayer expense to manage scores of public schools.
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The prospect of widespread cutbacks in the Southern Education and Library Board brings resignation threats.
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As competition gets more fierce and pressure more intense, many schools are phasing out class ranking systems. But not everyone thinks that's such a good idea
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COMO, Miss. -- Of all the nation's elementary schools, the one serving this poor, rural crossroads is at the bottom of the heap.
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Carol Brody, an elementary school guidance counselor, has some advice for those wonder why educators are frustrated. "They should walk for one hour in a teacher's shoes," Brody said, "and then you wouldn't hear those criticisms from them again."
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If Doreen Seelig pocketed all the money she has spent on classroom supplies over 35 years as a teacher &#151; the printer cartridges, the paper, the pencils and the paperback books lent to her Venice High School students &#151; she figures she would have a new car by now.
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More than a quarter of newly qualified primary school teachers have not yet found permanent work, a survey says.
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A new, independent report card flunks America's colleges in a key subject for many students and parents: affordability.
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States from Oregon to Georgia are considering pouring millions of dollars into mentoring programs for new teachers, aiming to stop educators from spending just a few years in the classroom before leaving the field.
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Some schools are spending more on putting pupils through exams than on books, head teachers say.
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School systems increasingly say they cannot afford to pay to privately educate disabled children whose parents unilaterally reject their proposed placements.
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A significant proportion of teachers think the standard of A-level and GCSE marking has deteriorated.