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Deputy technology editor for @Politico. Formerly an editor for American Lawyer Media/The National Law Journal.
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With Nearly Lowest Pay in U.S., Oklahoma Schools Struggle to Recruit Teachers

With Nearly Lowest Pay in U.S., Oklahoma Schools Struggle to Recruit Teachers

oklahomawatch.org — Like leaks in a levee, teacher shortages are springing up faster than Oklahoma school districts can respond. Now, instead of shortages mainly in math, science and special education, schools are grappling with vacancies in all departments and grade levels, according to lawmakers and district recruiters. How much does your school district pay teachers? Oklahoma City Public Schools has 403 teaching vacancies that need to be filled before next school year, up from three years ago, recruiters said. Tulsa Public Schools is struggling to fill 84 positions, up from the typical 30 to 40 vacancies. Smaller districts are also struggling to recruit.
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Is Oklahoma Backing Off the Accountability Push in Public Education?

Is Oklahoma Backing Off the Accountability Push in Public Education?

oklahomawatch.org — One by one, K-12 education reforms passed in previous years by Oklahoma lawmakers are being targeted for weakening or repeal. Among them: Common Core State Standards, the Reading Sufficiency Act, A-F school grades for districts, and middle-school end-of-instruction exams for history and social studies. These could all be scaled back or revoked by various legislative bills that have passed in both the House and Senate. It is Republicans, who have driven the accountability and testing movement statewide and nationally, who are voting in sometimes large majorities to roll back reforms. It's too early to tell how far the retrenchment will go, and whether it's a temporary shift driven by cautionary election-year strategies that will abate after the primary in June and general election in November.
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Activist Voices in Tulsa Schools: Helpful or Divisive?

Activist Voices in Tulsa Schools: Helpful or Divisive?

oklahomawatch.org — Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Keith Ballard calls the state superintendent and the eduation department "inept and incompetent." Broken Arrow Public Schools Superintendent Jarod Mendenhall put out pamphlets last fall, paid for by the district, blasting the Oklahoma State Department of Education. He also helped recruit a candidate to run in the GOP primary this year against Superintendent Janet Barresi. Update March 31: KRMG in Tulsa reported that Tulsa-area superintendents, including Ballard, will host a political fundraising rally for Janet Barresi's primary opponent, Joy Hofmeister. Both districts closed schools Monday and sent buses filled with teachers to Oklahoma City to join a rally at the State Capitol protesting what they see as inadequate funding.
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With 7,500 school buses, Iowa has only one state inspector

With 7,500 school buses, Iowa has only one state inspector

siouxcityjournal.com — SIOUX CITY | Verlan Vos, flashlight and laptop in hand, climbs onto West Monona Community School District bus No. 16 and begins ticking off items. Crossing arm extends? Check. Blinking red lights work? Check. Emergency door unlocks? Check. Three checks. Sixty-five more to go before Vos can move on to some of the other nearly 7,500 Iowa school buses that need scrutinizing this year. Vos since Dec. 31 has been the only vehicle inspector for the Iowa Department of Education, which under state administrative code must examine each school bus every six months.
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SAFETY FIRST? Iowa's child care industry: Lack of inspections, lack of regulations

SAFETY FIRST? Iowa's child care industry: Lack of inspections, lack of regulations

siouxcityjournal.com — SIOUX CITY | Bethany Marcoe mailed off documents to the Iowa Department of Human Services proving she had completed first aid and CPR training and passed a state background test. Then, she immediately started caring for other people's children. There were no inspections to check for safety problems before she opened Marcoe Polo Playhouse, a registered child care center, in her Sioux City home nearly a decade ago. There were none for years afterward, either. As a businesswoman, Marcoe said she was surprised at the lack of state oversight. As a parent, she found it disheartening. “They never actually came out to my home to inspect me. They just asked me to sign a piece of paper,” Marcoe said. “It was so simple, I thought it was kind of odd.
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It's game over for Sioux City arcades

It's game over for Sioux City arcades

siouxcityjournal.com — SIOUX CITY | Victor Fuentes can still remember the feel of a plastic video arcade assault rifle tucked into his shoulder as he fired on waves of digital enemies. It's why he used to drop $20 at a time in Sioux City arcades. Years have passed since Fuentes, 23, was last in an arcade. Fuentes and many other gamers don't see the point in spending money when they have an Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 or Nintendo Wii console at home. "The graphics used to be better and it was more realistic -- you could hold the gun and feel it vibrate," Fuentes said.
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Sioux City, South Sioux City schools struggle with closing 'achievement gap'

Sioux City, South Sioux City schools struggle with closing 'achievement gap'

siouxcityjournal.com — SIOUX CITY | While controversy plagues the academic merits of No Child Left Behind, many education experts say the federal requirement exposes a racial and social-economic divide within American education. Coined the "achievement gap," the term refers to when white students perform better on proficiency tests than minority students, or when students of means outperform students of poverty. No Child Left behind requires public schools to give an annual standardized test to all students to measure academic proficiency. The law also requires districts to take steps to improve schools that fail to meet proficiency benchmarks.
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Dairies pick up pieces from economic storm

Dairies pick up pieces from economic storm

auburnpub.com — The recession that many economists say started on Wall Street worked its way to the fields of Cayuga County last year as numerous local dairy farmers failed to make a profit amidst plummeting milk prices. And while signs of a recovery have emerged in 2010, the damage caused by last year's crash is slowing the turnaround. Local dairy farms lost up to 85 percent of their equity last year, forcing some owners to lay off employees, cut back business expenses or shrink herd sizes in order to reduce operating expenses, local experts said.
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Neb. woman auctioning George Washington McNugget for Sioux City church

Neb. woman auctioning George Washington McNugget for Sioux City church

siouxcityjournal.com — DAKOTA CITY -- No lie, a Dakota City woman said she is selling a McDonald's Chicken McNugget on eBay that she believes looks like President George Washington. Rebekah Speight said she put the presidential McNugget on eBay Monday as a way to raise money for children at the Sioux City Family Worship Center who will attend a summer camp in Dayton, Iowa, later this year. The church is trying to raise $15,000 to send 50 children to the camp. By Tuesday evening, the Washington McNugget had one bid for $100. "We just screamed," Speight said. "We don't know who it is or where they're from.
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