THE News Update: NCLB: Groups Urge Curtailing of Standardized Tests; Duncan Unmoved

1/13/2015

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NCLB: Groups Urge Curtailing of Standardized Tests; Duncan Unmoved
Even as U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is pushing to replace No Child Left Behind (NCLB), he's standing against calls to curtail standardized testing in this country. Duncan made his remarks at Seaton Elementary School in Washington, D.C. during a speech on the 50th anniversary of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).
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Obama Proposes Student Digital Privacy Act
Modeled on California's Student Online Personal Information Protection Act, the federal legislation would prevent companies from selling student data to third parties for purposes unrelated to education and from engaging in targeted advertising to students based on data collected in school.
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Free Workshops in Data Collection Technology Available This Spring
Vernier Software & Technology will offer 34 free workshops throughout the country for educators interested in using data-collection technology in their classes.
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inResonance Acquires Schoolyard
inResonance, provider of the FileMaker platform for schools, has acquired Schoolyard, a company that makes Web sites for schools.
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Ohio Firm Gets Contract To Modernize U.S. Defense Department Schools
Woolpert, an architectural and engineering firm based in Dayton, OH, has signed a new contract with the United States Department of Defense to design and manage construction of 180 schools the department operates around the world.
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