Afternoon Announcements: Teachers become the students, introducing “Blended Learning” to the classroom
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September 30, 2014 12:46 pm

Oklahoma school administrators remain frustrated by the Legislature’s decision to repeal rigorous Common Core academic standards for public school students weeks before they were to go into effect. The Associated Press
Hundreds of suburban Denver high school students missed school again Monday as teachers shut down two high schools by calling in sick amid a controversy over proposed changes to an Advanced Placement history class and changes to their pay. The Associated Press
This summer, nearly 100 new and veteran teachers from the New York City public schools became students themselves. The subject? How to introduce blended learning into their classrooms. The Hechinger Report
Chicago Public Schools District spokesman Bill McCaffrey confirmed that there are at least 3,000 fewer students in the public school system. The decline keeps Chicago just ahead of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, which enrolls roughly 380,000 students, including pre-K students, vocational students and those in charter schools. WBEZ
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