Obama's school funding plan sparks debate
Plan to reward innovation over need splits congressional Democrats
President Obama. (Pete Souza/ The White House)Posted at 6:30 AM ET, 04/14/2010
U.S. public education by the latest numbers
From 1986 to 2007, the percentage of enrolled students in public elementary and secondary schools who were white decreased from 70 percent to 56 percent. In 2007-2008, the largest number of bachelor's degrees were awarded in business. These are some of the statistics in the 2010 Digest of Education Statistics, just released by the Education Department. Here are some more.
Posted at 10:00 PM ET, 04/11/2010
Should high schoolers read aloud in class?
Recently I visited a history class at a local, low-performing high school where students read in turn from the autobiography of a famous American. The teacher was bright and quick. He interrupted often with comments and questions. The 18 sophomores and juniors seemed to be into it, but it was such an old-fashioned--and I suspect to some educators elementary--approach for that I decided to see what other educators thought of it.
Ed Buzz: The Nation
- Illinois school fighting cyber-bullying(Chicago Tribune)
- Boston teachers asked to work more hours for same pay (Boston Globe)
- Advocates weigh Obama's commitment to early ed. (Education Week)
- N.Y. bill would allow layoffs of teachers with seniority (New York Times)
- Bilingual ed., immersion work equally well (Education Week)
- Schools tackle teacher-on-teacher bullying (USA Today)
- English-language learners making gains (Education Week)
- Researchers argue over Head Start study (Education Week)
Ed Buzz: The Region
- Loudoun looking to slash positions, up fees (WTOP)
- Kids at Md. school get tainted milk (Fox 5)
- McDonnell signs college lab school legislation (Richmond Times Dispatch)
- Schools reduce police presence (The Examiner)
- Montgomery College, schools brace for cuts (The Gazette)
- P.G. County PTA reinstated (The Gazette)
- Md. GOP: Don't raise dropout age (The Gazette)
- Birth-control center finds home at T.C. Williams (Alexandria Gazette Packet)
- Fairfax teacher quits over embezzlement charges (Examiner)
- MoCo teachers say they are overwhelmed (Gazette)
- Alex. considers new school boundaries(Examiner)
- PG parents fear impact of school cuts(WJLA)
- Md. lawmakers favor ed cuts (Baltimore Sun)