Dvorak: Principal's killers hurt many others
Loss causes shell around traumatized children to grow a little harder
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Brian Betts (TWP)Posted at 9:00 AM ET, 04/23/2010
Who’s afraid of the TerraNova 2 test?
A Montgomery County mother writes about trying not to get stressed out about the standardized tests -- the TerraNova2 -- being given to public school kids next week. But, she finds, it isn't so easy.
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The irksome myth about Garfield after Escalante
There is a widespread myth that Garfield High School in East Los Angeles went downhill academically after its superstar math teacher Jaime Escalante left the school in 1991. It is important to understand why this is false. Galvanizing school cultures are maintained by many people, not just hero teachers. Great teachers like Escalante can create such cultures, but the test of their validity is what happens after that teacher leaves.
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Unions decry 'silence' from Fenty, Rhee
Teachers' union leaders George Parker and Randi Weingarten are asking Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee for a meeting "as soon as possible" to get "a single, definitive and accurate accounting of the DCPS budget."
In a letter sent today, Parker, president of the Washington Teachers' Union, and Weingarten, head of the parent American Federation of Teachers, expressed dismay about conflicting accounts of a $34 million surplus in the budget and unanswered questions about how the $140 million labor contract will be funded.
Fenty and Rhee have said little -- beyond reiterating that the surplus was not in evidence when they laid off 266 teachers in October -- since the existence of the extra cash was revealed, and then quashed by D.C. Chief Financial Officer Natwar M. Gandhi last week.
"Given all the conflicting statements, the silence from your offices -- which have refused to provide transparent and accurate budget
Ed Buzz: The Nation
- 56,000 images taken by Web cams on Penn. student laptops (USA Today)
- N.J. voters being asked to pay more for less (New York Times)
- Rule change takes aim at loophole in Title IX (New York Times)
- 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
- Va. phasing out test for special needs students (Examiner)
- Md. falling behind on ed. reforms(Baltimore Sun)
- Va. gets $59.8 million to overhaul struggling schools (Washington Times)
- Are school lunches a threat to national security? (WUSA)
- MoCo school investigates cyber-bully threats (WUSA)
- P.W. dad wins FOIA fight with school board (Potomac News)