Education Week American Education News Site of Record

Education Week American Education News Site of Record

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Obama Honors Iowa Woman as Year's Top Teacher

High school English teacher Sarah Brown Wessling incorporates everything from singing to Facebook in her lessons. (April 30, 2010, AP)

• • First Lady Helps Create Mural, Garden at D.C. School

Foundations Seek to Leverage Innovation Funding

Twelve philanthropies hope to use $506 million in funding to encourage innovative education programs in line with the Education Department’s “i3” program. (April 29, 2010)

Rivals Vie for Job of California Schools Chief

National education reform themes—and statewide budget issues—are shaping debate as three candidates appear to break from the pack.

• • Calif. Senate Rejects Gov.'s Education Board Choice

(April 30, 2010)

Panel Finds No Favorite in Teacher-Prep Pathways

A national commission says teachers from alternative programs appear no worse—or better—than those from traditional college programs.

• • Teacher Beat: Texas Ed School Study Highlights Disparate Preparation

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