Friday, April 30, 2010

Education Week American Education News Site of Record

Education Week American Education News Site of Record

President Barack Obama listens as Sarah Brown Wessling speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House on April 29 after being named the 2010 National Teacher of the Year.
—Susan Walsh/AP
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)



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.
(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.
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