This Week In Education AM News: Harkin Proposes Teacher Bailout

This Week In Education

AM News: Harkin Proposes Teacher Bailout

Fund Proposed to Prevent Some Teacher Firings NYT:  Senator Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat, introduced legislation on Wednesday to create a $23 billion jobs fund to prevent teachers from being fired because of budget shortfalls... Sen. Harkin proposes $23 billion bailout for schools Washington Post:  Sen. Harkin proposes $23 billion bailout for schools... 2 more arrested at Hawaii furlough sit-in AP:  Two more people protesting Hawaii's shortest-in-the-nation school year were arrested on trespassing charges Wednesday night during their weeklong sit-in at Gov. Linda Lingle's office...Former Gov. Bush: Still in charge at the Capitol? AP: Ease class-size limits -- check. Cut corporate income taxes -- check. End tenure for new teachers and link teacher raises to student performance -- check (for now)... Click below for more headlines.

...U.S. Falls Short in Measure of Future Math Teachers NYT:  American college students earned a C on a new test comparing their skills with their counterparts in 15 other countries...Judge Orders Halt to School Transfer Policy NYT:  A judge on Tuesday ordered a south Mississippi school district to stop allowing hundreds of white students to transfer out of majority-black schools, saying the practice violates a desegregation order... Gunman disarmed at Pa. school after striking guard AP:  A man with a gun who entered a public school for performing arts students was arrested Wednesday afternoon after he fought with a security guard who confronted him and both men crashed through a large window near the school's entrance....Pa. police: 3rd grader gave heroin to classmates AP: Police say a third-grader in Pennsylvania handed out more than 60 small bags of heroin to his classmates before his teacher discovered them.