Big Education Ape: This Week In Education AM News: Spring Testing, Spring Cheating

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

by Alexander Russo

Education" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/education/13layoffs.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); ">Bill Would Allow Layoffs of Teachers Despite Seniority NYT: Education officials do not want to follow the rule of last hired, first fired, if they must lay off teachers for economic reasons....Ill. lawmakers may let schools adopt 4-day week AP: The rural Jamaica School District in eastern Illinois spent $380,000 on transportation two years ago -- 9 percent of its budget and more than twice the percentage the average Illinois district spent....Award-Winning Former Educator Known As 'The Fixer' NPR: In 1987, Marie Shiels Djouadi took the helm of Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia... Additional scrutiny as local investigations continue into possible cheating last yearAJC: According to a report released in February by the Governor's Office of Student Achievement, 191 Georgia elementary and middle schools showed unusual patterns of erasures on the state's Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests last spring... Strong Debate On Both Sides Over Bill Requiring Dissection Option In Schools Hartford Courant: Now that the technology allowing virtual dissection on computers has advanced, more educators are coming around to the idea of offering students a guts-free alternative.