This Week In Education AM News: Three CA Districts To Apply For RTTT Funding

This Week In Education

AM News: Three CA Districts To Apply For RTTT Funding

by Alexander Russo

California takes new tack in bid for U.S. school funding LA Times: The state, which lost out in the first round of the Race to the Top grant competition, will have three large districts apply: L.A., Long Beach and Fresno... Hawaii lawmakers pass bill to increase school year AP: Hawaii's shortest-in-the-nation school year will substantially increase under legislation that has been passed by lawmakers... Capistrano Unified teachers end strike LA Times: Teachers returned to classes Tuesday after reaching a midnight deal to end a three-day strike... School shocked by a suicide drafts tough policy on bullies Boston Globe: The antibullying policy requires all staff members to report “any bullying they see or learn about’’ and pledges to “promptly and reasonably’’ investigate any allegation of harassment.... KY Parents Win Records Access EdWeek: Parents have an "absolute right" to inspect all educational records relating to their children, including e-mails exchanged between teachers and administrators... Education" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/nyregion/27tweed.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); ">Shake-Up Gives Principals More Say on Curriculum NYT: Chancellor Joel I. Klein said he was reshuffling the top jobs at the Education Department headquarters and eliminating the division that oversees curriculum and teacher training... Education" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/nyregion/27bigcity.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); ">2 Days With No Text Messages for Riverdale Students NYT: When a group of students at Riverdale Country School went a day without text messages, they rediscovered the freedom of youth.