Suzanne Maxey named principal of T.C. Williams
Former Maryland principal with record of school improvement will lead Alexandria reform effort.
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T. C. Williams was targeted by the federal government this spring as among the weakest in the nation, given a "persistently lowest achieving school" label. (Lois Raimondo/TWP)Posted at 6:30 AM ET, 05/ 7/2010
Ethics expert to head Harvard Business School
With the image of America's corporate world bruised, Harvard names an ethics expert as dean of its influential business school.
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How change can poison schools
We see a bad school. We pray that it change. It is an understandable reaction. But an acidic little paper by two researchers in Oregon raises the possibility that sometimes change is the worst thing that can happen to hard-working teachers trying to get their school on its feet.
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Ed Buzz: The Nation
- Duncan vies to expand DOE role as partner (New York Times)
- Alaska opts out of Race to Top(Education Week)
- Arizona targets ethnic studies programs(Education Week)
- Foundations offer $506M for ed. innovation (Education Week)
- Boston-area Catholic schools welcome Haitian refugees (Associated Press)
- Panel finds no preference in teacher-prep paths (Education Week)
- Cyber high re-engages dropouts, at-risk students (Education Week)
- 56,000 images taken by Web cams on Penn. student laptops (USA Today)
- Rule change takes aim at loophole in Title IX (New York Times)
- Illinois school fighting cyber-bullying(Chicago Tribune)
- Boston teachers asked to work more hours for same pay (Boston Globe)
- Advocates weigh Obama's commitment to early ed. (Education Week)
- Bilingual ed., immersion work equally well (Education Week)
- Schools tackle teacher-on-teacher bullying (USA Today)
Ed Buzz: The Region
- Cuccinelli backs Patrick Henry funding deal (Richmond Times Dispatch)
- Frederick Community College ups tuition (The Gazette)
- Va. phasing out test for special needs students (Examiner)
- Md. falling behind on ed. reforms(Baltimore Sun)
- Va. gets $59.8 million to overhaul struggling schools (Washington Times)
- Are school lunches a threat to national security? (WUSA)
- MoCo school investigates cyber-bully threats (WUSA)
- P.W. dad wins FOIA fight with school board (Potomac News)
