This Week In Education: AM: Smaller Edujobs Provision Still In The Mix

This Week In Education: AM: Smaller Edujobs Provision Still In The Mix

AM: Smaller Edujobs Provision Still In The Mix

by Alexander Russo

Spending fight freezes war bill Politico: The $10 billion to help teachers is less than half of what was first proposed and would be offset by spending cuts and about $4.4 billion in new legislative savings, chiefly at the expense of the drug industry. ... Going for grants: 31 states join to create national academic tests USA Today: Individual states will still determine whether to use the high school test as a graduation requirement, said Chris Barron, spokesman for the Washington state education department... Three Groups Apply for Race to Top Test Grants EdWeek: The consortia submitted applications to the U.S. Department of Education for money to craft assessments aligned to the common standards... Michelle Obama emphasizes nutrition Politico: FLOTUS announces the President’s Council on Fitness and Sports will now
include nutrition... Small schools up graduation rates for struggling NYC kids USA Today: They were known as dropout factories: Big high schools in poor neighborhoods where only a quarter to a third of students graduated... Mass. school district under fire for condom policy AP: A new policy in a Massachusetts public school district that makes condoms available to all students, even those in elementary school, is drawing

KIPP: "A Limited Success"

by Alexander Russo

"That's not to say that KIPP is a failure. It's not. It's a success. But it's a limited one, and probably always will be." - Mother Jones blogger Kevin Drum

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