This Week In Education: On The Hill: Actress Slams Politicos For Not Doing Right By Kids

This Week In Education: On The Hill: Actress Slams Politicos For Not Doing Right By Kids

On The Hill: Actress Slams Politicos For Not Doing Right By Kids

by Alexander Russo

She might not be a big draw for staffers but I'm sure their bosses were wowed by the appearance of actress Jennifer Garner on the Hill yesterday.
Here she is milling about in between photo ops and her remarks, which included the crack that parents "expect politicians to do the right thing...but that isn’t happening." For more go here.

Hill: Senate Jobs / Economic Relief Bill Fails

by Alexander Russo

There are other vehicles and approaches to providing relief to school districts but the Senate jobs/economic relief bill has died an ugly death this week, it's finally being acknowledged: Senate Democrats pull jobs bill - David RogersPolitico: A Democratic-backed jobs and economic relief bill collapsed in the

AM News: Turnaround Fever In The Golden State

by Alexander Russo

A slew of California-related school reform articles, including Sam Dillon's NYT update on the $15 million cost of revamping Locke high school ( Education" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/education/25school.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); ">School Is Turned Around, but Cost Gives Pause), LA Times and Daily News coverage of Mayor Villaraigosa's press conference yesterday (Villaraigosa backs charter school bids, rips Cortines, Mayor presses LAUSD), and announcement of California's share of the SIG money (Calif. gets $416M to turn around failing schools).