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New Arizona law: Future 3rd-graders to have to read to pass grade 9.4.10 - All third-graders must prove they are reading proficiently by the end of the 2013-14 school year or they will be held back and not allowed to move to fourth grade under a new state law. The decade's best education books? 9.4.10 - The magazine Education Next's poll of best education books of the past decade is showing some ironic results. ... A fairer deal for college students 9.4.10 - Senator Tom Harkin - One of the more dramatic developments in higher education in recent years is the explosive growth of for-profit colleges. The largest for-profit institution, the University of Phoenix, has a student body of more than 440,000, far larger than all the universities in the Big Ten combined. ... Texas schools in limbo over $830 million in federal funds 9.4.10 - Perry signs off on application, but no guarantees. A fight between Gov. Rick Perry and Washington has left local school leaders wondering whether they will see $830 million in federal funds to help plug budget holes. ...

Commentaries

Take Back the Classroom from PowerPoint 9.4.10 - Jason Fertig - Restrict PowerPoint use in teaching to pictures and videos, writes Jason Fertig. Too much PowerPoint usurps professors' authority and Nationwide school tests coming to your local school! Through a federal grant, California will join 43 other states in replacing oft-maligned standardized exams. Compare and contrast: Can Detroit schools learn from Baltimore's turnaround 9.4.10 - Robert Guttersohn - When asked to compare his school district with Detroit's, Baltimore City Public Schools CEO Andrés Alonso lets loose a little laugh and tries to step around the question. Credit Where Credit Is Due: the L.A. Times Gets It Right about Teachers' Unions 9.4.10 - Terry Cowgill - The unshackling of the MSM - and, to a lesser extent, their erstwhile brethren in the Democratic Party - from the clutches of the nation's teachers' unions continues apace.