AM News: LAUSD Proposes New Teacher Evaluations
Black Male Grad Rates: Despair, And A Ray Of Hope NPR: A new study reports that only 47 percent of black male students entering high school in the fall of 2003 graduated in 2008. For white males, the graduation rate was 78 percent. But one state, New Jersey, managed to raise its black male graduation rate by nearly 30 points... Education" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); ">Testing, the Chinese Way NYT: American education’s “no test” philosophy for young children has come under assault as government programs strongly promote the practice, which is widespread in Asia... Los Angeles Unveils Teacher Evaluation PlanEdWeek: The proposal also would mandate that teachers work longer than two years before becoming permanent employees and that evaluations be used to guide all hiring and firing decisions.