Obama to visit Miami school on hard road to reform AP: At the Miami high school that President Barack Obama will visit on Friday, neon-colored flyers taped to the walls quiz students on tough vocabulary words... Education Secretary Cautions Districts About Layoffs NYT: Arne Duncan, the federal secretary of education, urged state and local authorities to avoid short-sighted decisions as they cut school budgets... Wisconsin Education Faces Hard Lessons NPR: Meredith Clark of The Nation argues that among the hardest hit are teachers, and that the most talented and passionate educators may be driven away by Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget cuts... Downturn cost state fewer jobs than thought Boston Globe: The recent recession was milder in Massachusetts than first thought, as the unemployment rate peaked at a much lower level and the state shed fewer jobs than reported previously...TX Legislature Spotlights Bullying in Schools NYT: Fifteeen bills have been filed in the Texas Legislature to combat bullying in public schools, and they have drawn opposition from both ends of the political spectrum... Chicago Shools Are Merged, Then Unmerged NYT: Chicago Public Schools decided to merge two Austin schools and then reversed itself, leaving teachers and parents confused and nervous... Virginia struggles with teachers, students, and Facebook NPR: Should teachers and students be friends on Facebook? Should they be allowed to send each other private text messages? These are questions that parents, and the state of Virginia, are wrestling with... School Budget ABCs: Ads Plus Bus Equal Cash: More cities and states are turning to display ads on the sides of school buses for extra revenue. Colorado was one of the first states to allow it. Some parents are worried about the messages children receive from the ads.
