Audit finds years-long backlog of investigations into accused teachers LAT: The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing took years to begin investigations into a teacher accused of showing pornography to children and another one who allegedly kissed a student, according to a new audit... NJ Gov. Christie calls for peer teacher evaluation AP: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday called for public school teachers to be evaluated based equally on their classroom performance and student achievement and accused the state's largest teachers union of being a group of "bullies and thugs."... Duncan, Hornets star Paul to tout teaching careers at Loyola The Republic: US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and basketball star Chris Paul of the New Orleans Hornets are among the participants in a Loyola University "town hall"... House Panel Explores Innovation, Flexibility for New ESEA Politics K12: The federal government may be careening towards ashutdown, but the House Education and the Workforce Committee is still working (or at least holding hearings) on the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act... DOE Pulls the Plug on Massive Training Initiative Science Now: In April 2009, President Barack Obama announced an ambitious 10-year, $1.6 billion education and training initiative at the Department of Energy (DOE), dubbed "Regaining our Energy Science and Engineering Edge."... Kamenetz says restoring teacher positions 'not possible' Baltimore Sun: In a letter released late Thursday, Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz told state legislators that restoring the number of teacher positions to this year's level "does not appear to be possible."... Boy with No Hands Wins Handwriting Contest Gawker: A fifth grader at Readfield Elementary School in Readfield, Maine, he beat out 200,000 other grade schoolers for the quality of penmanship he produces by pinching a writing utensil between his arms.
