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More than half of NYC students not ready to enroll in college after graduation; need remedial help
nydailynews.com - Watts/News Data shows that roughly half of New York City high school students graduate unprepared for college, city officials announced. Just 46% of city students enrolled in college four years aft...
Capital Preparatory Magnet School, Hartford CT
miracleschools.wikispaces.com - http://sdeportal.ct.gov/Cedar/WEB/ct_report/SnapshotSelect.aspx In Hartford School District Note that it is called a 'magnet' school. Does this mean selective admissions?http://articles.cnn.com/200...
Big Money, Bad Media, Secret Agendas: Welcome to America's Wildest School Board Race
thenation.com - School board elections are supposed to be quintessential America contests. Moms and Main Street small-business owners and retired teachers campaign by knocking on doors, writing letters to the edit...
City Reports Shine a Light on Charters – SchoolBook
nytimes.com - Oct. 21, 2011, 2:26 p.m. Midway through the last school year, a fledgling charter school in Flatbush, Brooklyn, lost its science teacher. But instead of hiring a new one, Fahari Academy Charter Sch...
Dist. 300 rallies in Springfield against Sears tax breaks
dailyherald.com - Article updated: 10/24/2011 2:40 PM Students, parents, teachers and administrators from Carpentersville-based Community Unit District 300 protest outside the Illinois Capitol in Springfield against...
A Union of Professionals. www.nysut.org
nysut.org - NYSUT Vice President Kathleen Donahue and NEA Vice President Lily Eskelsen. Photo by El-Wise Noisette.NYSUT members and other unions must continue to be vigilant against attacks on their profession...
Is the city violating the law when it comes to class size? You betcha! | Class Size Matters Is the city violating the law when it comes to class size? You betcha!
classsizematters.org - Class sizes keep increasing in all areas of the city, despite the Contracts for Excellence (C4E) law passed by the state in 2007, requiring the DOE to reduce class sizes in all grades. We are n...
School Tech Connect: Damned Luddites!
schooltechconnect.com - I suppose I should chime in on the Waldorf piece in the Times, so here goes. In case you didn't read it, Waldorf schools eschew a lot of technology. Good for them. My feeling is that you can do any...
Oregon City School District walks away from $2.54 million grant for performance pay
oregonlive.com - The Oregon City School District has decided to reject a $2.54 million federal grant meant to reward top educators, partly because of philosophical concerns over performance-based pay. When the dist...
Why Michelle Rhee's Education 'Brand' Failed in D.C. - Natalie Hopkinson - Politics
theatlantic.com - The urban education reform movement just got a much-needed reality check as D.C. Democratic primary voters fired Mayor Adrian Fenty, and effectively along with him one of the movement's biggest sup...
National Journal Online -- Education Experts -- The NCLB Saga Continues
education.nationaljournal.com - Monday, October 24, 2011There's nothing like a congressional stage to expose the actual support (or lack thereof) of a legislative idea. When it comes to rewriting No Child Left Behind, Senate Heal...
Nothing New about Teaching from Bill Gates - Walt Gardner's Reality Check
blogs.edweek.org - One of the perks of being a billionaire is that anything you submit to a newspaper is definitely going to be published. No one has been more successful in this respect than Bill Gates opining about...
In College, Working Hard to Learn High School Material
nytimes.com - In June, Desiree Smith was graduated from Murry Bergtraum High. Her grades were in the 90s, she said, and she had passed the four state Regents exams. Since enrolling last month at LaGuardia Commun...
State has one of nation’s highest gaps in Hispanic-white reading proficiency
californiawatch.org - Sarah Garland/California WatchStudents practice reading skills with an intervention teacher at an elementary school in Soledad, a small Salinas Valley town. SOLEDAD – On a cool winter morning Nicol...
Daniel Pink On Grades, Autonomy & Inquiry
larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Oct 23 2011 Larry FerlazzoDaniel Pink was recently interviewed on a local Washington, D.C. television show along with a local university official. You watch it all here, but I thought the few minut...
Dems living abroad in France get it right
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - I wonder why the Democrats, living abroad in France, seem to have it much more together than the ones in the White House, Congress and the DOE? Here's the education platform they want the Democrati...
A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute
nytimes.com - LOS ALTOS, Calif. — The chief technology officer of eBay sends his children to a nine-classroom school here. So do employees of Silicon Valley giants like Google, Apple, Yahoo and Hewlett-Packard. ...
NYPD tells teachers, “No grading papers in public.” « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - Anne and I are in New York for the weekend to see our kids and grand kids. Plus it is our 35th wedding anniversary. Naturally we want to spend some time at Occupy Wall Street. Liberty Park is jamme...
#Rhee and her talent agency « At the Chalk Face
shaunpjohnson.wordpress.com - How do I wind up with this stuff anyway? Ah well, in any case, Kent State University in Ohio recently hosted Michelle Rhee as a guest speaker for the paltry, “discounted” sum (read: discounted) of ...
Blame Stingy Spending, Not Unions, For Schools' Short Hours
thinkprogress.org - On the one hand, I think lots of people who are fans of labor unions are far too quick to dismiss education reform ideas as mere union busting. On the other hand, I think lots of people with educat...
Voucher Heads Up – SB1 Scheduled for Senate Education Committee Vote on Tuesday, Oct. 25th
keystonestateeducationcoalition.blogspot.com - Visit us on Facebook at KeystoneStateEducationCoalition Follow us on Twitter at @lfeinberg Voucher Heads Up – SB1 Scheduled for Senate Education Committee Vote on Tuesday, Oct. 25th We have b...
At Elite Schools, Easing Up a Bit on Homework
nytimes.com - It was the kind of memo that high school students would dream of getting, if they dreamed in memos. Lisa Waller, director of the high school at Dalton, a famously rigorous private schoo...
The impact of Michelle Rhee’s ‘culture of urgency’ - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - It is an almost universal tribute offered about Michelle Rhee’s 3 1/2 -year tenure of the Washington D.C. school district — that if she accomplished one thing, it was to instill a sense of urgency ...
If We Don't Let Our Children Play, Who Will Be the Next Steve Jobs?
huffingtonpost.com - Will the next generation have a Steve Jobs?The forecast doesn't look good. In an era of parental paranoia, lawsuit mania and testing frenzy, we are failing to inspire our children's curiosity, crea...
Atlanta high schools broke rules to meet performance standards
ajc.com - By Alan JuddThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionA learning disability made school hard for Chantel Cox. But she always stayed on grade level and looked forward to earning a high school diploma. She act...
WEEKEND QUOTABLES
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Duncan's biggest fan“I’m a fan,” said Margaret Spellings, Duncan’s immediate predecessor, who was education secretary during President George W. Bush’s second term and an architect of Bush’s signat...
Quick Hits (10.24.11)
quickanded.com - Nineteen standards for teacher prep. University of Michigan education officials unveiled today an organization aimed at creating a set of standards for teacher preparation programs, as well as mate...
Why Are Silicon Valley Executives Sending Their Kids to a Tech-Free School? - Education - GOOD
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Why Are Silicon Valley Executives Sending Their Kids to a Tech-Free School? - Education - GOOD:Why Are Silicon Valley Executives Sending Their Kids to a Tech-Free School?LIZ DWYEREducation EditorSH...
Tú educación es nuestro futuro
vidayfamilia.univision.com - Un importante panel de funcionarios y expertos en educación participaron en el foro “Tu Educación Es Nuestro Futuro” conducido por Jorge Ramos desde el Newseum, en Washington DC, para buscar soluci...
Univision Chicago celebró el taller académico ¡Edúcate!, Es El Momento
univisionchicago.univision.com - Univision Chicago ofreció un taller sobre cómo ingresar a la universidad. - Univision.com FOTO Taller ¡Edúcate! Es El Momento Ver fotos CHICAGO, Illinois - El deseo de completar la secundaria y con...
The "Policy" Books I Recommend Most Often - Dana Goldstein
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The "Policy" Books I Recommend Most Often - Dana Goldstein:The "Policy" Books I Recommend Most Oftenby Dana GoldsteinI've been asked a few times over the past year to recommend books for writers ne...
Campaign spending builds for tax proposals
ednewscolorado.org - About $263,000 has been raised by campaign committees supporting school district tax increase proposals around the state. Some $100,200 of that total has been gathered by Douglas County Citizens fo...
Michelle Obama's New Book Will Be About Food - National
theatlanticwire.com - First Lady Michelle Obama will be an author come April. But that didn't stop her publisher from releasing cover art for the new book, American Grown: How the White House Kitchen Garden Inspires Fam...
Charter schools are public schools, right? | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Charter schools are public schools, right? | Philadelphia Public School Notebook:Charter schools are public schools, right?by Guest bloggerThis guest blog post is from David Stovall, associate prof...
Daily Kingfish:: Four Bore Years
dailykingfish.com - After Saturday's primary results rolled in, a vague calm must have rolled over the collective core of Democratic interests in the Gret State. After Klepticans and Corporate interests gathered their...
More than half of NYC students not ready to enroll in college after graduation; need remedial help
nydailynews.com - Watts/News Data shows that roughly half of New York City high school students graduate unprepared for college, city officials announced. Just 46% of city students enrolled in college four years aft...
Suspending progress? | catalyst-chicago.org
catalyst-chicago.org - The rules of Marshall’s in-school suspension room are written on the chalkboard at the front of the class: “No laughing. No cell phones. No talking. No putting your head down on the desk.” If a stu...
Searching for New Ways to 'Inspire' Parents – SchoolBook
nytimes.com - Oct. 24, 2011, 4:58 p.m. The life of a parent coordinator is one of constant challenges. Taneesha Crawford, who works in one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods, blogs about her experiences. I was ...
Walton Family Funds Florida Charter School Lobbying Group | Scathing Purple Musings
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Walton Family Funds Florida Charter School Lobbying Group | Scathing Purple Musings:Walton Family Funds Florida Charter School Lobbying Groupby Bob SikesFrom Matt Dixon of Florida Times-Union:A new...
Bennet talks about education law in Wheat Ridge
denverpost.com - WHEAT RIDGE, Colo.—U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said Monday that the proposed reauthorization of No Child Left Behind is not perfect, but that the law in its current form is flawed. Bennet, a Democrat ...
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » What happened with ESEA last week?
pureparents.org - The reports are in. Here’s a sample of the reaction. Monty Neill writes that the Senate’s biggest change in ESEA will be the name: Unfortunately, despite intra- and inter-party disagreements, insid...
Museum to Capture Latino Experience in U.S.
beinglatino.wordpress.com - via Huffington PostLatinos’ contributions to the development, welfare and culture of this country have been largely overlooked, and are not properly reflected in our nation’s museums. But that coul...
Charter Schools Could Get Longer Day Money
chicagonewscoop.org - Chicago charter schools could soon receive financial incentives similar to those being offered to city elementary schools that vote to lengthen the school day. The Chicago Board of Education will v...
Find Your High School's Grade Now on SchoolBook – SchoolBook
nytimes.com - Oct. 24, 2011, 3:52 p.m. The 2011 school progress report grades for all New York City public high schools are now on the schools’ pages on SchoolBook. A link to the PDF version of the city’s report...
Atlanta high schools broke rules to meet performance standards | ajc.com
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Atlanta high schools broke rules to meet performance standards | ajc.com:Atlanta high schools broke rules to meet performance standardsAttendance records falsified, low-performing students weeded ...
A "Common Core" for Teacher Prep?
ascd.typepad.com - Ed. Week's Stephen Sawchuk reports that the University of Michigan, today, unveiled Teaching Works -- a new organization that will support new teacher training by focusing on 19 essential teacher p...
In Case You Missed It
ascd.typepad.com - Here's what has been happening at ASCD: Merit pay, accountability, tenure, students first, testing, failing schools, poverty and unions. Students need to understand the impact of global climate cha...
IPS superintendent calls for state investigation into charter schools - fox59.com
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - IPS superintendent calls for state investigation into charter schools - fox59.com:IPS superintendent calls for state investigation into charter schoolsWhite claims charter schools student dumping p...
The ESEA Markup Roundup
quickanded.com - With a weekend of reflection between me and the markup of the Harkin-Enzi ESEA Reauthorization Bill, I am caught up on sleep, but still coming to terms with the implications of last Thursday’s even...
The Art of Fielding and the End of Student Loan Default
quickanded.com - My new Chronicle of Higher Education column makes the case for converting the entire federal student loan system to income-contingent repayment, administered by the IRS. To illustrate why this is a...