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Lafayette lessons: Attacks on Asian students mirror experience at Brooklyn school

Attacks against students at a Philadelphia high school echo similar incidents at Brooklyn school, which is now set to close its doors for good.

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Q&A: Why are U.S. teachers on the defensive?

By Hechinger Report

Teachers have been having a tough time lately. Their unions are under pressure to accept pay cuts and fewer benefits. States are threatening massive teacher layoffs in response to budget deficits. There’s a major push to make teachers more effective, with how teachers are trained, evaluated, tenured and compensated all on the table. In [...]

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Survey: Recession, budget cuts derail Pre-K expansion

By Liz Willen

Early education programs are struggling to serve all the children who qualify for them, as the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression has caused states to slash budgets and reduce spending, according to an annual survey of state-funded programs by the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University.
Expansion in 2009 was slower [...]

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In their own words: Community college coaches talk about educating athletes

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is a former basketball player, but it wasn’t the grace of reverse lay-ups and the thrill of slam dunks that captivated him during March Madness. Instead, Duncan tried to focus attention on the poor academic performance and abysmal graduation rates of Division I basketball players. Duncan proposed that teams [...]

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Jobless dropouts head back to school for basic skills

By Christopher Connell

LOUISVILLE — The push to return unemployed workers to the nation’s payrolls is hamstrung by a decades-old legacy of poor schooling that has left tens of millions of Americans without the basic reading or math skills necessary for today’s jobs.

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Has Obama’s interest in early education waned?

By Linda Jacobson

A year ago, President Barack Obama’s budget pledge to make early-childhood education one of his top priorities created enormous excitement among advocates who had long pushed for greater federal investment.

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How Maryland universities were able to cut costs and keep tuitions down

By Jon Marcus

The members of the board of regents that oversees Maryland’s multibillion-dollar public uni versity system settled in around a whiteboard in a sterile conference room as if preparing for a siege.

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Community colleges: Higher education’s Bermuda triangle

By Camille Esch

Vast numbers of students enter community college remedial classes every year. Few are ever heard from again.

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Lafayette lessons: Attacks on Asian students mirror experience at Brooklyn school

By Liz Willen

Attacks against Philadelphia students echo similar incidents at Brooklyn school, now set to close.

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Students from region can enroll in virtual school Education - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

Education - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

Students from region can enroll in virtual school

by dlambert@sacbee.com (Diana Lambert)

Elk Grove Unified School District has opened enrollment for its first-ever virtual school.
Students attending the school will have all the supplies needed to finish a school year delivered to their doorsteps. They will learn most of their lessons at home, but will visit a campus for tests and to meet occasionally with a teacher.
The school is free and open to any student in grades K-12 in Sacramento County – along with students in Amador, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Placer, San Joaquin, Solano, Sutter and Yolo counties.
There will be informational meetings on the academy at Cosumnes Oaks High School, 8350 Lotz Parkway, Elk Grove at 9 a.m. Friday; Pleasant Grove Elementary School, 10160 Pleasant Grove School Road, Elk Grove, at noon May 17; Elk Grove Adult and Community Education, 8401 Gerber Road, Sacramento, at 4:30 p.m. May 25;

Sacramento Press / Passport to Summer Youth Fair a success

Sacramento Press / Passport to Summer Youth Fair a success

Passport to Summer Youth Fair a success

by Hannah Jones

Along with the sunshine, the trees of Southside Park set the perfect scene for the ninth annual Passport to Summer Youth Fair on Saturday. At the event, dozens of booths showcased local activities and opportunities for youth during the summer while a main stage provided entertainment, games and raffles for the crowd.
The fair was sponsored by State Senator Darrell Steinberg, Assemblyman Dave Jones and Sacramento City Councilman Rob Fong. Steinberg stressed the importance of staying active during the summer when addressing the crowd.
"(The fair) is a time for us to see what we all have to offer," he said. "In these hard times, it's amazing to see the community come together." Steinberg also let loose on the dance floor by participating in a breakdancing lesson from the performers of Capitol Roots Studios.

Local hip hop dance crew Second Nature took the stage around noon and wowed the crowed with its intricate choreography.
The summertime activities represented at the fair ranged from biking to ballet, employment opportunities to science camps.

Angelica Rodriguez from Southgate Recreation and Park District was at the event promoting their R.E.C. (Recreation Engaging Children) Van. The R.E.C. Van is designed to travel to local parks with an array of group games and crafts for youth.

"It's vital for children to be active," Rodriguez said. "We want to make it easy and accessible for kids to stay

Education News & Comment SCUSD DAC meeting is Tuesday, May 11, 2010

James Baldwin said it best: "For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become."

Education News & Comment

The next DAC meeting is Tuesday, May 11, 2010

at the Serna Center, Community Room, from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.

Free dinner and daycare is provided for your convenience.

Agenda and draft minutes are attached

Hello DAC members & Community Partners:

Guest Speaker: Janell Kubinec, Understanding Categorical Programs

This month we have a powerful speaker, Janell Kubinec, Associate Vice President of School Services of California. She will provide an overview of current issues regarding California's funding of school districts, the management of state and federal categorical funds and the strategic use of these funding resources to maximize student achievement outcomes. Members from other school districts are welcomed.

Revised Bylaws

The bylaw convention was a success. They completed the revisions of the bylaws. They are attached for your review. We are very limited in time in this month’s meeting due to our guest speaker.

DAC Election

As DAC chair, I have been announcing for the last 3 months that the current DAC board officers will not be running for election next year. We have been actively recruiting DAC membership to consider being candidates. The current board would like to have the election in June 2010 to allow the new board to organize during the summer months. They will have the opportunity to develop their goals and timeline, instead of inheriting the old board’s agenda. We are asking the DAC membership to vote for a June election instead of a November election. Current DAC officers will complete their term by June 30, 2010; therefore there is a need to have elections. Attached is the Bylaw Committee Election process. Is there anyone else interested in running, please let me know.

Announced Candidates so far are:

For DAC Chair:

Toni Colley-Perry, Success Academy

Maria Lourdes Jimenez-Price, Phoebe Hearst

For DAC Vice Chair:

· Shane Sawyer, Hubert Bancroft

· Jennifer Garcia, Tahoe

· Nancy Garcia, Sam Brannan Middle

Unsure which office:

LaTisha Lawson, Hiram Johnson High/OW Erlewine

Announcements:

DAC June Speaker: Superintendent Raymond, Meet the DAC Officer Candidates, and Bylaw Revision vote, and DAC Election vote.

Parent Resource Center’s Grand Opening, May 25, 2010 from 4-7 pm. For more information, contact Pat LaMarr at (916) 643-9260. Email: Pat-LaMarr@sac-city.k12.ca.us.

Sacramento Public Library, College Bound Students seminars, Finding Your Best College Match, 5/14; Making the Transition from High School to College, 5/19 & 5/25. Contact: Joanne Verdon (916) 264-2938. For more details see website: http://cal.saclibrary.org/eventcalendar.asp

California Parent Center, Title I Pre-Conference, May 23, 2010 Achievement-Focused Partnerships: Families & Schools Working together to increase academic achievement and school success for students, at the Doubletree Hotel, Contact: Melissa Popovich, 619-594-4756, Email: mpopovich@projects.sdsu.edu.

CDE Title I Conference, May 24-25, 2010 at the Doubletree Hotel, Sacramento. Website: http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/sw/t1/title1conf.asp. Conference Questions: Sandi Ridge (916) 319-0243.

Wanda Yañez

Chairperson

District Advisory Committee (DAC)

Sacramento City Unified School District

Work: (916) 654-7729

Website: http://sacdac.org/Dacupdate.aspx

Remarks by the President at Hampton University Commencement | The White House

Remarks by the President at Hampton University Commencement | The White House

Remarks by the President at Hampton University Commencement

by The White House

10:10 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you, Hampton. Thank you, Class of 2010. (Applause.) Please, everybody, please have a seat.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: I love you!
THE PRESIDENT: I love you back. (Applause.) That's why I’m here. I love you guys.
Good morning, everybody.
AUDIENCE: Good morning.
THE PRESIDENT: To all the mothers in the house: As somebody who is surrounded by women in the White House -- (laughter) -- grew up surrounded by women, let me take a moment just to say thank you for all that you put up with each and every day. We are so grateful to you, and it is fitting to have such a beautiful day when we celebrate all our mothers. Thank you to Hampton for allowing me to share this special occasion -- to all the dignitaries who are here, the trustees, the alumni, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins -- that's a cousin over there. (Laughter).
Now, before we get started, I just want to say, I’m excited the Battle of the Real H.U. will be taking place in Washington this year. (Laughter.) You know I am not going to pick sides. (Laughter.) But my understanding is it’s been 13 years since the Pirates lost. (Applause.) As one Hampton alum on my staff put it, the last time Howard beat Hampton, The Fugees were still together. (Laughter.)
Well, let me also say a word about President Harvey, a man who bleeds Hampton blue. In a single generation, Hampton has transformed from a small black college into a world-class research institution. (Applause.) And that transformation has come through the efforts of many people, but it has come through President Harvey’s efforts, in particular, and I want to commend him for his outstanding leadership as well as his great friendship to me. (Applause.)
Most of all, I want to congratulate all of you, the Class of 2010. I gather that none of you walked across Ogden Circle. (Laughter.) You did? Okay.
You know, we meet here today, as graduating classes have met for generations, not far from where it all began, near that old oak tree off Emancipation Drive. I know my University 101. (Laughter and applause.) There, beneath its branches, by what was then a Union garrison, about 20 students gathered on September 17th, 1861. Taught by a free citizen, in defiance of Virginia law, the students were escaped slaves from nearby

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Four Thoughts on Teacher Quality

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New York City, for example, will have to get rid of 13 percent of the 30000 new teachers it has hired in the last decade. Dealing with all of these issues is critical to improving teacher quality in urban schools.

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The Education Newsblitz: Schools Consider AZ Travel Warning

The Education Newsblitz: Schools Consider AZ Travel Warning

The Education Newsblitz: Schools Consider AZ Travel Warning

The newsblitz cometh:

• Parents, educators and other community members rallied against school budget cuts on Saturday in Balboa Park, the Union-Tribune reports.
• We blog about the ongoing struggle to get teens to care about state tests that don't impact their future -- especially when they overlap with other tests that do.
• The U-T editorial board decries the politicized argument over naming an Alpine high school after Ronald Reagan.
• We also blog that the San Diego Unified school board is weighing whether to warn its students and their families not to travel to Arizona and to condemn its recent immigration law. The Union-Tribune follows up with more details.
• Calexico students are trying to catch up after losing school time to earthquake damage, KPBS reports.
• John de Beck opines in SDNN about upping the entry age for kindergarten and its budget

Poll fails to support UO union | OregonLive.com

Poll fails to support UO union | OregonLive.com

Poll fails to support UO union

By The Associated Press

May 10, 2010, 7:27AM

EUGENE -- A survey conducted by the executive committee of the UO Senate shows little support for a new labor union that could represent faculty and some administrators.

Those taking part in the unscientific e-mail poll opposed a union by a 2-1 ratio.

The Register-Guard newspaper reports that 45 percent of the 2,307 people who received a survey responded to it.

Faculty unions exist at all of the state's public four-year universities except Oregon and Oregon State.

College, Inc. � The Quick and the Ed

College, Inc. � The Quick and the Ed

College, Inc.

by Kevin Carey

PBS broadcast a documentary on for-profit higher education last week, titled College, Inc. It begins with the slightly ridiculous figure of Michael Clifford, a former cocaine abuser turned born-again Christian who never went to college, yet makes a living padding around the lawn of his oceanside home wearing sandals and loose-fitting print shirts, buying up distressed non-profit colleges and turning them into for-profit money machines.
Improbably, Clifford emerges from the documentary looking okay. When asked what he brings to the deals he brokers, he cites nothing educational. Instead, it’s the “Three M’s: Money, Management, and Marketing.” And hey, there’s nothing wrong with that. A college may have deep traditions and dedicated faculty, but if it’s bankrupt, anonymous, and incompetently run, it won’t do students much good. “Non-profit” colleges that pay their leaders executive salaries and run multi-billion dollar sports franchises have long since ceded the moral high ground when it comes to chasing the bottom line.
The problem with for-profit higher education, as the documentary ably shows, is that people like Clifford are

Notes from the news, May 10 | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Notes from the news, May 10 | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Notes from the news, May 10

by Erika Owens

Ackerman freezes hiring of teachers The Inquirer
Ackerman is concerned there may not be enough jobs to absorb all the current teachers in the District, including teachers force transferred out of Renaissance Schools.
See also: A wrench in the site selection process: no new teachers allowed The Notebook blog
In city classrooms, teachers with class The Inquirer
On Tuesday night, 66 teachers will receive the Lindback Distinguished Teaching Prize and $3,500.
See also: Distinguished Teachers The Inquirer
South Philly principal receives an award The Notebook blog
Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell presented LaGreta Brown with a Lucien E. Blackwell Guiding Lights in the Community Award, sources say.
A Boy We Knew A Good Day Teaching blog
Another former student died far too soon.
Phila's Parent University Wraps Up School Year KYW
My Guest Post at TransLeadership Philly Teacher blog
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National Journal Online -- Education Experts

National Journal Online -- Education Experts

The Education Jobs Bill And Reform

A growing number of education groups are insisting that a $23 billion bill intended to avert hundreds of thousands of teacher layoffs should include reform-minded stipulations and accountability requirements (see here, here and here).

The Keep Our Educators Working Act was recently introduced by the two congressional education committee chairmen, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Rep. George Miller, D-Calif. Some groups are arguing that the legislation should include changes to the teacher tenure process and fix a "loophole" that may allow states to backfill their budgets rather than hire or retain teachers. Harkin, however, last week rejected the idea of including teacher reform in the measure, saying that such policy efforts should be dealt with in a more "thoughtful" way in separate legislation. The heads of the two largest teachers unions, Randi Weingarten

AM News: This Week In Education Events: My NewSchools Venture Fund Summit List

This Week In Education

Events: My NewSchools Venture Fund Summit List

by Alexander Russo

Apparently Duncan and Miller are going to do a joint appearance at NSVF. But here are some of the many folks I'm most looking forward to meet, see in action, Twitter about, and learn something from at Wednesday's summit: Pamela Moran, Albemarle County Public Schools (real live district person), Sajan George, Alvarez & Marsal, Amy Coe, The Bridgespan Group (real live for profit consultants), Ana Ponce, Camino Nuevo Charter Academy (interesting private school spinoff), Jennifer Dai Chen, Chicago Public Schools, Kimberly Carter, Deloitte Consulting (more consultants!), Tom Boasberg, Denver Public Schools (life after Bennet), Matthew Bishop, The Economist (journalists!), Ted Kolderie, Education Evolving (just because),

AM News: NYT Discovers Wealthy Charter Supporters (Again)

by Alexander Russo

Education" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); ">Hedge Funds’ Leaders Rally for Charter Schools NYT: Hedge fund executives are thus emerging as perhaps the first significant political counterweight to the powerful teachers unions, which strongly oppose expanding charter schools in their current form....Sam Houston High benefits from easier rating system Houston Chronicle: Despite an improvement in student test scores, Sam Houston benefited from the state's easier rating system last year. Maryland teachers union objects to state's 'Race to the Top' draft proposal Washington Post: Maryland's largest teachers union said Friday that it has "serious concerns" with the state's draft application for the "Race to the Top" competition, putting a roadblock in the state's bid to win $250 million in federal grants. ... Mistake forces Pr. William to extend elementary school days Washington Post: A calculation error by Prince William County school officials in the number of instructional hours students have banked will force county elementary schools to extend their school days 10 minutes -- a move that has upset School Board members and parents who were blindsided by the news... Education" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); ">Guest-Teaching Chinese, and Learning America NYT: A program brings teachers from China to the U.S. to teach language and culture, but the learning goes both ways... Mass. hunting for star teachers Boston Globe: State education officials plan to announce today an aggressive campaign to recruit hundreds of successful teachers to work in underperforming schools in Boston and eight other troubled school districts, in hopes those teachers can spark a turnaround...More stories below.Blaming Teachers Is Easy, But Is It Fair? NPR: When schools are failing and students aren't learning, who is responsible? The answer these days seems to be teachers. When it comes to education reform, most of the current focus is on making teachers accountable for their students' performance. But is it fair to assign so much of the burden for the success or failure of schools to teachers? NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports...Socioeconomics Replacing Race in School Assignments EdWeek: Advocates hope to clear the path—blocked by the Supreme Court—to racial diversity in schools, through the use of poverty measures... Six Districts Participate in National Standards Pilot EdWeek: The districts were chosen by the Council of Great City Schools to pilot math and reading standards that could someday set the bar for education nationwide... 2 NY teens arrested in plot to attack high school AP: A 17-year-old with a grudge against his former Long Island high school planned with his girlfriend to buy shotguns, enter his old school and indiscriminately shoot down students and teachers days before his ex-classmates were scheduled to graduate, police said Friday.