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Education | Seattle schools, Eastside schools, Snohomish County schools, Seattle universities | Seattle Times Newspaper

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Joanne Ryles becomes emotional while reading notes students wrote on the "We will miss you" poster outside her classroom. Read story

'Mama' mia! Revered Roosevelt High teacher retiring after 45 years

After 45 years of teaching teenagers everything from darning socks to balancing checkbooks, Joanne Janni Ryles is retiring from Roosevelt High School.

Seattle teachers union wants board to delay Goodloe-Johnson's contract

Marysville School Board member asked to resign over e-mail

Parents In Santa Monica Raise Money For Schools : NPR

Parents In Santa Monica Raise Money For Schools : NPR

Parents In Santa Monica Raise Money For Schools

Public schools are letting out for the summer but for many budget-strapped school districts this year, there isn't going to be time for vacation. In wealthy Santa Monica, Calif., parents will be spending the summer trying to raise $7 million to keep class sizes the same, teachers employed and school nurses and librarians on the job.

School Tech Connect: Rainbows and Unicorns

School Tech Connect: Rainbows and Unicorns

Rainbows and Unicorns

by Tim

This has been posted for a month, but I just saw it. Go ahead and read it. I'll wait.

(drumming fingers)


That was written by the next president of the NEA, according to the prognostications. There's just something so insanely naive about the piece that I can't quite take it all in.

Apparently, in Eskelsen's vision of this thing, all the bad tests are going to go away, and it we'll have good,

Nonprofits deliver $27m for schools, with challenges attached - The Boston Globe

Nonprofits deliver $27m for schools, with challenges attached - The Boston Globe

GLOBE EDUCATION NEWS

Freeze berries now to savor summer later

Yes, strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries can be too much of a good thing, especially when you return from the local pick-your-own farm and realize there are only so many you can eat before they start to lose their luster.(By Diana Burrell, Globe Correspondent)

Nonprofits deliver $27m for schools, with challenges attached

Several major philanthropic organizations in Boston will give $27 million to a new partnership, being announced today, that aims to greatly accelerate student achievement across the city, from “cradle to career.’’ (By James Vaznis, Globe Staff)

17 Boston teachers, staff honored for excellence

Despite cuts in programs and funds at most schools this year, 17 Boston teachers and staff members stood out among their peers and were honored for their work last night at the 2010 annual Educators of the Year and Service Excellence Awards ceremony at the Shubert Theatre. (By John M. Guilfoil, Globe Staff)

Balderas’s immigration reprieve will be indefinite

Eric Balderas, a 19-year-old Harvard biology student granted a reprieve from deportation to his native Mexico last week, will be allowed to stay in the United States indefinitely unless something changes in his case, a federal official said yesterday. (By Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff)

Teachers, city reach extra-hour agreement

Boston school officials announced yesterday that they had reached a tentative agreement with the teachers’ union on a plan to overhaul the city’s 12 underperforming schools, in a new state negotiating process that attempted to resolve a divisive battle over compensating teachers for working extra hours. (By James Vaznis, Globe Staff)

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New York Budget Talks Stall on University Proposal Education News - The New York Times

Education News - The New York Times

James Card

Jake Lawrence, a freshman on Bethel University’s bass fishing team, was one of the first two students to receive an athletic scholarship for bass fishing.

Gone Fishing on Scholarship, With Hopes of Turning Pro

By JAMES CARD

Jake Lawrence and Jacob Hardy became the first students in the United States to receive athletic scholarships for competitive bass fishing.

New York Budget Talks Stall on University Proposal

By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE

Gov. David A. Paterson wants an overhaul to the public system that would allow schools to set tuition, but some fellow Democrats are opposed.

In Law Schools, Grades Go Up, Just Like That

By CATHERINE RAMPELL

In the last two years, at least 10 law schools have made their grading systems more lenient to give their students a better chance in a soft job market.

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City Seeking New Test for Gifted Admissions

By SHARON OTTERMAN

The city had found that while more students now take the exams, fewer students now enroll, and they are racially less diverse.

Inquiry Is Sought Into Practices of For-Profit Colleges

By TAMAR LEWIN

Citing the disproportionate share of federal student aid flowing into for-profit colleges, Democratic lawmakers have asked for an investigation into the finances and quality of those institutions.

Prep Classes for College Are Latest in Perks

By JACQUES STEINBERG

Discounted or even free advice on applying to college was dangled by a cable company in a bid to attract subscribers and offered by the A.F.L.-C.I.O. to union members.

L.A. Unified hires Gates Foundation official as deputy superintendent Education - latimes.com

Education - latimes.com

L.A. Unified hires Gates Foundation official as deputy superintendent By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times The appointment raises speculation that John Deasy could replace Supt. Ramon C. Cortines within two years. UC Irvine protest case raises questions about discipline practices By Larry Gordon and Raja Abdulrahim, Los Angeles Times Campus suspends Muslim Student Union for allegedly planning to disrupt Israeli diplomat's speech, and then denying it. Experts say it's unusual for a whole group to be sanctioned in civil disobedience cases. 'Hip Hop High' charter school in its closing days By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times Hawthorne's Academy for Recording Arts, known for giving troubled students access to a recording studio, shuts Thursday. Neither its online curriculum nor its teacher-led classes could save it.

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$40 per unit community college fee gets some support | California Watch

$40 per unit community college fee gets some support | California Watch

$40 per unit community college fee gets some support

by Erica Perez

Erica Perez

A move to increase the fees that California Community College students pay from $26 per unit to $40 per unit is getting some support in lawmakers' budget discussions.
Unlike costs to attend UC and CSU campuses, the fees at California's 112 community colleges have managed to resist dramatic hikes. This makes California's two-year colleges the most affordable in the nation, according to the College Board's annual Trends in College Pricing report. The second most affordable state is New Mexico.
The state Legislative Analyst's Office is recommending a 54 percent fee hike to $40 per unit – an increase that

Studies show flame retardants seep into children, pregnant women

by Susanne Rust

Susanne Rust

In toxicology circles, Californians are notorious for the record-high concentrations of flame-retardant chemicals coursing through their bodies.
The state has some of the strictest flammability standards in the world. To meet these requirements,

Kern County's Lakeview Gusher tops Gulf oil spill – so far

by Agustin Armendariz

Agustin Armendariz

With the Deepwater Horizon oil spill spewing out of control in the Gulf of Mexico, ChartsBin put together a map showing the largest recorded oil spills since 1901.
According to their research, an oil well in Kern County blew in the early 1900s, creating a gusher of oil that wasn't under control for 18 months. They didn't find a bigger spill.
"(It was) the most productive single oil well in California. It was an immense out-of-control pressurized oil well

The Educated Guess Governor insists: End seniority-based layoffs

The Educated Guess

Governor insists: End seniority-based layoffs

Posted in Equity issues, Tenure

Last week, it looked like plaintiffs for children suing the state and Sen. President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg had cut a deal to protect students in low-income schools from disproportionate layoffs of their teachers.
This week, that appears a no-go. Secretary of Education Bonnie Reiss said yesterday that Gov. Schwarzenegger would veto SB 1285, the bill Steinberg is sponsoring to try to settle the suit, unless it includes a requirement that school districts lay off teachers based on performance, not on seniority.
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By John Fensterwald on June 23rd, 2010

Fight brewing over new controls on charter schools

Posted in Charters

The chairwoman of the Assembly Education Committee is citing embezzlement charges against the operators of a Southern California charter school organization as evidence why her two charter school accountability bills should become law.
The bills are sponsored by Democrat Julia Brownley of Santa Monica. They are now in the Senate, which must decide whether new laws could prevent the type of alleged fraud by the husband-wife creators of Ivy Academia charters, and if not, whether additional financial oversight and restrictions on charters are needed anyway.
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Rise & Shine: Long-spiked anti-bullying bill passes State Senate | GothamSchools

Rise & Shine: Long-spiked anti-bullying bill passes State Senate | GothamSchools

Rise & Shine: Long-spiked anti-bullying bill passes State Senate

by Philissa Cramer

• The State Senate passed an anti-bullying bill that it had passed on seven times before. (Daily News)
• The field trip where a 12-year-old Harlem girl drowned was “chaotic.” (Times, Daily News, Post, NY1)
• Small schools help their students graduate faster, a report found. (GothamSchools, AP, Post, NY1)
• A New Jersey couple faked an address to send their daughter to LaGuardia. (GothamSchools, Daily News)
• A plan to give Clinton Middle School its own space was officially approved yesterday. (NY1)
• John Deasy of the Gates Foundation was named number two in Los Angeles’s schools. (L.A. Times)

Schools Matter: Slow learners

Schools Matter: Slow learners

Slow learners

by skrashen

The group of reading specialists invited to present at the US Dept of Education's special meetings on reading (see http://susanohanian.org/outrage_fetch.php?id=698) look pretty much like the same gang that brought us Reading First, a program that failed every empirical test. The feds are really slow learners.

What's next for this administration?

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: What's the real deal at this D.C. high school?

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: What's the real deal at this D.C. high school?

What's the real deal at this D.C. high school?

by Mike Klonsky

They restructured Anacostia H.S. into small academies, good. But they fired 85% of the teachers, Michelle Rhee style. They even got Michelle Obama to come and give the commencement speech to the school's few grads. So where's the heralded "rebirth," asks visiting teacher/writer Dan Brown.

I visited the Sojourner Truth Academy for ninth-graders on Friday, June 18. What I saw and heard didn't match the hype. When I asked a student who gave me a tour of the building what the best