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Education Week: State Scraps Science Test Requirement for Students

Education Week: State Scraps Science Test Requirement for Students

State Scraps Science Test Requirement for Students

By The Associated Press
Boise, Idaho
Idaho is scrapping a rule that would have required high school students to pass standardized tests in science before they graduate, starting with the class of 2013.
Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna said science classes vary from district to district and students are only tested twice — in the 5th- and 7th-grades — before they are tested by the state in the 10th grade.
"When you only test them in 5th and 7th grade, that's not enough," Luna said Thursday. "We have no way of identifying who needs...

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Community Colleges Rethink 'Open Door' Admissions
Chicago's plan to set admissions standards for community colleges, in part to rein in remedial classes, may be a sign of things to come, experts say. (August 13, 2010)
Arizona Subpoena Seeks Researchers' ELL Data
The state schools chief wants the civil rights researchers' data—including the names of study participants—for use in a court case over Arizona's approach to educating English-language learners.(August 12, 2010) | Comments (14)
Districts Left in Doubt Over Federal Funds
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No Child Left Behind Tracking Finds More Children Reading in Ala.
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61 N.J. Special Ed. School Heads Earn More Than the Governor
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Fight to Stamp Out Bullying, Safe-Schools Chief Urges
One in every three U.S. students, an estimated 18 million, will be bullied at school this year, federal statistics say. (August 12, 2010)
N.C. Schools Struggle to Schedule Around Religious Holidays
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Did the Department Drop the Ball?

As U.S. considers tougher regulation of for-profit colleges, revelations of fraudulent practices at the institutions have many asking if the government has vigorously enforced the rules it already has.
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Another Subpoena for Research

Leading education scholars blast U. of Arizona for turning over information they say should have been confidential.
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'Over Ten Million Served'

Editors discuss new collection on issues of gender and the service duties of professors.
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Double Helix Trouble

The California Department of Public Health demands that Berkeley change its freshman DNA experiment.
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UC postdocs ratify first contract - Inside Bay Area

UC postdocs ratify first contract - Inside Bay Area


UC postdocs ratify first contract
Postdoctoral researchers at the University of California have ratified their first union contract, ending negotiations that began in February 2009 and sparked a congressional hearing.
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Judge allows accounting lawsuit against UCLA consultant | California Watch

Judge allows accounting lawsuit against UCLA consultant | California Watch

Judge allows accounting lawsuit against UCLA consultant

by Erica Perez
A judge has denied a motion to dismiss a shareholders' lawsuit against a consulting company that has been hired by UCLA for several projects.
California Watch reported earlier this year that UCLA was paying Chicago-based Huron Consulting Group up to $240,000 to work with a university task force that aims to better deal with current and future budget deficits by adopting a restructuring plan.
The university hired Huron despite the company's involvement in an
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More college students mentally ill, study shows

More college students mentally ill, study shows

More college students mentally ill, study shows

The number of college students who are afflicted with a serious mental illness is rising, according to...

Tough solutions for high school truancy rate

San Francisco's Truancy Reduction Initiative has been a success - albeit a qualified one. Over the past...

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This Week In Education: Media: A Sunday Talk Show -- For Education

This Week In Education: Media: A Sunday Talk Show -- For Education

Media: A Sunday Talk Show -- For Education

by Alexander Russo
Tumblr_l6a02mkMPu1qz5mwro1_400A glut of blogs. A swarm of Twitterers. What's missing from the education mediasphere? A Sunday talk (or radio) show featuring honest debate among smart people who don't all agree but aren't selling something or yelling and screaming at each other, either. That was the idea behind the Month In Review, an extremely low-tech audio roundtable that I hosted on and off in 2007 and 2008 with the help of folks like Stephanie Banchero (WSJ), Diana Schemo (NYT), Jay Mathews (WPost), Greg Toppo (USA Today), and Beth




AM News: Hard Times For Charters And Lunch Ladies

by Alexander Russo
News2Many Chicago Charter Schools Run Deficits NYT: Even though Chicago’s charter schools brought in $21 million in private money from foundations, corporations and wealthy individuals in 2007 — the last year for which complete information is available — half have run an average of $700,000 in deficits in recent years... Reform Hits School Workers Hard WBEZ: Over three years, 285 support staff lost their positions in Chicago turnarounds. The district says just 14 employees won jobs back in those schools. About one in five found positions elsewhere in the system... Attention to Poor Urban Schools Helped Raise Conn. Ranking EdWeek: The percentage of Connecticut schools that met federal benchmarks for math and reading rose to 72 percent this year... Ed Secretary Duncan to speak at Clinton library Arkansas News: Duncan will lecture Aug. 25 on education reform and the Obama administration’s back-to-school education agenda.


Edujobs: States Scramble To Find Uses For Funding

by Alexander Russo
It's the teacher bailout that came to late, or wasn't needed, or might be needed next year. More news about what states are going to do with edujobs money: Education" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/13/nyregion/13yonkers.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); ">After Layoffs, Yonkers Trims Curriculum NYT: Amid a statewide fiscal crisis, Yonkers has laid off 90 teachers, which will force it to increase class sizes... Education jobs bill will mean $250 million for Virginia Hampton Roads: Locally, layoffs have been rare, with nine teachers losing their jobs in Norfolk and two in Northampton County... Illinois to get $415M for education jobs AP: In Elgin, the largest district outside of Chicago, 1,000 of 5,000 education jobs were cut last school year,
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Clearing the record on Ackerman's raise Notes from the news, Aug. 13 | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Notes from the news, Aug. 13 | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Notes from the news, Aug. 13

by Erika Owens
Clearing the record on Ackerman's raise The Notebook blog
A week ago the Inquirer said Ackerman agreed to forgo a raise last year, but a raise she got in May of this year was retroactive back to July 2009.
Group forms to promote Philadelphia charter schools The Inquirer
Nineteen charter schools have joined the group so far, and schools that join must agree to follow ethical standards such as board members not benefiting financially from the school.
Obama signs state aid bill, PA prepares to adjust budget The Notebook blog
Rendell has agreed to a $50 million decrease in the $250 million increase in state funding for education and is proposing more cuts and revenue raising to make up the rest of what is now a $280 million shortfall.
Schools’ audit to be reviewed Philadelphia Tribune
Former CEO Vallas said the review of federal funds distributed while he was still in Philly is about documentation, but "not about fraud."
Vote for 2 Great South by Southwest (SXSW) Panels Philly Teacher blog
Philly Teacher is a part of two proposed SXSW panels, and Practical Theory blogger and SLA principal Chris Lehmann would join her on one. Voting ends August 27.
Teachers union not wild about Onorato's education proposal Morning Call
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