Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Grants Pass police claim mom's to-do list including bank robbery and picking up kids from school | OregonLive.com

Grants Pass police claim mom's to-do list including bank robbery and picking up kids from school

Published: Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 9:38 AM Updated: Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 9:50 AM

Kimberly A.C. Wilson, The Oregonian
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A 37-year-old mother reportedly robbed a Grants Pass bank branch on Monday before picking up her two daughters from grade school on the way home.

Erica Fay Anderson is being held on $50,000 bail at Josephine County Jail. Along with her alleged accomplice and getaway driver, 19-year-old Joshua Kemp Deeter Tseu of Grants Pass, Anderson faces second-degree robbery

Parents: A Rough Transition From Parochial To Public - District 299: Chicago Public Schools Blog

Parents: A Rough Transition From Parochial To Public

by Alexander Russo

A note sent in from a Beverly/Morgan Park parent: "I recently moved my child from the catholic school to the public school. I'm shocked that there are classes with 40-42 students! We have so many children that are coming into the area attending our schools and are not local residents. From what I'm told our hands are tied so I'm told. We work hard to make sure our children are in a safe and positive environment and have the tax bills to prove it. Now we have people who have only a portion of what we pay in taxes bringing in their children in to fill seats and over crowding at our schools. It is WRONG! Especially when I hear that the schools in their area have empty class rooms... I pay too much for this and to have someone come in on a free ride and not support

Rutgers University's 'Project Civility' encourages people to be kinder, less hostile | NJ.com

Rutgers University's 'Project Civility' encourages people to be kinder, less hostile

by The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk

Star-Ledger file photoRutgers is launching a two-year initiative to make the university a friendlier place. NEW BRUNSWICK — Rutgers University is launching a two-year initiative later this month in an attempt to revive ethics and a sense of social responsibility...

Spelling Teachers for Murkwski! | Intercepts

Spelling Teachers for Murkwski!

by Mike Antonucci

U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski lost the Republican primary in Alaska for her seat and is now mounting a write-in campaign. NEA Alaska, which endorsed her in the primary, is sticking with her in the general election. And she’ll need every teacher, because one of the pitfalls of a write-in campaign is that it requires voters to write your name.

In an ad designed to help voters with this task, the final image directed voters to

The Answer Sheet - World Bank invests more in education; big gap remains

World Bank invests more in education; big gap remains

On the heels of a new report that said nearly 70 million children around the world are not getting an education, the World Bank just announced that it will make $750 million in additional investment through 2015 to achieve universal primary education.

But the additional funding of $150 million per year over the next five years represents less than 1/100 of the total global need.

The funding, announced at a United Nations summit on Monday, will focus on countries in South Asia and Africa that are unlikely to achieve universal primary school completion and gender parity in education by

In Post-Palin Alaska, an Union Endorsement - State EdWatch - Education Week

In Post-Palin Alaska, an Union Endorsement

by Sean Cavanagh

The Alaska state affiliate of the National Education Association is backing Democrat Ethan Berkowitz in the race for governor over Republican incumbent Sean Parnell.

In picking Berkowitz, the union is making it's first official endorsement for governor since 1998, the union's president, Barb Angaiak, explained in one account. The endorsement officially comes from the union's Political Action Committee for Education. Angaiak cited Berkowitz's support for early-childhood education and a return to providing teachers with a defined-benefit pension system.

Berkowitz, a former state lawmaker, "clearly understands the obstacles public education faces in Alaska and

More than one-third of Sacramento County hold degrees - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

More than one-third of Sacramento County hold degrees

By Laurel Rosenhall
lrosenhall@sacbee.com

Published: Tuesday, Sep. 21, 2010 - 8:00 am

Sacramento County is typical of California in the portion of the population that is college-educated, according to a report being released today by a foundation advocating that more people go to college.

The report from the Lumina Foundation says that in Sacramento County and across California, 38 percent of working-age adults (age 25-64) hold at least a two-year college degree.

Other counties in the region have a more highly educated population. In El Dorado County, 43 percent of adults have at least a two-year degree; the number was 47 percent in Placer County and 49 percent in Yolo County, home to the

Elite For-Profit Schools Chase a Growing Market - NYTimes.com

Elite For-Profit Schools Chase a Growing Market

Jennifer S. Altman for The New York Times

Kristin Geiger, director of admissions, and William Phelps, headmaster, at the British International School of New York.

By JENNY ANDERSON

Published: September 21, 2010

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The British International School of New York offers spacious waterfront classrooms, small computers encased in rubber for small people who tend to drop them, and a pool for the once-a-week swimming classes required for all students.

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But there is nothing within its halls or on its Web site that indicates what differentiates British International from the teeming masses of expensive private schools in New York: It is run for profit.

It is one of a small number of large for-profit schools that have opened recently or plan to open in New York City next year. While they are a speck on the

Central Office: This Month's Board Meeting - District 299: Chicago Public Schools Blog

Central Office: This Month's Board Meeting

by Alexander Russo

Here's the Board agenda for tomorrow's meeting (PDF), which could be fun. It's the first meeting of the new year, and the first since Daley announced he was leaving, and the Whittier field house dispute seems to remain unresolved. On the agenda itself you'll find a $100 million increase in bond authority, a charter renewal for Noble

Group will give Jewish families $2.1m for kindergarten - The Boston Globe

Group will give Jewish families $2.1m for kindergarten

By Kathy McCabe

Globe Staff / September 21, 2010

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Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Boston will spend $2.1 million over the next three years to help Jewish families send their children to kindergarten in 1 of 10 local Jewish day schools.

The Discover Day School Initiative will provide financial aid to families earning up to $250,000 annually, but who may not be able to afford the average $16,000 tuition cost at an elementary Jewish day school. Research showed that many middle- to upper-middle-income families felt they would not qualify for aid, an official said.

“We’re trying to change that,’’ said Gil Preuss, executive vice president of Combined Jewish Philanthropies, a nonprofit federation of Jewish agencies. “We’re looking to help people who could use some financial assistance, as well as

Is the Charter School Research any Less Compelling than the Preschool Research? � The Quick and the Ed

Is the Charter School Research any Less Compelling than the Preschool Research?

by Rob Manwaring

In recent article by Daniel Willingham on whether the Obama reform agenda is research based on not, Daniel suggests that the only part of his reform that is researched based is its early childhood education proposal. This got me thinking, is the preschool research really any more compelling than the charter school research? I am a fan of expansion in both areas, but my take on what the research tells us is that for both areas high quality programs can have dramatic impact on student achievement, but low quality programs don’t really do much.

In a report that I wrote for the Governor’s Committee on Education Excellence in California, I summarized the research that made additional investments in quality preschool so compelling (here). The most impressive

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College Newspaper Could Go Back to Presses

Southwestern College officials say they are working with their student newspaper to ensure that it can be printed.

The paper was supposed to go to print last week, but held off after college officials warned that doing so could have unspecified "ramifications."

College officials said the Southwestern Sun had failed to follow college contracting rules when choosing their printer. Students charged that the college was invoking the rules as a smokescreen to stop them from printing critical coverage of the administration before a heated election. The election is just one stage in a drawn out battle between the administration and faculty and students on how to turn the school around.

This weekend the college and the newspaper released a joint statement saying, "The Administration and Sun have identified measures that could allow the paper to be printed until a long-term agreement can be reached."

Max Branscomb, the faculty advisor for the Sun, said the tentative plan is to set up quick

'This Is Not the Season to Raise Taxes'

I just heard back from Scott Barnett, the school board candidate who lost the teachers union endorsement after deciding that he couldn't support a new tax to support San Diego Unified schools.

Barnett has always been skeptical about putting a tax on the ballot in a bad economy, but had earlier said that he would support the tax despite his misgivings. However, Barnett said his worries only deepened after seeing a study from the Center on Policy Initiatives, a left-leaning think tank, that said almost one-third of working households in San Diego County struggle to make ends meet.

"There's a season for everything and this is not the season to raise taxes on working people

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