News: ‘They Ask. Who Tells?’ - Inside Higher Ed

News: ‘They Ask. Who Tells?’ - Inside Higher Ed

‘They Ask. Who Tells?’

High schools vary widely on how they respond to colleges’ requests for information about applicants’ disciplinary records.

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Commissions and Foreign Students

Many admissions officers remain opposed to the way many agents recruit abroad -- even as the practice spreads.

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'Curriculum Review' for Athletics

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Disappearing Languages at Albany

Scholars stunned by decision to eliminate French, Italian, Russian and classics programs. Tenured faculty say they were told they would lose jobs.

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$66,995: statewide average teacher’s salary in 2008-09 | Thoughts on Public Education

$66,995: statewide average teacher’s salary in 2008-09 | Thoughts on Public Education

$66,995: statewide average teacher’s salary in 2008-09 - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess

by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess

Source: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/sd/cb/ceffingertipfacts.asp

$105,906: statewide average principal’s salary in 2008-09 - by admin

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$154,609: average statewide superintendents’ salary in 2008-09 - by admin

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Torlakson’s priority: settle finance lawsuit - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess

by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess

If he were elected superintendent of public instruction, Assembly Member Tom Torlakson would make his top priority the settling of Robles-Wong v. State of California, the lawsuit challenging the funding of K-12 schools. “Immediately upon taking office, I would convene the major stakeholders and work with the new governor and Legislature to hammer out a logical [...]

State superintendent candidate Tom Torlakson on his priorities, starting with settling the finance suit on funding education - by admin

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BREAKING NEWS: Proposal to bring Teach for America to Seattle to be introduced at school board meeting THIS WEDS 10/6 | Seattle Education 2010

BREAKING NEWS: Proposal to bring Teach for America to Seattle to be introduced at school board meeting THIS WEDS 10/6 | Seattle Education 2010

BREAKING NEWS: Proposal to bring Teach for America to Seattle to be introduced at school board meeting THIS WEDS 10/6

by seattleducation2010

THIS JUST IN FROM THE SAVE SEATTLE SCHOOLS BLOG –

It sounds like Seattle School Superintendent Goodloe-Johnson may have already, unilaterally, negotiated something with TFA — the multimillion-dollar enterprise that recruits young college grads and declares them “teachers” after only 5 weeks’ of training and only requires them to stay on the job for 2 years. Only 34 % of them stay for a third year. They are non-union, btw, and paid accordingly.

Yet another shady backroom deal by the corporate ed reformers, pushing THEIR agenda on our schools, ou

Polis Bills – Two New, Two Old � DFER Watch

Polis Bills – Two New, Two Old � DFER Watch

Polis Bills – Two New, Two Old

by kennethlibby

CO Rep Jared Polis introduced HR 6244 last week, a bill that would extend the Race to the Top program. Senator Joe Lieberman introduced a Senate version of the bill, S.3885. The text of the bills is not yet available, but you can check for it on Thomas.gov (I’ll provide an update on 10/7/2010). Polis … Read more

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES

WEEKEND QUOTABLES

by Mike Klonsky

Whittier parents in 3rd week of sit-in

"We're here, and we're going to stay here until we get the library the way we want it,'' Pilsen resident Evelin Santos said of the Whittier School field house that officials call a safety hazard. "If we have to, we are going to stay through the winter.'' (Sun-Times)

Does Chicago need another king?

We've become accustomed to the mayor's taking over parts of

The Answer Sheet - Book blasts research base for Obama reform plan

The Answer Sheet - Book blasts research base for Obama reform plan

Book blasts research base for Obama reform plan

A new book sharply criticizes the research base for the education reform blueprint that President Obama released earlier this year, saying that it is "superficial and inadequate" and does not support the document's conclusions on two major issues. The book, titled "The Obama Education Blueprint: Researchers Examine the Evidence” and written by a handful of leading education researchers, looks at the six research summaries that were presented by the administration last spring to support its main proposals that were put forth in Obama’s Blueprint for Reform. The blueprint is Obama’s vision for changing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, better known in its current form as No Child Left Behind. It is not clear when Congress will take up the reauthorization of the law.

Teacher Evaluations Still to Be Negotiated � InterACT

Teacher Evaluations Still to Be Negotiated � InterACT

Teacher Evaluations Still to Be Negotiated

by Martha Infante

The publication of a series of articles on teacher evaluations in the Los Angeles Times has generated a huge firestorm of controversy. On the one hand are the “reformers” who believe the time is past due for a complete revamp of teacher evaluations, and on the other are academics who express serious concerns about using test scores to measure something for which they were not designed.

But what many forget is that teacher evaluation methods in California must be negotiated between teachers and management.

In fact, all contracts and their provisions, are negotiated by these groups. Today’s latest fad is the Value Added Measure (VAM), and as of today, in spite of the publication of a teacher database online, it is still not a part of

Mike O'Brien: The Next Step After Superman: Making Education's Moment a Movement

Mike O'Brien: The Next Step After Superman: Making Education's Moment a Movement

The Next Step After Superman: Making Education's Moment a Movement

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Chances are you will have a conversation about the state of American education this month. If so, that is a phenomenal accomplishment for the education reform movement (if not, you better get in the game!). Last year, less than 1 percent of all news stories covered education issues. But not this month. Education is having its moment in the national spotlight.

How did this happen? Bright spots of progress have produced real reasons for optimism. Twenty years of charter school investment has produced a cohort of high-performing operators, silencing any reasonable argument that a world-class education is not possible for all students, in all places. We have a federal administration that has focused on what works, replaced politics with pragmatism

Blaming teachers is the easy way out - Letters to the Editor - The Buffalo News

Blaming teachers is the easy way out - Letters to the Editor - The Buffalo News

Blaming teachers is the easy way out

Let me start by saying that I am not a teacher. It really bothers me when I hear or read about how easy teachers have it. Students’ underachieving probably has more to do with the students’ attitude and home life than the teacher taking a day off or not teaching properly. Are parents concerned about their child’s grades and behavior? Are they reading with their child, and checking his homework? Are they backing up the teacher and holding their child accountable, or are they singing the “not my child” song?

Classrooms are filled to the max. Students come unprepared, uninterested and, on top of that, are disrespectful and disruptive to the teacher and their classmates. Teachers work more than a six-hour day. They arrive early, stay late and bring their work home with them. They stay after school for parent conferences, open houses and a variety of after-school and weekend school functions.

They spend plenty of their own money for classroom supplies. They are our children’s teacher, counselor, mentor and friend. It is a highly rewarding profession, but it is also emotionally and mentally exhausting.

Budget cuts affect the staff, supplies and resources that are needed in the