Friday, August 13, 2010

Arizona Subpoena Seeks Researchers' ELL Data EducationNews.org

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Arizona Subpoena Seeks Researchers' ELL Data
8.13.10 - 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. A subpoena seeking research data related to the education of English-language learners in Arizona is drawing fire from civil rights advocates and researchers.

Grading curves away from homework
8.13.10 - In a break with tradition, many teachers no longer grade homework. They prefer to calculate a student's grade point average based in-class performance, saying homework shows effort more than brains. ...

Are education credit recovery programs really effective?
8.13.10 - Credit recovery is an essential part of efforts to increase high school graduation rates in urban, suburban and rural schools nationwide. But are the programs really effective? ...

After Layoffs, Yonkers Trims Curriculum
8.13.10 - YONKERS - Students here will return this fall to bigger classes, limited Advanced Placement options and a dearth of electives in drama, music, cooking and industrial arts because there are fewer teachers to go around. ...

Commentaries

An Interview with Sharon Lee: Contemporary Girl Scouts
8.13.10 - Michael F. Shaughnessy - We want people to know that Girl Scouts today are doing amazing things. They build homes for the homeless. They spend a week at Space Camp. They travel to incredible places like Paris, London and India, just to name a few.

Can citizens tell a good school when they see one?
8.13.10 - Never before have Americans had greater access to information about school quality. Under the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), all school districts are required to distribute annual report cards detailing student achievement levels at each of their schools.

The Brain is NOT Hard-Wired for Speech
8.13.10 - Tom Sticht - As a nation we spend a lot of time and money trying to get children to grow up and become literate adults, but we spend a lot less time and money helping children develop their oral language skills.

Bouthaïna Abdelwahed Abdelsalam - making dreams come true in award-winning rural Egyptian literacy scheme
8.13.10 - A 24-year-old mother of two, Bouthaïna Abdelwahed Abdelsalam is a development leader with the Females for Families programme in Abu-Ashur, Egypt. The Governorate of Ismailia, which runs the programme, has won the 2010 UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy for its individualized, needs-based approach to literacy and development.
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Symptom, Not the Cause
8.13.10 - Frederick Hess - I'm very sympathetic to the argument that mayoral control, done smart, can be a useful step in turning around troubled school systems. But I've been concerned about the tendency to romanticize its promise and to overlook its potential problems.

The Gray Lady, Part 2: The Other Shoe Drops
8.13.10 - Peter Meyer - What seems central to Winerip's reportorial DNA is a sympathy for the little guy, whether the disabled kid or the handicapped school. Though I can't claim to have studied his writings thoroughly (nor have I communicated with him), if Winerip does have political or ideological views about the education system, it would appear that he sees the thing through the prism of leaving no child or school behind

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...

COLLEGE BOUND BLOG

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

(August 13, 2010)

No Child Left Behind Tracking Finds More Children Reading in Ala.

(August 13, 2010)

61 N.J. Special Ed. School Heads Earn More Than the Governor

(August 13, 2010)

Back to School

DISTRICT DOSSIER BLOG

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

(August 13, 2010)

Did the Department Drop the Ball? Home - Inside Higher Ed

Home - Inside Higher Ed

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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New Presidents or Provosts: Brandeis U., McHenry County College, Midwestern State U., Raritan Valley CC, U. of Cincinnati, U. of Wisconsin-Platteville

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.

Anna May, Greg Jones decline run for Hayward school board

Dublin school board member resigns

17-year-old mother beating the odds, starting college