This Week In Education: Media: A Map To Coverage Of National Education News

This Week In Education: Media: A Map To Coverage Of National Education News

Media: A Map To Coverage Of National Education News

by Alexander Russo

If there was a daily education briefing at the USDE, this is how the room would look, according to me - a mix of

Media: Plagiarism Rise Not So Mysterious

by Alexander Russo

"If you make something about a hundred times easier than it used to be, that's a pretty good 

Blogs: "Hot For Education" Rejuvenates Your Mind

by Alexander Russo

What did Mad Men's fiery Christina Hendricks look like in her high school yearbook (here's Rachel Maddow, if you still haven't seen that one)? Who's starring in a new movie about a liberal teacher forced to teach abstinence education? Whatever happened to Chicago's

NYC Public School Parents: Our schools are held hostage by an outlaw

NYC Public School Parents

Independent voices of New York City public school parents

NYC Public School Parents: Our schools are held hostage by an outlaw

Our schools are held hostage by an outlaw

So let’s get this straight:

Chancellor Joel Klein violates state law by ordering 19 school closures and countless co-locations, without going through the mandated public process and preparing real educational impact statements.

When Justice Joan B. Lobis of State Supreme Court in Manhattan blocks the closures, finding “significant violations of law,” Klein ignores the court order by refusing to assign students to these schools.

When the city is sued by the UFT, Class Size Matters and others, charging that Klein failed

Big Developments on the Budget | California Progress Report

Big Developments on the Budget | California Progress Report

Big Developments on the Budget

by christine

By Anthony Wright
Health Access
Assembly Speaker John Perez and Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg both released a unified "California Jobs Budget," which will serve as their basis for negotiations with the Governor and legislative Republicans.
The overall architecture seeks to solve a $17.9 billion deficit with $8.3 billion in cuts, $4.1 billion in federal funds, and other solutions including $4.5 billion in revenues. The revenues include:
* closing an oil severance tax loophole ($600 million in the budget year, $1.2 billion annually),
* delays the implementation of new corporate tax breaks agreed to in last year's budget showdown ($2.1 billion in the budget year; the delay would be for two years--voters will have their says about repealing the tax breaks outright under Prop 24 this November),
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Old School Programs Win "Innovation" Funding - District 299: Chicago Public Schools Blog

Old School Programs Win "Innovation" Funding - District 299: Chicago Public Schools Blog

Old School Programs Win "Innovation" Funding

by Alexander Russo

Many of the big winners in the just-announced federal "Innovations" grant program are familiar and obvious choices for the reformy Duncan team in Washington -- TFA, KIPP, you get the idea. KIPP will train 1,000 principals (that's $50K per, right?). TFA will double its size to a whopping 13,000 teachers (roughly the size of... Minneapolis?). But there are some surprises, too, including nearly $50 million for Ohio State and other ed

AM News: "Nacho Service" Reduced By CPS

by Alexander Russo

What's happened since school lunch investigation? Tribune: Nacho service would be reduced in high schools from every day to once a week and in elementary schools to once a month... Officials Defend Daley's Crime-Fighting Efforts WBEZ: Some Cook County officials today tried to help Chicago Mayor Richard Daley counter perceptions his administration is failing against violent crime.Chicago teachers challenge job cuts in courtBusinessWeek: Alicia Winckler, the school system's head of personnel, said the dismissals were mostly the result of an increase in high school class sizes - to 33 students - and cuts to bilingual education and world language classes... CPS Slapped with Lawsuit Over Teacher Firings WBEZ: The Chicago Teachers Union is suing the city's board of education in order to stop more than a thousand teachers from being laid off... Chicago teachers challenge job cuts in court AP: The Chicago Teachers Union has filed a federal lawsuit against the Chicago Public Schools in an attempt to halt the dismissals of hundreds of teachers and support staff..

Education Week: Texas Could Lose Education Aid Under New Jobs Bill

Education Week: Texas Could Lose Education Aid Under New Jobs Bill

Texas Could Lose Education Aid Under New Jobs Bill

Poll: Language a Barrier for Latinos in Schools

Efforts to Build Rural Leadership Gain Steam Amid school turnaround efforts, new programs aim to help rural districts recruit for hard-to-fill teacher and principal positions.

49 Applicants Win i3 Grants

Teach for America, KIPP, and the Success for All Foundation are to get up to $50 million each in the federal program to spur educational innovation.(August 4, 2010)

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Pelosi Calling U.S. House Back to Vote on Edujobs

As the Senate clears the way for passage, the House speaker says she will call representatives back from break to approve the jobs bill next week. (August 4, 2010)

Texas Could Lose Education Aid Under New Jobs Bill

(August 5, 2010)

Turnaround Team Scrambles at Kentucky High School

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Poll: Language a Barrier for Latinos in Schools

(August 5, 2010)

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Cash-strapped NY, public schools may get windfalls - Boston.com

Cash-strapped NY, public schools may get windfalls - Boston.com

Cash-strapped NY, public schools may get windfalls

By Michael Gormley

Associated Press Writer / August 5, 2010

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ALBANY, N.Y.—New York and its counties are in line to get $2 billion in Medicaid funding from Washington that was feared lost and $607 million in new education aid to avoid teacher layoffs, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said Wednesday.

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New York City and counties will share $530 million in Medicaid reimbursement. The state will get $805 million this fiscal year and $600 million for the 2011-12 fiscal year, Schumer said.

The windfalls for the cash-strapped state and schools facing funding cuts -- and reeling from delayed state aid payments -- surprised state and federal officials.

But to save those teaching positions estimated in Washington at 7,100 jobs, the

LATEST EDUCATION NEWS WIRE UPDATES

• Cash-strapped NY, public schools may get windfalls(AP, 8:29 a.m.)
• NY gov. still pushing long-shot property tax cap (AP, 8:29 a.m.)
• NC leaders pleased bill could close gap by $343M (AP, 8:19 a.m.)
• Tuition boosted at Louisiana colleges (AP, 8:14 a.m.)
• Ambow Education prices IPO at bottom of range (AP, 7:14 a.m.)

LATEST K-12 EDUCATION NEWS

• Chicago teachers challenge job cuts in court (AP, 8/4/10)
• Jewish donors help out Catholic schools (Boston Globe, 8/3/10)
• Ill. gov. provides new detail on $1.4B in cuts (AP, 8/3/10)
• Naval Academy gets new superintendent (AP, 8/3/10)
• Congressional candidates spar at Farmfest in Minn. (AP, 8/3/10)

LATEST HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS

• Johnston captures Kansas Dem nod for US Senate (AP, 8/3/10)
• Some fatal shootings at US workplaces (AP, 8/3/10)
• Ambow Education plans to raise $117M in IPO (AP, 8/3/10)
• Sector Snap: For-profit education shares tumble (AP, 8/3/10)
• WVU prof aims to shrink communications devices (AP, 8/3/10)

PFT and District give new teachers a strong start to the school year | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

PFT and District give new teachers a strong start to the school year | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Notes from the news, Aug. 5

by Erika Owens

PFT and District give new teachers a strong start to the school year The Notebook blog
The Strong Beginnings program is taking place this week at Fels High School and is designed to help first-year teachers handle many of the challenges of their new career.
Philadelphia public school system doles out high salaries to staff Daily News (opinion)
A Republican running for the PA House adds his voice to the chorus of criticism of District salaries saying, the high salaries make it clear that we don't need more money for education, we just need to use our money better.
First Friday reception for Notebook photog. The Notebook blog
Bread & Roses is holding a reception for Harvey Finkle's Justice Behind the Lens exhibit Friday evening.
We Did It! PFT blog
The Senate voted for cloture on the bill that would save thousands of teachers' jobs.

Letters: Philadelphia's Germantown High sends a mixed message on food-poaching Daily News
Shire and Philabundance Announce First Region-Wide High School Food Drive UC Review

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Eduwonk � Blog Archive � When Tough, Unpopular Decisions Are Best for Kids

Eduwonk � Blog Archive � When Tough, Unpopular Decisions Are Best for Kids

When Tough, Unpopular Decisions Are Best for Kids

by smead

Guest post courtesy of Becca Bracy Knight, Executive Director, The Broad Center for the Management of School Systems
When was the last time you spoke to a student about his or her experiences at school? I don’t think anyone working in education reform can have these conversations often enough. I was fortunate to hear from a group of high school students last week at one of The Broad Center’s professional development sessions.
To help make our discussions about the current state of education a little more real, we invited a group of students and teachers from local schools to talk about their views on education today. It was a powerful, stark reminder that our young people are amazingly resilient, but also keenly aware that we as adults are, in general,

Schools Matter: Charter Industry Sends Out Their A Team Against Civil Rights Leaders, Part I

Schools Matter: Charter Industry Sends Out Their A Team Against Civil Rights Leaders, Part I

Charter Industry Sends Out Their A Team Against Civil Rights Leaders, Part I

by Jim Horn

The dollarbots inside the education reform industry mainframe have been ominously humming since the NAACP, the Urban League, and seven other civil rights organizations came out swinging against the Gates-Broad-Walton racist blueprint that Arne Duncan is trying to pass off as the inheritor of the NCLB debacle. NCLB 2.0 is planned as a policy built on the conclusion that large swaths of the American population will be losers in the Race to the Top. One of my favorite lines from the 17 page civil rights framework for education reform notes that

"If education is a civil right, children in “winning” states should not be the only ones who
have the opportunity to learn in high-quality environments."

But the voices of privilege are not going to give up without a battle, apparently to be waged from the protection of