Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Following Obama's lead, Dudley calls for teachers union to embrace pay reform | OregonLive.com

Following Obama's lead, Dudley calls for teachers union to embrace pay reform

Published: Monday, September 27, 2010, 4:55 PM Updated: Monday, September 27, 2010, 6:05 PM

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Hours after President Barack Obama took on the teachers unions, Republican Chris Dudley did the same Monday in the Oregon race for governor.

Dudley urged union leaders - and his rival, Democrat John Kitzhaber - to embrace a $13.2 million federal grant for seven school districts in Oregon aimed at moving the districts toward basing teacher pay raises on student performance. Nancy Noice, the head of the teachers union at the Oregon City School District, said last week that the union, the Oregon City Education Association,would not allow the use of the federal money for

Allegheny Valley teachers' union rejects request to return, board says - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Allegheny Valley teachers' union rejects request to return, board says

By Michael Aubele, VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Last updated: 7:15 am

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The Allegheny Valley School District's teachers union on Monday rejected a district request to have teachers return to the classroom Wednesday.

"We asked them to come back in a show of good faith, and they said no," school board President Scott Redman said.

Allegheny Valley Education Association President Jennifer Novich confirmed the district made the request but refused to reveal the union's response.

She said the strike continues today. She wouldn't comment about future dates.

Teachers went on strike Sept. 16 and can remain on strike through Oct. 13,

City Room™ - Education - Chicago Teachers Union President Slams UNO Team-Up with Teach for America

Chicago Teachers Union President Slams UNO Team-Up with Teach for America
Produced by Hunter Clauss on Monday, September 27, 2010

The United Neighborhood Organization charter school network is hiring 25 more teachers from the national nonprofit Teach for America. But that's not sitting well with the Chicago Teachers Union.

Earlier this year, the Chicago Board of Education OKed a contract that would allow the district to hire up to 200 teachers from Teach for America. Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis railed against that contract. She says those positions should be filled with recently laid-off CTU teachers.

'Superman' Up Against 'The Blob': The Rise And Fall Of Michelle Rhee - IBD - Investors.com

'Superman' Up Against 'The Blob': The Rise And Fall Of Michelle Rhee

By BEN BOYCHUK Posted 09/27/2010 06:44 PM ET

The likely ouster of Michelle Rhee, chancellor of District of Columbia schools, shows the perils of placing the mantle of change in the hands of one... View Enlarged Image

Nobody is indispensable, and Superman lives only in comic books. The nation's public education system won't be reformed through more top-down mandates, vain attempts to nationalize the schools, or cheap sloganeering.

Lasting school reform requires the education dollar following the child, eliminating the bureaucratic "middle man" and restoring accountability at

Keep Michelle Rhee in D.C.'s schools idsnews.com | Indiana Daily Student |

idsnews.com | Indiana Daily Student |

Keep Michelle Rhee in D.C.'s schools

By STAFF EDITORIAL IDS

WE SAY D.C. should keep Chancellor Rhee at all costs or risk further downturns

After Michelle Rhee was named the Chancellor of Washington D.C. public schools by Mayor Adrian Fenty in 2007, she began a complete overhaul of D.C.’s educational system.

Rhee began this task with the full backing of Fenty, and her vision could not have come sooner to a school district that is one of the nation’s worst.

In just over three years, Rhee has managed to close schools that weren’t performing well, expand charter schools that were, raise students’ test scores, breathe new life into special

News: False Ideal? - Inside Higher Ed

False Ideal?

Virginia's "restructured" universities are billed as examples of autonomous public colleges, but some say state has broken pledges and raided their funds in budget crunch.

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Libraries Make it Personal

Some colleges look to put a face on the library by assigning undergraduates "personal librarians."

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Around Washington: College Prices, Student Data

President Obama signals concern about rapidly rising tuitions; GAO reports on state records systems and student privacy.

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'College Admissions for the 21st Century'

Robert Sternberg, a testing expert and reformer, discusses his new book about his experiment looking at applicants' non-cognitive skills.

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As immigrant ranks grow, Texas school districts teach moms and dads, too | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Latest News

As immigrant ranks grow, Texas school districts teach moms and dads, too

07:11 AM CDT on Tuesday, September 28, 2010

By KATHERINE LEAL UNMUTH / The Dallas Morning News
kunmuth@dallasnews.com

More than two decades after leaving Mexico, Maria Valdez was working long hours most nights as a cook and still didn't speak English. So last year Valdez, a single mother, signed up for English classes offered for free through the Irving school district. Her 10-year-old son often helps her. "I want him to be proud of me," she said. "I don't want to depend on anyone. I need English."

As the number of children of immigrants attending Texas schools increases, school districts are increasingly taking up the role of educating their parents.

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School districts not only are taking

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Tips to Overcome Conversation Malfunction

Tips to Overcome Conversation Malfunction

by coolcatteacher@gmail.com (Victoria A Davis, Cool Cat Teacher)

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mostly written Saturday, Sept 25
Conversation Malfunction
Boy, I'm shocked and upset. Not really sure how this happened, but one reason I love disqus is that it sends comments to my email box and I reply to the comment and it approves the comment and the posts my response. It makes conversation easy!

Well, I've had a little trouble signing into disqus and this morning as I sit here in the lobby of the Hampton Inn

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