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Monday, December 20, 2010

Damn Good Education Daily

Damn Good Education Daily
Damn Good Education Daily
tampabay.com - The answer is yes. And so are the rates around Tampa Bay. The 2009-10 rates, announced with much fanfare by Gov. Charlie Crist a few weeks ago, are at least 6 percentage points too high, according ...

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edupln.ning.com - Bio: Chris is the founding principal of the Science Leadership Academy, a progressive science and technology high school in Philadelphia, PA. Chris has returned to his native Philadelphia after nin...

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pheedcontent.com - There was something strange in The Washington Post a week ago. A chart on page A16, using data provided by the D.C. public school system, showed that in late summer and fall 2009, Spingarn High Sch...

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courier-journal.com - Saying it is an issue that “affects the hopes, dreams and pocketbooks” of Kentucky students and taxpayers, Attorney General Jack Conway announced Wednesday that he has issued six civil subpoenas as...

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thecrimson.com - The evidence against for-profit colleges has been piling up for months, and it is disheartening that all the federal government has offered in response is pontification and paper. The schools have ...

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Education Week: From the Wires

Education Week: From the Wires

FROM THE WIRES

Hall proposes self-directed programs for H.S.
December 20, 2010 - AP
Schools grapple with homeless students problem
December 20, 2010 - AP
Students look to 2012 after immigration bill fails
December 20, 2010 - AP
Troubled RI school grapples with teacher absences
December 20, 2010 - AP
Teachers to pay more under retirement fund plan
December 20, 2010 - AP
LA aims to engage parents in schools with services
December 20, 2010 - AP
Lawmaker pushes for advertising on school buses
December 20, 2010 - AP
Official: Christie to nominate NJ education chief
December 20, 2010 - AP
Indiana schools hope to avoid cuts in next budget
December 20, 2010 - AP
Fla. Schools Outsmart Failure on the FCAT
This year, Florida introduced a new formula for grading high schools that allowed schools to pump up their grade by steering more students into so-called "accelerated courses," regardless of whether or not the students passed.
December 17, 2010 - McClatchy-Tribune

Mentor Program Exposes Students to STEM Careers

The ACE program looks to attract students to the architecture, construction, and engineering fields through exposure, mentoring, and scholarships.(December 17, 2010)

CURRICULUM MATTERS BLOG

New Industry Standard for Tests Addresses Disabilities

The new standard allows adaptations for learning disabilities up front, rather than relying on accommodations at the test site. (December 17, 2010)

DISTRICT DOSSIER BLOG

Schools Hiring Employees Convicted of Sexual Misconduct, GAO Finds

(December 17, 2010)

Fla. Schools Outsmart Failure on the FCAT

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Michelle Rhee Details Plans for Spreading Education Reform

(December 17, 2010) | Comments (15)

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COLLEGE AND CAREER TRANSITIONS

Larry Vaughn, Jearra Bronaugh and Jalene Smith work on a magnetism project with batteries and coils in the science room of the Dayton Early College Academy in Dayton, Ohio on Dec. 15. At a time when studies show promising academic outcomes for students participating in early college high schools, some schools are struggling to cover costs.
—James D. DeCamp for Education Week

Cutbacks Force Some Early Colleges to Close Down

Faced with drops in grant funding and state support, some early colleges across the country are shutting their doors. (December 20, 2010)

LEARNING THE LANGUAGE BLOG

Senate Effectively Kills DREAM Act for Lame-Duck Session

(December 18, 2010)

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Schools Matter: Child Doping Goes to College

Schools Matter: Child Doping Goes to College

Child Doping Goes to College

by Jim Horn
Pressure cooker schools (see Race to Nowhere) and the doping of school children (see The War on Kids) is having a predictable but no less tragic outcome. As reported by the New York Times, suicide, depression, cutting, bulimia, and other manifestations of mental illness are approaching epidemic proportions on college campuses. Predictably, unnamed experts in the Times piece do not find the doping a children as the culprit but, rather, as allowing more troubled children to attend college:
Experts say the trend is partly linked to effective psychotropic drugs (Wellbutrin for depression, Adderall for attention disorder, Abilify for bipolar disorder) that have allowed students to attend college who otherwise might not have functioned in a campus setting.
Big Pharma to the rescue for problems that child doping initiated, going back to the Ritalin in elementary school. I suggested to the Times reporter in an email that he read some of the work by Dr. Peter Breggin to get
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