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D.C. Schools Insider - New special education rate structure delayed

D.C. Schools Insider - New special education rate structure delayed

New special education rate structure delayed

Heeding protests from parents and educators, District officials have put off implementation of a new rate structure for private schools that serve about 2,700 D.C. special education students at public expense. The rates, scheduled to take effect this fall, would have limited tuition payments to $215 per day ($38,700 for a 180-day school year). Tuition can range from $20,000 to more than $100,000 a year.
Parents and private school operators said the rate schedule was a rigid "one size fits all" approach that would create hardships for schools that had already set their budgets and hired staff for the coming year. They also said that the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE), the agency charged with monitoring the progress of privately placed students, was trying to rush the new rates onto the books over the summer. The attorney who represents students under the Petties class action suit governing tuition and transportation said earlier this month that he would seek a court injunction delaying imposition of the revised rates.
Tameria Lewis, assistant state superintendent for special education, said Tuesday that OSSE would extend final rule-making into November and that new rates would not be effective until July 2011. The new
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Racial tensions roil NC school board; 19 arrests

Racial tensions roil NC school board; 19 arrests

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Racial tensions roil NC school board; 19 arrests

By MIKE BAKER, Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
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In a February 2010 photo, Wake County School Board member Debra Goldman, left, and Chairman Ron Margiotta are shown just after Superintendent Del Burns announced his intention to resign over the Wake County Board of Education's decision to scrap a much-praised busing-for-diversity program. The Wake County Board of Education's decision to scrap a much-praised busing-for-diversity program has sparked a public backlash not seen for decades in these parts.
(07-20) 15:47 PDT Raleigh, N.C. (AP) --
Protesters and police scuffled Tuesday at a school board meeting in North Carolina over claims that a new busing system would resegregate schools, roiling racial tensions reminiscent of the 1960s.
Nearly 20 people were arrested, including the head of state NAACP chapter who was banned from the meeting after a trespassing arrest at a June school board gathering.
"We know that our cause is right," Barber said shortly before police put plastic handcuffs on his wrists before the meeting started.
Inside, more than a dozen demonstrators disrupted the meeting by gathering around a podium, chanting


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Remainders: Do Americans like checks and balances too much? | GothamSchools

Remainders: Do Americans like checks and balances too much? | GothamSchools

Remainders: Do Americans like checks and balances too much?

by Anna Phillips
  • Why are unions still powerful? Americans like checks and balances too much. (Antonucci)
  • Russ Whitehurst says Harlem Children’s Zone works, but not as advertised. (Brookings)
  • Joel Klein is now partnering with Microsoft to make a school e-mail system. (Datamation)
  • Why forcing teachers to work at struggling schools doesn’t work. (This Week in Education)
  • A first look at the first step in the federal education budget process. (Ed Money Watch)
  • Meanwhile, edujobs isn’t totally dead — not yet, at least. (Politics K12)
  • The University of Phoenix took more than a billion in Pell grants, a record. (Quick and the Ed)
  • Charter school critic Sen. Bill Perkins was endorsed by two former mayoral candidates. (Daily Politics)
  • Round 2 admissions for public pre-K are underway and seats are open. (Insideschools)
  • John McWhorter and Richard Thompson Ford debate the merits of segregated schools. (Bloggingheads)
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Eduflack: Data in Education Storytelling

Eduflack: Data in Education Storytelling

Data in Education Storytelling

by Eduflack
How do we use data to better tell the local story? That was the big question Eduflack was asked over the weekend speaking at the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media's Harold W. McGraw Hr. Seminar for Reporters New to the Education Beat.

For those who don't know (and you really should), the Hechinger Institute is a terrific outfit being run out of Teachers College, Columbia University. Back in May, Eduflack wrote about Hechinger's new efforts in education reporting. But at its core, Hechinger is about supporting members of the education media, providing the technical assistance and support necessary to support a strong and effective cadre of education reporters across the nation.

In talking with a terrific group of new education reporters (though not necessarily new to reporting) about how
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AM News: CPS Finally Releasing Magnet School Data [upd] - District 299: Chicago Public Schools Blog

AM News: CPS Finally Releasing Magnet School Data [upd] - District 299: Chicago Public Schools Blog

AM News: CPS Finally Releasing Magnet School Data [upd]

CPS set to release new data on selective and magnet school admissions Catalyst: CPS officials will release on Tuesday the long-awaited racial breakdowns of admissions to selective enrollment and magnet schools, and will announce a blue-ribbon committee to examine them... [UPDATE: Click "Read More" to see CPS release.]

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Illinois Cancels State Writing Exams to Save MoneyEdWeek: The move is provoking concern that writing instruction will taper off and fewer students will master the critical skill... 'A War Out Here' Tribune: Sometimes we're reminded by one horrifying example. Sometimes it's a cumulative statistic that gets to us. And sometimes we are seized by the startling commonality of it all... Former Jesse White tumbler sues group after paralyzing injury Tribune: The Fenger High School senior had learned to make the jaw-dropping stunts look routine, just as thousands of other youngsters had done as members of the famous team named after Jesse White... Voice of the People, Jul. 20: I'm an inner-city teacher who would like to
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8 Things to Know About a Gap Year - The College Solution (usnews.com)

8 Things to Know About a Gap Year - The College Solution (usnews.com)

8 Things to Know About a Gap Year

July 20, 2010 04:30 PM ET | Lynn O'Shaughnessy | Permanent Link | Print
After killing themselves in high school for four years, some students aren't eager to hit the books after graduation. And who can blame them?
The best antidote for academic burnout could be a gap year.
During a gap year, students can ditch the textbooks and pursue interests that just weren't possible when they were overdosing on five AP classes a semester.
If taking a gap year sounds intriguing, here are 8 things families should know:

1. Pursuing a gap year isn't as rare as you might think. Colleges routinely let students postpone the start of their freshmen year. Harvard, for instance, usually allows 50 to 70 accepted students to
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NC NAACP head arrested before school board meeting - Boston.com

NC NAACP head arrested before school board meeting - Boston.com

NC NAACP head arrested before school board meeting

By Mike Baker
Associated Press Writer / July 20, 2010
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RALEIGH, N.C.—The head of North Carolina's NAACP chapter was arrested Tuesday as advocates prepared to confront a county school board that voted to eliminate a busing policy focused on diversity.
The Rev. William Barber, who was banned from the gathering after a trespassing arrest at a board meeting last month, was again taken into custody along with others at the Wake County Schools administration building in Raleigh.
The NAACP led a rally earlier Tuesday with about 1,000 protesters marching through North Carolina's capital. Barber encouraged the crowd to attend the meeting, where Raleigh police set up a mobile command center with roughly two dozen officers.
Barber prayed with supporters before police stopped him from approaching the

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Could We Be Putting Our Students To Sleep — Permanently — With Boring Classes? | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

Could We Be Putting Our Students To Sleep — Permanently — With Boring Classes? | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

Could We Be Putting Our Students To Sleep — Permanently — With Boring Classes? A new study says that bored workers are 2.5 times more likely to be dead of cardiovascular disease two decades later. The Harvard Business Reviewreports that: *Highly bored workers “are more likely to die younger than those who are not bored.”* ...
Today’s Oil Spill Links Here are the latest additions to The Best Sites To Learn About The Gulf Oil Spill: Oil and Water is a New York Times video. For Cajuns, What Now? is a New York Times slideshow. Capping The Flow is a Wall Street Journal slideshow.
What Parent Engagement Posts Did Readers Find Most “Engaging” This Quarter? A few months ago, I began to have PostRank index posts from my other blog, Engaging Parents In School. I began that blog a year ago to support my book, Building Parent Engagement In Schools. Post Rank uses a variety of ways to measure level of ...
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QUICK Hits � The Quick and the Ed #education

QUICK Hits � The Quick and the Ed

QUICK Hits

by Forrest Hinton
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What Parent Engagement Posts Did Readers Find Most “Engaging” This Quarter? | Engaging #Parents In School... #education

What Parent Engagement Posts Did Readers Find Most “Engaging” This Quarter? | Engaging Parents In School...

What Parent Engagement Posts Did Readers Find Most “Engaging” This Quarter?

July 20th, 2010 by Larry Ferlazzo
A few months ago, I began to have PostRank index posts from this blog. Post Rank uses a variety of ways to measure level of “engagement” that readers have with specific blog posts. I have a constantly updated “widget” on my blog’s sidebar that lists these posts, but I thought a quarterly post would be helpful/interesting to subscribers who don’t regularly visit the blog itself.
I’ll also be posting a list of the “most popular” posts over the past year.
Here are their rankings for this past quarter:

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