U-46, Channing Elementary violated parts of No Child, state board says - DailyHerald.com

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U-46, Channing Elementary violated parts of No Child, state board says

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By Larissa Chinwah

The Illinois State Board of Education says Elgin Area School District U-46 and Channing Memorial Elementary School violated parts of the No Child Left Behind Act regarding parental involvement requirements.

A group of 59 parents from Channing presented the findings to school board members and administrators at Monday’s board meeting.

Krista Badani, a parent of three students at Channing and the school’s PTO president, said that before filing the complaint in February parents had attempted several times to draw attention to the problems and bring the school into compliance with Title I, the part of No Child that aims to improve the academic achievement of the disadvantaged.

“U-46 has all sorts of committees and written policies and beautiful words on paper like ‘parents are our partners’ and ‘our goals are to increase communication and advocacy

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The bait and switch of school "reform" - Education - Salon.com

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The bait and switch of school "reform"

Behind the new corporate agenda for education lurks the old politics of profit and self-interest

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Due to a production error, the first published version of this article was incomplete; this is the complete text. We regret the error.

In recent weeks the debate over the future of public education in America has flared up again, this time with the publication of the new book "Class Warfare," by Steven Brill, the founder of American Lawyer magazine. Brill's advocacy of "reform" has sparked different strands of criticism from the New York Times, New York University's Diane Ravitchand the Nation's Dana Goldstein.

But behind the high-profile back and forth over specific policies and prescriptions lies a story that has less to do with ideas than with money, less to do with facts than with an ideological subtext that has been quietly baked into the very terms of the national education discussion.

Kids may have to go online to graduate | The Indianapolis Star | indystar.com

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Kids may have to go online to graduate

State superintendent will propose that all students be required to take a class on the computer

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Indiana's superintendent of public instruction wants all Hoosier students to take one course online before graduating from high school.

Tony Bennett will propose legislation to that effect -- a way to incorporate technology into his reform agenda -- in his second annual State of Education speech tonight.

"Technology will continue to be a driving force in education and in our economy," Bennett said. "We have to make sure our students are prepared to flourish and prosper in that environment."

Bennett noted that 38 states operate virtual schools or have state-led initiatives promoting online learning. Indiana, he said, is not among

Few states examine test erasures – USATODAY.com

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Few states examine test erasures

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Fewer than half the states routinely analyze suspicious numbers of erasures on standardized school tests, a key method of detecting cheating by teachers or their bosses.

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  U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says schools' contracts with testing companies should require statistical study that can detect cheating.

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U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says schools' contracts with testing companies should require statistical study that can detect cheating.

Erasure analysis launched a Georgia investigation that uncovered widespread cheating in Atlanta schools and has triggered probes in Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania.

A survey by USA TODAY of state education agencies found that 20 states and Washington, D.C., did erasure analysis on all pencil-and-paper tests required during the 2010-11 school year under the federal No Child Left Behind education law.

• STORY: When D.C. test scores soared, were gains real?

• MORE: Official: Probe into possible test cheating expands

That means nearly 45% of the annual reading and math exams this year were scored

Local News | Tacoma teachers vote to strike immediately | Seattle Times Newspaper

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Tacoma teachers vote to strike immediately

Teachers in Tacoma voted overwhelmingly Monday evening in favor of a strike, so after only seven days of school, the 28,000 children in Washington's third-largest school district will stay home Tuesday.

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From left, Danielle Gunns and Annette Hockman are among the members of the Tacoma Education Association (TEA) applauding at the start of a meeting to vote whether to strike at Mount Tahoma High School, Monday, Sept. 12, 2011.

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Teachers in Tacoma voted overwhelmingly Monday evening in favor of a strike.

That means that after only seven days of school, the 28,000 children in Washington's third-largest school district will be staying home Tuesday. Tacoma Education Association spokesman Rich Wood said 87 percent of the union's total membership voted to walk out.

Tacoma School District spokesman Dan Voelpel said the district will seek an immediate court injunction Tuesday to terminate the strike, which school officials say is illegal.

Superintendent Art Jarvis will revisit the decision to