Thursday, April 17, 2014
SCORECARD ON EDUCATION COVERAGE
Out Of 27,445 At Bats
| Online Learning | 53% |
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| General Teacher Issues | 51% |
| Other Education Issues | 49% |
| Daily Headlines | 13% |
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| Teachers | 26% |
| Spending | 38% |
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- On Race to the Top funds, D.C. stumbles
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Mar 19, 8:48 AM, Washington Post:
Of the 12 jurisdictions that won the earliest grants under the Obama administration’s Race to the Top program, the District of Columbia has come under extra scrutiny by federal officials concerned about its ability to manage the money. >
- Editorial: Repeal of Common Core would increase federal control
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Mar 19, 8:42 AM, The Oklahoman:
OPPONENTS of Common Core often claim that its academic standards represent a federal takeover of schools. No real evidence exists to support that claim. Instead, the initiative most likely to increase federal control of Oklahoma schools >
- Teacher evaluation change to keep No Child waiver dies in Legislature
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Mar 14, 6:09 AM:
Washington lawmakers adjourned Thursday without changing the state’s teacher evaluation system, which probably means Washington will lose its waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind Act, education leaders said.
- Column: Let public charter schools succeed
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Apr 17, 8:32 AM, USA Today:
In Illinois you can almost imagine the spittle on their lips as furious lawmakers take aim at charter schools. Some want to do away with a commission that considers appeals when charters get spurned by local school boards. Others want to >
- Federal Charter Measure Clears Hurdle in House
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Apr 16, 7:43 AM, Education Week:
States and districts would be encouraged to help grow high-quality charter schools—and ensure that they enroll and retain English-language learners and students in special education—under a bipartisan bill approved overwhelmingly by the >
- Parents Camp Out, Risk Jail to Get Kids into Better Schools (CER in the news)
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Apr 14, 9:10 AM, The Heartland Institute:
Every year, parents across the country camp out and line up to get their kids into good schools. Some have even risked jail terms.
- Commentary: This Toxic Standards Fight Isn’t Helping Students
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Apr 14, 9:08 AM, Education Week:
I respect education policy debate and discussion, but the division and bickering around the standards has me “sick and tired.” Not only are we embroiled in a growing verbal death match, but partisan politics has once again taken precedence >
- Judge Sides with Louisiana in Voucher Case (CER in the news)
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Apr 11, 7:30 AM, Washington Free Beacon:
A federal court has rejected attempts by the Justice Department to scrap Louisiana’s school choice program, ending a months-long battle between the state and the Obama administration.
- Op-Ed: Where the G.O.P. Gets It Right
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Apr 10, 8:47 AM, New York Times:
Republicans were right to blow the whistle on broken school systems, for education in inner-city schools is the civil rights issue of the 21st century. Democrats, in cahoots with teachers’ unions and protective of a dysfunctional system, >
- Judge: State must provide info on vouchers to U.S.
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Apr 9, 7:12 AM, Times-Picyaune:
A federal judge has ordered Louisiana education officials to provide federal lawyers with regular reports each year on students and schools involved in a state voucher programthat provides public funding for some students attending private >
- Opinion: Outsourcing of public education is no answer
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Apr 9, 6:06 AM, St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Every public school should be the kind of school where you want to send your child. They should be safe and welcoming, with teachers who have the tools and resources they need.
- House Finance tackles charter school worries
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Mar 20, 5:24 AM, Homer News:
The House Finance Committee on Tuesday continued its discussion of Gov. Sean Parnell’s omnibus education bill, focusing on the charter schools.
- Editorial: Repeal of Common Core would increase federal control
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Mar 19, 8:42 AM, The Oklahoman:
OPPONENTS of Common Core often claim that its academic standards represent a federal takeover of schools. No real evidence exists to support that claim. Instead, the initiative most likely to increase federal control of Oklahoma schools >
- Teacher evaluation change to keep No Child waiver dies in Legislature
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Mar 14, 6:09 AM:
Washington lawmakers adjourned Thursday without changing the state’s teacher evaluation system, which probably means Washington will lose its waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind Act, education leaders said.
- FL District: Abundance Of Teaching Jobs
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Apr 17, 8:46 AM, Daytona Beach News-Journal:
Volusia Co school district holds job fair, expects to hire 400 teachers next year. Officials says shortage result of high teacher retirement, state class size limits, lack of education majors at local universities. Stress on teaching >
- Opinion: That public school is not for you
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Apr 17, 8:30 AM, New York Daily News:
But while we expect exclusivity in private life in New York City, it is startling to see the same phenomenon at work in our most public institution, the public-school system. With admission to gifted and talented schools now in process, >
- Commentary: Once again, state lawmakers playing politics with our children’s education
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Apr 17, 8:28 AM, The Tampa Tribune:
This bill foolishly ignores the wisdom of the 67 district school superintendents and the Florida School Board Association. Both groups have repeatedly called for a three-year suspension of the entire accountability system to get it right >
- SFPS confident dropout program is constitutional
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Apr 17, 8:13 AM, Albuquerque Journal:
Santa Fe Public Schools is confident the program it plans to initiate to recapture students who have dropped out of school and put them on track to earn a high school diploma meets state constitutional requirements.
- Oklahoma Senate approves bill giving options to third-grade reading requirement
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Apr 17, 8:03 AM, Tulsa World:
The Senate passed a measure Wednesday designed to give students who can't pass a third-grade reading test more options for promotion to the next grade.
- Competing Views of Teacher Tenure Are on Display in California Case
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Apr 17, 7:34 AM, New York Times:
These are two vastly different portraits of California’s education system. In one, poor and minority students are frequently placed in front of incompetent teachers whose blackboards are filled with basic misspellings and who play >
- Fresno teachers union opposes extension of No Child Left Behind waiver
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Apr 17, 7:15 AM, The Fresno Bee:
Officials with the Fresno teachers union are urging district administrators to follow the lead of another California school district in opting not to seek renewal of a waiver from federal accountability rules.
- Schools set higher graduation goals, issue fewer waivers
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Apr 17, 7:05 AM, Indianapolis Star:
With new data showing continued improvement in graduation rates, Indianapolis Public Schools is looking to further boost those numbers — with less help from waivers that exempt students from passing state tests to earn diplomas.
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- Opinion: That public school is not for you
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Apr 17, 8:30 AM, New York Daily News:
But while we expect exclusivity in private life in New York City, it is startling to see the same phenomenon at work in our most public institution, the public-school system. With admission to gifted and talented schools now in process, >
- Editorial: Teachers’ union call for standardized test moratorium is ill-timed, ill-conceived
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Apr 17, 6:31 AM:
The union that represents most of Maine’s 15,000 public school teachers is tempering its support for the Common Core state standards that Maine schools have started using to guide instruction in math and English language arts.
- ‘School Turnaround’ offers to partner with East High
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Apr 17, 6:24 AM, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle:
An Albany-based school turnaround specialist was the only company to offer to partner with East High School in its state-mandated turnaround, the district announced Wednesday afternoon.
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- Schools set higher graduation goals, issue fewer waivers
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Apr 17, 7:05 AM, Indianapolis Star:
With new data showing continued improvement in graduation rates, Indianapolis Public Schools is looking to further boost those numbers — with less help from waivers that exempt students from passing state tests to earn diplomas.
- Ann Arbor Public Schools attracts 691 potential new students toward ‘breakthrough year’
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Apr 17, 6:13 AM, The Ann Arbor News:
Concerted efforts by Ann Arbor Public Schools leaders to add new programs as a way to build enrollment—and bolster the district's budget—are beginning to show signs of success.
- Opinion: Turnaround for struggling schools worth the upheaval
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Apr 17, 5:54 AM, Chicago Sun-Times:
The Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday will decide whether to apply a radical treatment to three struggling schools.
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- FL District: Abundance Of Teaching Jobs
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Apr 17, 8:46 AM, Daytona Beach News-Journal:
Volusia Co school district holds job fair, expects to hire 400 teachers next year. Officials says shortage result of high teacher retirement, state class size limits, lack of education majors at local universities. Stress on teaching >
- Commentary: Once again, state lawmakers playing politics with our children’s education
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Apr 17, 8:28 AM, The Tampa Tribune:
This bill foolishly ignores the wisdom of the 67 district school superintendents and the Florida School Board Association. Both groups have repeatedly called for a three-year suspension of the entire accountability system to get it right >
- Oklahoma Senate approves bill giving options to third-grade reading requirement
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Apr 17, 8:03 AM, Tulsa World:
The Senate passed a measure Wednesday designed to give students who can't pass a third-grade reading test more options for promotion to the next grade.
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- SFPS confident dropout program is constitutional
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Apr 17, 8:13 AM, Albuquerque Journal:
Santa Fe Public Schools is confident the program it plans to initiate to recapture students who have dropped out of school and put them on track to earn a high school diploma meets state constitutional requirements.
- Competing Views of Teacher Tenure Are on Display in California Case
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Apr 17, 7:34 AM, New York Times:
These are two vastly different portraits of California’s education system. In one, poor and minority students are frequently placed in front of incompetent teachers whose blackboards are filled with basic misspellings and who play >
- Fresno teachers union opposes extension of No Child Left Behind waiver
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Apr 17, 7:15 AM, The Fresno Bee:
Officials with the Fresno teachers union are urging district administrators to follow the lead of another California school district in opting not to seek renewal of a waiver from federal accountability rules.
- Detroit Schools Struggling Financially
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Mar 20, 7:30 AM, Detroit News:
Detroit's public school district's deficit has jumped by the tens of millions in three short months. Clear systemic problems are not addressed, while blame is placed on the Education Achievement Authority.
- Norfolk plans major school reshuffling
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Mar 20, 5:53 AM, The Virginian-Pilot:
The School Board has approved a revised plan to reorganize schools with closures, consolidation and grade changes.
- Pocono Mountain Charter School returns to court
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Mar 19, 5:11 AM, Pocono Record:
The latest development in the Pocono Mountain Charter School case may be stalled again, after a move that has "outraged" the Pocono Mountain School District, according to a statement. The charter school has applied for a re-argument with >
- FL District: Abundance Of Teaching Jobs
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Apr 17, 8:46 AM, Daytona Beach News-Journal:
Volusia Co school district holds job fair, expects to hire 400 teachers next year. Officials says shortage result of high teacher retirement, state class size limits, lack of education majors at local universities. Stress on teaching >
- Opinion: That public school is not for you
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Apr 17, 8:30 AM, New York Daily News:
But while we expect exclusivity in private life in New York City, it is startling to see the same phenomenon at work in our most public institution, the public-school system. With admission to gifted and talented schools now in process, >
- SFPS confident dropout program is constitutional
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Apr 17, 8:13 AM, Albuquerque Journal:
Santa Fe Public Schools is confident the program it plans to initiate to recapture students who have dropped out of school and put them on track to earn a high school diploma meets state constitutional requirements.
- Fresno teachers union opposes extension of No Child Left Behind waiver
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Apr 17, 7:15 AM, The Fresno Bee:
Officials with the Fresno teachers union are urging district administrators to follow the lead of another California school district in opting not to seek renewal of a waiver from federal accountability rules.
- Schools set higher graduation goals, issue fewer waivers
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Apr 17, 7:05 AM, Indianapolis Star:
With new data showing continued improvement in graduation rates, Indianapolis Public Schools is looking to further boost those numbers — with less help from waivers that exempt students from passing state tests to earn diplomas.
- ‘School Turnaround’ offers to partner with East High
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Apr 17, 6:24 AM, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle:
An Albany-based school turnaround specialist was the only company to offer to partner with East High School in its state-mandated turnaround, the district announced Wednesday afternoon.
- Ann Arbor Public Schools attracts 691 potential new students toward ‘breakthrough year’
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Apr 17, 6:13 AM, The Ann Arbor News:
Concerted efforts by Ann Arbor Public Schools leaders to add new programs as a way to build enrollment—and bolster the district's budget—are beginning to show signs of success.
- Opinion: Turnaround for struggling schools worth the upheaval
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Apr 17, 5:54 AM, Chicago Sun-Times:
The Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday will decide whether to apply a radical treatment to three struggling schools.