December 2009

An archive of Education News Roundup stories from December 2009

Title	Type
Why business leaders should not be in the driver's seat	Newsroom Item
Mr. President: Be the bad guy, start closing schools	Newsroom Item
California students grow a bit more fit	Newsroom Item
Duncan aims to make incentives key element of ESEA	Newsroom Item
In job hunt, college degree can’t close racial gap	Newsroom Item
Student activists bring laid-off worker back to their school	Newsroom Item
Riverside Unified in vanguard of digital texts	Newsroom Item
School uniforms -- yes, but	Newsroom Item
Class sizes rise, mostly due to budget cuts	Newsroom Item
Saving energy adds up to big bucks for Whittier-area school districts	Newsroom Item
Delaware to change education policy as state competes for federal grant	Newsroom Item
Why tracking chronic student absenteeism is key for California	Newsroom Item
Lure of 'Race to Top' splits California lawmakers	Newsroom Item
Bill would expand who could grant a teaching credential	Newsroom Item
Cable industry proposes 50 percent discounts on broadband service serving middle school students	Newsroom Item
PTA launches campaign backing common standards	Newsroom Item
Charter schools: Two studies, two conclusions	Newsroom Item
State group accuses schools of shirking audits	Newsroom Item
Are high school teachers' priorities misplaced?	Newsroom Item
Middle school teachers get help in closing achievement gap	Newsroom Item
California’s trot to the top	Newsroom Item
AB 5x-8 now public	Newsroom Item
School Beat: FairTest speaks out on Race to the Top testing	Newsroom Item
Stimulus aid’s state-level impact seen mixed	Newsroom Item
Deal would let L.A. teachers create "pilot schools"	Newsroom Item
Some L.A. Unified workers agree to furloughs	Newsroom Item
Survey: Oakland principals like to control their own budgets	Newsroom Item
LBUSD faces 'serious cuts' in months ahead	Newsroom Item
Parcel tax paperwork error costs South Pasadena school district $15,000	Newsroom Item
Green Dot charter schools founder repays group $50,866	Newsroom Item
Assembly bill to State: Keep hands off bulk of Race to the Top dollars	Newsroom Item
Teaching reforms should be based on research and experience	Newsroom Item
California needs to pass "Race to the Top" legislation	Newsroom Item
Eyeing stimulus money for education, states adopt reforms	Newsroom Item
States seek stimulus funds tied to education reform	Newsroom Item
Motives of 21st-century-skills group questioned	Newsroom Item
Texas education head warns of 'federal takeover'	Newsroom Item
NEW REPORT: "Invisible: 1.4 Percent Coverage for Education is not Enough"	Newsroom Item
Put off pain until now	Newsroom Item
Teachable Moments: Report shows California class sizes increasing	Newsroom Item
Four flawed assumptions of school reform	Newsroom Item
Is education news falling off front pages?	Newsroom Item
Need for more teachers expected over the next decade	Newsroom Item
New teachers having trouble finding jobs in a competitive market	Newsroom Item
Teachers and tenure	Newsroom Item
State Board to consider regs for revoking charters	Newsroom Item
Different approaches considered amid some school officials' unease	Newsroom Item
'Fiddling while Rome burns'	Newsroom Item
Will LAUSD budget stop the music?	Newsroom Item
Capistrano Unified teachers protest proposed 10% pay cut	Newsroom Item
The school bell rings and students stay to study	Newsroom Item
Do charter schools deserve the spotlight?	Newsroom Item
San Diego Unified bond: a new woe	Newsroom Item
Chino Valley Unified under program improvement	Newsroom Item
Study gauges toll on military children	Newsroom Item
Obama's school grants are side issue in California	Newsroom Item
Time runs short to join Race to the Top	Newsroom Item
21st century skills: Education’s new cliché	Newsroom Item
Teachers deal with increasing class sizes	Newsroom Item
The hole in 'Race to the Top'	Newsroom Item
We know how to turn schools around—We just haven't done it	Newsroom Item
LAUSD facing 5,000-plus job cuts	Newsroom Item
'They're looking at impending doom'	Newsroom Item
Riverside Unified cuts 124 teacher jobs	Newsroom Item
California schools to get masks to curb swine flu	Newsroom Item
Classroom as hostile territory: Stopping school “push out”	Newsroom Item
Math gains stall in big cities	Newsroom Item
Race to Top bill would give parents more power	Newsroom Item
Lawmakers wary of 'Race to Top'-standards link	Newsroom Item
Everything that’s wrong with us, Part Two.	Newsroom Item
Evaluating what doesn't work in education	Newsroom Item
Studies explore secrets of principals' success	Newsroom Item
S.D. pupils post gains on federal math tests	Newsroom Item
Lessons for LAUSD	Newsroom Item
Fresno Unified trails big U.S. cities in math scores	Newsroom Item
Oakland teachers union rejects district's final offer in mediation	Newsroom Item
Fast-food standards for meat top those for school lunches	Newsroom Item
Assembly panel OKs union-backed bill aimed at qualifying the state for U.S. education grants	Newsroom Item
California’s NAEP enigma: it’s not just demographics	Newsroom Item
Race to the Top grants questioned	Newsroom Item
Will Obama's school reform plan work?	Newsroom Item
Restructuring schools under NCLB found to lag	Newsroom Item
L.A. Unified's magnet test scores together at last	Newsroom Item
LAUSD budget proposal foresees up to 8,000 layoffs by next fall	Newsroom Item
Cortines cleans house at underperforming Fremont High	Newsroom Item
Learning about ethics	Newsroom Item
Teachers union, district hit another wall	Newsroom Item
Growing pains: First year bumpy for Stockton Unified's 'small learning communities'	Newsroom Item
Assembly approves education bill opposed by governor	Newsroom Item
Race to Top compromise should be doable	Newsroom Item
End the race to mediocrity	Newsroom Item
1 million California children who qualify for free breakfast at school go without	Newsroom Item
US-born Hispanics see gains in education, income	Newsroom Item
New teacher-evaluation systems face obstacles	Newsroom Item
Anaheim high schools tentatively OK $25.9 million in cuts	Newsroom Item
LAUSD budget shortfall needs solutions not battles	Newsroom Item
More school districts furlough employees	Newsroom Item
Alum Rock district closing Pala Middle School, leaves other threatened schools open	Newsroom Item
MLA Partner Schools shows promise in turning around Manual Arts High	Newsroom Item
California's neediest high school students have the least prepared teachers, study says	Newsroom Item

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