April 2011

$25,000 a year tuition for a UC education?

By Fermin Leal/The Orange County Register

Budget deal fuels revival of school vouchers

By Trip Gabriel/New York Times

Federal budget's approval sets stage for future battles

By Alyson Klein/Education Week

The myths of standardized testing

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

Why N.J. teacher-tenure reform plan matters to the rest of America

By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo/Christian Science Monitor

Major changes to teacher tenure, hiring and firing coming in Illinois?

Blog by Sean Cavanagh/Education Week

Detroit sends layoff notices to all public teachers

MSNBC

A crisis of our time: Standing up for education

Blog by Paul Lanning/Huffington Post

Sac State students, employees protest budget cuts, tuition hikes

By Laurel Rosenhall/Sacramento Bee

LAPD eases daytime curfew enforcement on teens

By Frank Stoltze/KPCC

CA Senate bill mandates gay history in schools

By Lisa Leff/US News

State schools chief warns more deep cuts could bankrupt 110 school districts

By Julie Small/KPCC

Student body presidents: Budget cuts threaten dream of a higher education

By Eming Piansay/New America Media

In public school efforts, a common background: Private education

By Michael Winerip/New York Times

Schools walk into touchy territory with Civil War

By Erik W. Robelen/Education Week

Arne Duncan, the status quo and a teacher who never ate a bee

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

KIPP and its critics are both right

Blog by John Thompson/Huffington Post

America cares about buying guns, not educating kids

By Liz Dwyer/Good

The taxing issue of shared responsibility

Blog by Randi Weingarten/Huffington Post

An unorthodox school reform blueprint

Guest blog by Joanne Yatvin/Washington Post

More expensive than what? A quick comment on CAP’s CSR report

Blog by Bruce D. Baker/School Finance 101

Teacher-leader corps helps turn around schools

By Stephen Sawchuk/Education Week

Californians join hands in support of community colleges

By Peter Hecht/Sacramento Bee

Schools struggle even as businesses thrive

By Cari Tuna/Wall Street Journal

L.A. Unified's new chief outlines ambitious agenda

By Jason Song and Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times

State budget cuts threaten California's Master Plan

By Jennifer Gollan/Bay Citizen

Education funding saved: What does it mean?

Expert Blog/National Journal

Common assessments a test for schools' technology

By Catherine Gewertz/Education Week

The critical condition of critical thinking

Guest blog by Roxanna Elden/Washington Post

Student protests of teacher layoffs and limited rights yield harsh punishments

Huffington Post

Resistance to test-based school reform is growing

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

Assessment drives learning: How to drive to a new place

Blog by James Gee/Huffington Post

Poll: Students grade high school down, college up

CBS News

New Chicago schools chief offers two different school leadership models

Huffington Post

Too many minorities in special ed, California official says

By Theresa Harrington/Contra Costa Times

Ramon Cortines leaves his mark on L.A. Unified

By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times

A lesson in mediocrity: California’s schools show how direct democracy can destroy accountability

The Economist

Virginia rolls out teacher merit-pay plan

By Zinie Chen Sampson/Boston Globe

Georgia, Wisconsin ed. schools back out of NCTQ review

By Stephen Sawchuk/Education Week

The school reform fantasy

Guest blog by Matthew Di Carlo/Washington Post

School's a community effort in Indiana district

By Mary Ann Zehr/Education Week

Detroit's mass teacher layoffs may prove bellwether for education reform nationwide

By Simone Landon/Huffington Post

What did we learn from the Cathie Black debacle?

Blog by Diane Ravitch/Education Week

Public education needs public discussion

Blog by Diana Senechal/Washington Post

Lawmakers push schools to show what an all-cuts budget looks like

By Allen Young/Capitol Weekly

One more stab at P-20 data structure’

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

School district field-tests 52 (yes, 52) new tests on kids

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

Public school teacher: 13 reasons I’m outraged

Guest blog by Kathie Marshall/Washington Post

Public school facilities: New data on condition, funding, impact

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

Studies find 'easy' material may not be easy to learn

By Sarah D. Sparks/Education Week

Poll: Finances dictating college, career choices

By Connie Cass/KPCC

Twelve years after Columbine, no consensus on making schools safer

By Adam Martin/The Atlantic

New CPS chief leaves old district mired in questions, controversy

By Diane Rado and Joel Hood/Chicago Tribune

Michigan teachers who strike could lose license under new legislation

Huffington Post

Dozen parcel taxes on May ballot

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Soda tax would raise $1.7 billion, buoying school districts, study says

By Lisa Vorderbrueggen/Contra Costa Times

Libraries to check out at dozens of schools

By Emily Alpert/Voice of San Diego

The Nation: Teachers are not the enemy

By Pedro Noguera and Michelle Fine/NPR

Duncan visits NJ, says minority teachers needed

By Samantha Henry/Boston Globe

Duncan issues far more NCLB waivers than predecessors

By Michele McNeil/Education Week

Myths of Standardized Tests’ authors respond to readers

Guest blog by Phillip Harris, Bruce M. Smith and Joan Harris/Washington Post

The Root: Good education is a right — not a crime

By Helena Andrews/NPR

For AP students, a new classroom is online

By Sue Shellenbarger/Wall Street Journal

Alabama city to try full day of school online

USA Today

Parents spell out detailed school reform blueprint

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

Stop dumping our most vulnerable students

Blog by John Thompson/Huffington Post

Could teachers veto charter option?

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Cal State Fullerton students end 4-day sit-in over budget cuts

By Rick Rojas/Los Angeles Times

Agency fails to crack down on teacher misconduct, California audit says

By Jim Sanders/Sacramento Bee

NCLB: Is there common ground for change?

Guest blog by Anne Geiger/Washington Post

Charter schools suffer leadership shortages

By Sarah Butrymowicz/Washington Post

A trial run for school standards that encourage deeper thought

By Fernanda Santos/New York Times

A teacher: An actual expert opinion on teaching

Guest blog by Nancy Flanagan/Washington Post

A bargain of a bill in Illinois?

By Sean Cavanagh/Education Week

School improvement grant efforts face hurdles

By Alyson Klein/Education Week

New focus on equity in states’ funding

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Tests over teachers in California

Blog by Anthony Cody/Education Week

Times/USC Dornsife poll: Californians support tax hikes to help close budget gap

By Evan Halper/Los Angeles Times

Gov. Jerry Brown warns of California education crisis

By Pete Carey/San Jose Mercury News

Brown's Countdown, Day 106: School districts face $11 billion question on next year's budget

By Kevin Yamamura/Sacramento Bee

UC Berkeley: The 1881 Californians who aren’t there

Column by Peter Schrag/California Progress Report

High school classes may be advanced in name only

By Sam Dillon/New York Times

Markets aren't the education solution

Opinion by Randi Weingarten/Wall Street Journal

Social norms beat market norms

By Diane Ravitch/Education Week

School accrediting agency's reach questioned

By Christina A. Samuels/Education Week

Unanswered questions about standardized tests

Guest blog by Marion Brady/Washington Post

California's preschool spending holds steady in 2009-10, report says

By Carla Rivera/Los Angeles Times

Districts consider even shorter school year

By Louis Freedberg/California Report

Public schools: Is California's middle class heading for the exits?

By Sharon Noguchi/San Jose Mercury News

Republicans eye budget plan that won't decimate schools

By Allen Young/Capitol Weekly

Public education's future is a learning experience

By Dayna Straehley/Press-Enterprise

New State of Black Los Angeles report paints better picture despite socioeconomic challenges

By Corey Moore/KPCC

LAUSD teachers union challenges layoffs

By Adolfo Guzman-Lopez/KPCC

How school reform damages poor children — Kohn

Guest blog by Alfie Kohn/Washington Post

Jeb Bush leads broad push for education change with ‘Florida formula’

By Trip Gabriel/New York Times

State GOP lawmakers push to expand vouchers

By Sean Cavanagh/Education Week

Teacher-evaluation logistics challenge states

By Stephen Sawchuk/Education Week

How to redefine teacher tenure

Opinion by Gary M. Chesley/Education Week

More data needed for hard-to-measure student learning and teacher quality

Guest blog by Stephen Lane/Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom practice

What teachers want to know: When will testing company employees get laid off?

By Liz Dwyer/Good

Personal tools

Sections

Document Actions