August 2011
Save Our Schools March: A teacher revolt against Obama education reform
By Amanda Paulson/Christian Science Monitor
Diane Ravitch lampoons education critics, calls for political action at SOS speech
By Mikhail Zinshteyn/The American Independent
Teacher: What Save Our Schools march accomplished — and didn’t
Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post
Inexcusable inequalities! This is NOT the post funding equity era!
Blog by Bruce D. Baker/School Finance 101
Matt Damon, Jon Stewart and the “teacher in the family effect”
Blog by Matthew Di Carlo/Shanker Blog
Chicago charters ask public schools for more money, and a debate takes shape
By Will Guzzardi/Huffington Post
How to improve teacher education now (and why Teach for America isn’t the answer)
Guest blog by Arthur Levine/Washington Post
Rethinking suspensions to keep kids learning
Commentary by Jane Sundius and Faith Connolly/Education Week
Debt deal could cut K-12 spending, poison No Child Left Behind process
By Joy Resmovits/Huffington Post
California Dream Act offers young illegal immigrant a morale boost
Column by Steve Lopez/Los Angeles Times
Bloomberg to use own funds in plan to aid minority youth
By Michael Barbaro and Fernanda Santos/New York Times
Narrow thinking about health and schools
Blog by Larry Cuban/Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Not a photo op, but a real protest
Opinion by Nancy Carlsson-Paige/Boston Globe (Letter to the Editor)
Are smart people getting smarter, or just better at taking standardized tests?
Blog by E.D. Kain/Forbes
California’s budget woes hit neediest students the hardest
Opinion by John Affeldt/Thoughts on Public Education
Study: Early care and education industry strengthens entire California economy
Opinion by Laurel Lucia/California Progress Report
More Sacramento-area students passing Advanced Placement tests
By Diana Lambert and Phillip Reese/Sacramento Bee
Why Arizona's Ethnic Studies crisis should matter to all educators: Interview with Dr. Rudy Acuna
Blog by Jeff Biggers/Huffington Post
US moves to head off states' revolt over No Child Left Behind
By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo/Christian Science Monitor
A sneak preview of GOP contenders’ brag sheets on education
Opinion by Peter Schrag/Thoughts on Public Education
Truth, beauty and goodness: an interview with Dr. Howard Gardner
Blog by Peter DeWitt/Education Week
Loss of teacher data grant could affect state chances for federal education funding
By Diana Lambert/Sacramento Bee
Teaching and learning will still suffer despite proposed “flexibility” in NCLB
Blog by Adam Heenan/Classroom Sooth