December 2011

Education reform through community action

Guest blog by Mark R. Warren/Washington Post

Turmoil seems to be chief product of education "reform"

Blog by Anthony Cody/Education Week

The comparability distraction & the real funding equity issue

Blog by Bruce D. Baker/School Finance 101

What matters most in college admissions — money or merit?

Guest blog by Esther Quintero/Washington Post

Cheating the gifted?

Blog by Nancy Flanagan/Education Week

Michael Bloomberg in MIT speech: Cut teachers by half, large classes OK

Huffington Post

Big choices for LA teachers

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Our struggling schools need a long-term fix

Opinion by Jonathan Raymond/Sacramento Bee

Tax-the-rich measures may cancel each other out

By Joe Garofoli, Wyatt Buchanan and Marisa Lagos/San Francisco Chronicle

California steps forward & back on school data

By Kathryn Baron/Thoughts on Public Education

Fewer than one-third of California students meet fitness goals

By Theresa Harrington/Contra Costa Times

Do teachers really come from the “bottom third” of college graduates?

Blog by Matthew Di Carlo/Shanker Blog

When an adult took standardized tests forced on kids

Guest blog by Marion Brady/Washington Post

Choking on the Common Core Standards

Guest blog by Joanne Yatvin/Washington Post

When test scores become a commodity

Commentary by Jonathan Keiler/Education Week

U.S. urges creativity by colleges to gain diversity

By Sam Dillon/New York Times

An inconvenient truth about teacher quality

Blog by Robert Pondiscio/The Core Knowledge Blog

California schools brace for fiscal fallout

By Lesli A. Maxwell/Education Week

Molly Munger’s challenge

Column by Peter Schrag/California Progress Report

Killer apps and creative disruptions

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Demand for LAUSD magnet schools is booming

By Barbara Jones/Torrance Daily Breeze

How to rescue education reform

Op-Ed by Frederick M. Hess and Linda Darling-Hammond/New York Times

What ‘multiple measures’ really means in evaluation

By Lisa Guisbond and Monty Neill/Washington Post

Do you believe in miracles?

Blog by Diane Ravitch/Education Week

College leaders meet with Obama to discuss costs and productivity

By Tamar Lewin/New York Times

Freeing up LAUSD

Editorial/Los Angeles Times

Brown’s turn: $7 billion for schools

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Race and beyond: We need diversity in education

Blog by Sam Fulwood III/Center for American Progress

Minneapolis union will help authorize charter schools

By Stephen Sawchuk/Education Week

Are school zero-tolerance policies too harsh?

By Mary Nash-Wood/USA Today

Koreatown schools at forefront of education reform

By Katherine Kim/New America Media

SD school employees warned of cuts, layoffs

By Maureen Magee/San Diego Union-Tribune

Are half of New York’s teachers really ‘not effective?’

Guest blog by Carol Corbett Burris/Washington Post

With boost from California, charter schools enroll 2 million students nationally

By Louis Freedberg/EdSource Extra

Urban districts post gains in NAEP math

By Erik W. Robelen/Education Week

D.C. schools have largest black-white achievement gap in federal study

By Lyndsey Layton/Washington Post

Revealed: School board member who took standardized test

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

Education advocacy organizations: An overview

Guest blog by Ken Libby/Shanker Blog

The failure of corporate school reform: Toward a new common school movement

Op-Ed b Kenneth J. Saltman/Truthout

Poverty soars among children in California school districts

By Julianne Hing/Color Lines

PTA unites behind an initiative to transform and fairly fund our schools

By Carol Kocivar/Thoughts on Public Education

Aspire shares one of its data tools

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Why innovation can't fix America's classrooms

By Marc Tucker/The Atlantic

Are all choices a choice?

Blog by Deborah Meier/Education Week

Community schools: Proving that 'collective impact' works

Blog by Martin J. Blank/Huffington Post

Collective bargaining in charter schools

Blog by John Wilson/Education Week

School actions could top 100

By Linda Lutton, Elliot Ramos and Sarah Karp/Catalyst Chicago

NEA stakes a claim in teacher effectiveness debate

Blog by Liana Heitin/Education Week

Shop class retooled for future at O'Connell High

By Jill Tucker/San Francisco Chronicle

Schools' worst case: Cutting more than 700 positions

By Emily Alpert/Voice of San Diego

LAUSD superintendent asks board to file suit blocking transportation cuts

By Barbara Jones/Torrance Daily Breeze

A couple thoughts on Tuesday's NYT Op-Ed

Blog by Rick Hess/Education Week

Some states move away from exit exams; more change coming

Blog by Sean Cavanagh/Education Week

Is it time for OUSD’s unusual budgeting system to become policy?

Blog by Katy Murphy/Contra Costa Times

Florida charter schools: Big money, little oversight

By Scott Hiaasen and Kathleen McGrory/Education Week

Class matters. Why won’t we admit it?

Op-Ed by Helen F. Ladd and Edward B. Fiske/New York Times

State takeovers of other districts have had mixed results

By Winnie Hu/New York Times

A superintendent calls school reformers’ bluff

Guest blog by John Kuhn/Washington Post

Profits and questions at online charter schools

By Stephanie Saul/New York Times

Military children stay a step ahead of public school students

By Michael Winerip/New York Times

Teach for America ‘research’ questioned

Guest blog by Philip Kovacs/Washington Post

How much does class size matter?

By Hechinger Report

The year in research on market-based education reform: 2011 edition

Blog by Matthew Di Carlo/Shanker Blog

News flash! School culture matters

Blog by Robert Pondiscio/The Core Knowledge Blog

Do teachers care about pay? Yes, but not as much as you think.

By Laura Bornfreund/New America Foundation

Teacher evaluations key to state chances for NCLB waivers

By Stephen Sawchuk/Education Week

Scrooge and school reform

Blog by Diane Ravitch/Education Week

New teacher contract could shut down school choice program

By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times

Race to the Top likely to stick around

By Alyson Klein/Education Week

Cal State campuses overwhelmed by remedial needs

By Matt Krupnick/Contra Costa Times

Why should we care about integrating schools?

Opinion by Bill Kurtz/Good

Shifting state budget puts stress on schools

By Louis Freedberg/EdSource Extra

LAUSD set with doomsday plan

By Barbara Jones/Los Angeles Daily News

California has low science standards, study says

By Sharon Noguchi/Oakland Tribune

Sobering NAEP scores for Fresno, LA

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

In post-Rhee DC, achievement gaps remain staggeringly wide

By Dana Goldstein/The Nation

Jerry Brown announces $1 billion in spending cuts

By Wyatt Buchanan and Marisa Lagos/San Francisco Chronicle

California’s stressed out schools -- survey of 30 largest districts

By Louis Freedberg and Sue Frey/New America Media

Charter schools: Is financial mismanagement the issue to watch?

Blog by Maureen Downey/Atlanta Journal Constitution

Florida charter schools failing disabled students

By John O'Connor and Sarah Gonzalez/NPR

Report busts myth that U.S. class time is much lower than that of high-performing nations

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

From Finland, an intriguing school-reform model

By Jenny Anderson/New York Times

Teacher power: The one percent solution

Blog by Anthony Cody/Education Week

Time to throw money at the problem

Blog by David B. Cohen/InterACT

L.A. school board ends preference practice at charter schools

By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times

Two dozen L.A. schools to lose federal funding

Blog by Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times

200 LA high school students march to protest state budget cuts

By Corey Moore/KPCC

Failure rate of schools overstated, study says

By Sam Dillon/New York Times

What real education reform looks like

By David Sirota/Salon

7 key questions to ask about ed technology, online learning

Guest bog by Cathy N. Davidson/Washington Post

5 ways to save American education

Blog by Jay Mathews/Washington Post

Why strong afterschool programs matter

Guest blog by Jodi Grant/Washington Post

Budget bill: Tiny increase for Title I, Obama ed. programs survive

Blog by Alyson Klein/Education Week

On the purposes of schooling

Blog by Dana Goldstein/Lady Wonk

Jerry Brown’s cagily worded initiative

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Transportation cuts generate fierce response from school officials

By Louis Freedberg/EdSource Extra

Once more around the track of school reforms in Los Angeles Unified

Opinion by Charles Taylor Kerchner/Thoughts on Public Education

LAUSD moving forward with new contract, value-added teacher evaluations

By Adolfo Guzman-Lopez/KPCC

9 states win Race To The Top early learning grant

By Kimberly Hefling/Huffington Post

California wins RTTT early learning grant

By Kathryn Baron/Thoughts on Public Education

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