February 2011

G.O.P. governors take aim at teacher tenure

By Trip Gabriel and Sam Dillon/New York Times

Letter to President Obama: Who is a 'highly qualified' teacher?

Washington Post

The President's speech

Blog by Diane Ravitch/Education Week

'It makes no sense:' A dissection of Obama's education view

Guest blog by Yong Zhao/Washington Post

Congress should really overhaul ESEA

Opinion by Monty Neill/National Journal

Sen. Rand Paul to sit on education committee

Blog by Alyson Klein/Education Week

Democracy in schools: Preached but not practiced

Guest blog by Mark Phillips/Washington Post

Studies take aim at playground gossip

By Sarah D. Sparks/Education Week

Ohio case: The 'Rosa Parks moment' for education?

By Jeff St. Clair/NPR

No easy way to cut CalSTRS benefits

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Governor's plea: Tax extensions will prop up K-12 schools

By Scott Martindale and Fermin Leal/Orange County Register

Harvard report questions value of 'college for all'

By Catherine Gewertz/Education Week

Governors find education opportunities in budget woes

By Sean Cavanagh/Education Week

Tom Friedman: 'Sputnik moment' intentionally exaggerated

By Ben Arnoldy/Christian Science Monitor

Critics say top-rated Chinese education system has a flaw

By Kathy Chu/USA Today

Education: Yes, but why?

Blog by Robin Lakoff/Huffington Post

What’s holding up for-profit schools regulation?

By Julianne Hing/ColorLines

If two budgets weren’t enough, try three

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Educators push tax plan, warn of cuts if Brown budget isn't approved

By Claudia Meléndez Salinas/Monterey County Herald

LAUSD to delay its 'early start' school calendar

By Connie Llanos/Los Angeles Daily Breeze

Archdiocese may be backing off plans to extend school year

By Carla Rivera/Los Angeles Times

County board OKs charter petition

By Melody Gutierrez/Sacramento Bee

Chiefs to feds: Renew ESEA soon or help us innovate

Blog by Alyson Klein/Education Week

Education wars -- The next generation

Blog by Rick Ayers/Huffington Post

Stimulus misuse: 514 complaints to inspector general

Blog by Michele McNeil/Education Week

The Root: The scary segregated school trend in NC

By Cynthia Gordy/NPR

The VIVA Project: What teachers told Duncan

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

Texas schools face deep cuts amid budget crunch

By Sean Cavanagh/Education Week

An open letter to Jerry Brown

By Sacramento Progressive Alliance/Beyond Chron

State’s hardly ‘persistently lowest list’

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

While students shore up basics, electives are beyond reach

By Sharon Noguchi/San Jose Mercury News

Report: California schools spent less in the classroom as budgets increased

By Theresa Harrington/Contra Costa Times

Study finds few gains in schoolwide pay program

Blog by Stephen Sawchuk/Education Week

School board members' focus shifting, survey says

By Christina A. Samuels/Education Week

Early childhood education benefits both kids, taxpayers, study says

By Liz Szabo, USA Today

Score card on kids' health care ranks California 44th

By Annette Fuentes/The Bay Citizen

Karl Marx: Teacher of the year?

Blog by Brian Jones/Huffington Post

You bet your LIFO

Blog by Nancy Flanagan/Education Week

Study finds social-skills teaching boosts academics

By Sarah D. Sparks/Education Week

Autism rate triples among K-12 students

By Joanna Lin/California Watch

RI education chief backs off new diploma system

Boston Globe

‘College for all’ strategy misguided

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Incoming LAUSD superintendent Deasy lays out broad agenda

By Adolfo Guzman-Lopez/KPCC

LAUSD's vote on Public School Choice program to be delayed by three weeks

By Connie Llanos/Los Angeles Daily News

Compton parents win a round in bid for charter school

By Teresa Watanabe/Los Angeles Times

States aim to curb collective bargaining

By Stephen Sawchuk/Education Week

End of diversity policy leaves a Southern school district divided

By David Zucchino/Los Angeles Times

President's education plan another early test for political civility

By Christi Parsons and Lisa Mascaro/Los Angeles Times

Ronald Reagan's impact on education today

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

The myth of failed school reform, part 1

Blog by Larry Cuban/ Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

More on teacher bashing -- getting proactive

Blog by John Merrow/Huffington Post

Full-time e-learning not seen as viable option for many

By Michelle R. Davis/Education Week

Categorical spending questioned

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Pepperdine’s soggy waffle

Column by Peter Schrag/California Progress Report

Researchers fault L.A. Times methods in analysis of California teachers

By Nick Anderson/Washington Post

Separate study confirms many Los Angeles Times findings on teacher effectiveness

By Jason Felch/Los Angeles Times

New study: How L.A. Times teachers data is flawed

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

U.S. plan to replace principals hits snag: Who will step in?

By Sam Dillon/New York Times

Study disputes myth of school bullies' social status

By Nirvi Shah/Education Week

Swedish for-profit chain to run NYC charter school

By Sarah D. Sparks/Education Week

Class sizes continue to grow amid shrinking school year

By Louis Freedberg/California Watch

Redevelopment’s winners & losers

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

California higher education leaders warn of further tuition increases

By Larry Gordon/Los Angeles Times

High schools walk a tightrope in seeking funding from sports participants

By Diana Lambert/Sacramento Bee

Local decisions guide S.D. Unified budget

By Maureen Magee/San Diego Union Tribune

Teachers’ colleges upset by plan to grade them

By Trip Gabriel/New York Times

Laura Bush to announce 2nd education initiative

By Jamie Stengle/Boston Globe

States expected to seek special ed. funding waivers

By Nirvi Shah/Education Week

Schools facing cuts if lunches aren’t paid for

By Fernanda Santos/New York Times

Eliminating seniority-based layoffs: 4 things to consider

Guest blog by Matthew Di Carlo/Washington Post

Poll on NCLB: Americans want overhaul (but does Congress?)

Guest blog by Monty Neill/Washington Post

Zero tolerance schools discipline without wiggle room

Blog by John W. Whitehead/Huffington Post

Rhee's firing of 75 D.C. teachers in 2008 was improper, arbitrator says

By Bill Turque/Washington Post

Teacher union backs breaking up Milwaukee district

By Scott Bauer/Chicago Tribune

After a false dawn, anxiety for illegal immigrant students

By Julia Preston/New York Times

UC students lobby for California DREAM Act

Blog by Laurel Rosenhall/Sacramento Bee

State board re-examines statewide rights for charters

By Corey G. Johnson/California Watch

Minority students and A.P. program, a mixed report card

Blog by Maria Newman/New York Times

State Board of Education puts the brakes on parent-trigger law

By Teresa Watanabe/Los Angeles Times

Fellowship program works to beef up math teaching

By Erik W. Robelen/Education Week

Closing public schools: A truly bad idea

Blog by Diane Ravitch/Education Week

New analysis shows serious flaws in LA Times evaluation of teacher effectiveness

Blog by Charles Kerchner/Huffington Post

LA Times manipulates the teacher evaluation story

Blog by Anthony Cody/Education Week

Principal: Congress gets it wrong again

Guest blog by George Wood/Washington Post

Michelle Rhee's early test scores challenged

Blog by Jay Mathews/Washington Post

It may be a sputnik moment, but science fairs are lagging

By Amy Harmon/New York Times

Charges against Muslim students prompt debate over free speech

By Jennifer Medina/New York Times

School workers can lose jobs but keep salaries

By Emily Alpert/Sign on San Diego

Common-assessment consortia expand plans

By Catherine Gewertz/Education Week

Law of unintended consequences

Blog by Marian Wright Edelman/Huffington Post

Presidential Teacher Corps: Building a 21st century teaching force

Blog by Sen. Michael Bennet/Huffington Post

Calif. district pushes digital-text initiative forward

By Katie Ash/Education Week

Missing the point on Rhee

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

Turning the tide: Taking competition out of school reform

Blog by Maurice Elias/Edutopia

Arrested education—jailed mother sparks call for education reform

By Theodora Chang and Erica Williams/New America Media

Funding early childhood education, funding California’s future

Opinion by John Deasy and Celia C. Ayala/The South Los Angeles Report

Watch out, businesses, if taxes lose in June

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

San Diego stuck state with schools' big bill

By Liam Dillon/Voice of San Diego

An Oakland school cut its last AP course, but teachers are teaching it anyway

By Katy Murphy/Oakland Tribune

Obama proposes modest hike in education spending for FY 2012

By Alyson Klein/Education Week

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