January 2011

School reform: A chance for bipartisan governing

Opinion by Arne Duncan/Washington Post

Revisiting the most popular stories of 2010

By The Editors/Education Week

The "bad teacher" bogeyman and its consequences

Guest blog by Anthony Cody/Washington Post

Hurdles emerge in rising effort to rate teachers

By Sharon Otterman/New York Times

Jeb Bush's influence on education policy spreads

By Sean Cavanagh/Education Week

Study notes trend toward more testing in high school

Blog by Catherine Gewertz/Education Week

Schools examine content, delivery of online AP courses

By Michelle R. Davis/Education Week

A federal lifeline for hard-pressed school districts

By Crystal Yednak/New York Times

Arizona bans ethnic studies and, along with it, reason and justice

Blog by Randall Amster/Huffington Post

Cuts to set tone for California public schools

By Adolfo Guzman-Lopez/KPCC

Jack O'Connell leaves imprint as he leaves top California schools post

By Sharon Noguchi/San Jose Mercury News

New California law cracks down on parents of truants

By Susan Valot/KPCC

New leaders in new year at LA Unified

By Adolfo Guzman-Lopez/KPCC

Policy, fiscal challenges confront state officials

By Sean Cavanagh/Education Week

New federal law makes interns qualified to teach

Bob Egelko/San Francisco Chronicle

California not making the grade for children

By Tracy Garcia/Los Angeles Daily News

America’s disdain for its children

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

The $20.5 billion rich-people’s tax-cut windfall

By Peter Schrag/California Progress Report

Another look at PISA

Blog by Diane Ravitch/Education Week

Myths and realities about KIPP

Blog by Richard D. Kahlenberg/Washington Post

Tom Horne to withhold funds over ethnic-studies controversy

Blog by Mary Ann Zehr/Education Week

Illinois attempts to link teacher tenure to results

By Stephanie Banchero/Wall Street Journal

State superintendent's old district on fiscal edge

By Louis Freedberg/California Watch

Sacramento-area school districts scramble to market themselves to prospective students

By Diana Lambert/Sacramento Bee

Charter schools in L.A. Unified to get more special education money

By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times

K-12 schools to dodge budget tornado

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Jerry Brown takes a hard look at Prop. 13

By Anthony York and Shane Goldmacher/Los Angeles Times

Virtual students are used to train teachers

By Stephen Sawchuk/Education Week

Advocacy group proposes 'ticket to teach' idea

Blog by Stephen Sawchuk/Education Week

How technology will and won't change schools by 2020

Guest blog by Larry Cuban/Washington Post

The cost of education wars

Blog by Deborah Loewenberg Ball/Huffington Post

State-mandated English policy under fire in Arizona

By Claudio Sanchez/NPR

Pennsylvania parents sue Lower Merion School District for wrongly classifying children as special needs students

Huffington Post

Christie seeks to relax rules on who can lead schools

By Winnie Hu/New York Times

New Edition Of 'Huckleberry Finn' Will Eliminate Offensive Words

By Mark Memmott/NPR

State scrutinizes fees schools charge for basic education

By Shanna McCord/San Jose Mercury News

Brown appoints 7 to powerful California State Board of Education

By Adolfo Guzman-Lopez/KPCC

Full standards system in states several years away

By Catherine Gewertz/Education Week

Study finds special educators get less mentoring

By Sarah D. Sparks/Education Week

New law labels interns 'highly qualified teachers'

By Terence Chea/Washington Post

NCLB's 9th anniversary: 'Will there be anything we will need to remember after the test?'

Guest blog by Dennis Van Roekel/Washington Post

A principal on standardized vs. teacher-written tests

Guest blog by George Wood/Washington Post

Conflict makes good stories, collaboration makes good schools

Blog by Randi Weingarten/Huffington Post

The Root: The McEducation of charter students

By Natalie Hopkinson/NPR

Tea Party's war on schools

Blog by Dana Goldstein/The Daily Beast

Chino Valley board to consider steep budget cuts tonight

By Neil Nisperos/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Congress unlikely to extend hand to ailing states

By Kevin Freking/Boston Globe

K-12 funding, policy on radar for new Congress

By Alyson Klein/Education Week

Gov. Jerry Brown to eliminate education post

By Marisa Lagos/San Francisco Chronicle

Education reform the union way

Opinion by Kirti Baranwal and Gillian Russom/Los Angeles Times

Neither fair nor accurate • Research-based reasons why high-stakes tests should not be used to evaluate teachers

Opinion by Wayne Au/Rethinking Schools

The year in research on market-based education reform

By Matthew Di Carlo/Shanker Blog

Linking e-courses to 'common core' academic standards

By Katie Ash/Education Week

L.A. school board expected to appoint John Deasy as next superintendent on Tuesday

By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times

The parent trigger

By Emily Alpert /Voice of San Diego

New schools Supt. Tom Torlakson cites worsening financial picture

Blog by Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times

Whistleblower: Illegal school fees continue despite settlement

By Corey G. Johnson/California Watch

Sweeping reforms ahead, says new education board member

By Jennifer Gollan/Bay Citizen

Brown spares K-12 education, wants tax extension

Carla Marinucci and Marisa Lagos/San Francisco Chronicle

Ed. Department backs English-proficiency tests for common standards

By Mary Ann Zehr/Education Week

More police in schools mean more students in trouble, study finds

By Terrence Stutz/Education Week

Many see influence of teachers union in Gov. Jerry Brown's shakeup of California Board of Education

By Seema Mehta/Los Angeles Times

Race to Top winners get guidance on plan alterations

By Sean Cavanagh/Education Week

Rethinking Advanced Placement

By Christopher Drew/New York Times

KIPP responds to criticism on attrition rates

Guest blog by Jonathan Cowan and Steve Mancini/Washington Post

Ex DC school chief takes reform message nationwide

By Christine Armario/Sacramento Bee

Parent-trigger regs delayed – for good reason

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

John Deasy earns mostly high marks as the likely new L.A. schools superintendent

By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times

The big squeeze is on in California classes

By Sharon Noguchi/San Jose Mercury News

Achievement gap slow to close

By Diana Lambert/Sacramento Bee

Judge rules New York City can disclose names in teacher rankings; union plans to appeal

By Sharon Otterman/New York Times

Educators regroup in recession's aftermath

By Sean Cavanagh/Education Week

Brown proposes big cuts to higher education

By Matt Krupnick/Contra Costa Times

Governor's promise to spare K-12 from budget ax hinges on tax extension

By Theresa Harrington and Katy Murphy/Contra Costa Times

Bill Honig withdraws from state Board of Education

By Jill Tucker/San Francisco Chronicle

Weighing states' school performance, policymaking

By Amy M. Hightower/Education Week

Merit pay: A perspective from the classroom

Opinion by Elizabeth Jackson Sterling/Education Week

'Huckleberry Finn' and 'The Wire'

By Diane Ravitch/Education Week

Proposition 13 had long lasting impact on schools

Debbie Pfeiffer Trunnell/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Dr. King and the achievement gap

Blog by Brian Jones/Huffington Post

California's higher education in line for big budget hit under Brown's proposals

By Laurel Rosenhall/Sacramento Bee

Now 43rd in per-student spending

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Obama aims to revise No Child Left Behind

By Nick Anderson/Washington Post

Personnel costs prove tough to contain

By Sean Cavanagh/Education Week

Michelle Rhee goes national with school education platform

By Julianne Hing/Color Lines

A critical shortage of school counselors

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

Joel Klein's snow job

Guest blog by Marc Epstein/Washington Post

E-Curriculum Seen to Set Stage for Better Testing

By Ian Quillen/Education Week

Republican school board in N.C. backed by tea party abolishes integration policy

By Stephanie McCrummen/Washington Post

Too many education cooks

Editorial/Los Angeles Times

New L.A. schools Supt. John Deasy is seemingly a man of contradictions

By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times

SUSD prepares for deep cutbacks, pink slips

By Roger Phillips/Stockton Record

Recession's toll on K-12 budgets both wide and deep

By Alyson Klein/Education Week

Governor thrusts New Jersey to fore on education

By Winnie Hu/New York Times

New analysis challenges Gates study on value-added measures

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

No, more high stakes testing is NOT inevitable

By Anthony Cody/Education Week

Finding efficiencies in special education programs

By Christina A. Samuels/Education Week

New guidelines would make school lunches healthier

By Mary Clare Jalonick/Contra Costa Times

Random drug testing for middle schoolers?

CBS News

SIG redux: same schools, fewer $s

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

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