January 2011

Former lawmaker won't support changing 'parent trigger' law

By Louis Freedberg/California Watch

Officials plan to split low-performing Jordan High into 3 campuses

By Jason Song and Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times

What budget cuts mean at one small school

By Emily Alpert /Voice of San Diego

Postelection challenges abound on education policy

By Alyson Klein/Education Week

New Calif. Gov. shakes up education policy

By Michele McNeil/Education Week

Educators push critical thinking

By Adolfo Guzman-Lopez/KPCC

Premises, presentation and predetermination In the Gates MET study

Blog by Matthew Di Carlo/Shanker Blog

My students help assess my teaching

By Larry Ferlazzo/Education Week

States' rights and states' wrongs on school reform

By Andrew J. Rotherham/Time

Virginia Board of Education withdraws approval of two history textbooks

By Kevin Sieff/Washington Post

Emanuel's new campaign slogan: I'll hammer teachers

Blog by Mike Klonsky/Huffington Post

Jerry Brown talks to the State Board of Education

Blog by Micaela Massimino/Sacramento Bee

Parents, teachers, and activists debate education in Los Angeles

Uprising Radio, KPFK (Article and Audio)

ESCONDIDO: EUSD to study racial voting trends in district

By Gary Warth/North County Times

With voters in charge, high anxiety about teacher layoffs

By Louis Freedberg/California Watch

Year ahead looms as toughest yet for state budgets

By Judy Lin and Shannon McCaffrey/Boston Globe

State faces a moving target in implementing 'parent trigger' law

By Teresa Watanabe/Los Angeles Times

In Florida, virtual classrooms with no teachers

By Laura Herrera/New York Times

If educators really wish to honor Dr. King...

Blog by Gary Stager/Huffington Post

On MLK Day, Some Thoughts on Segregated Schools, Arne Duncan, and President Obama

Blog by Dana Goldstein/Lady Wonk

Got dough? How billionaires rule our schools

By Joanne Barkan/Dissent

Schools tested by budget cuts learn new strategies

By Larry Abramson/NPR

Event aims to leverage 'i3' competition momentum

By Alyson Klein/Education Week

LAUSD superintendent announces committee to close achievement gap

KPCC

Promise of new school health centers falters with lack of state funding

By Louis Freedberg/Contra Costa Times

The pitfalls of putting economists in charge of education

Blog by Diane Ravitch/Education Week

Teachers' unions on defensive as GOP lawmakers flex their muscles

By Sean Cavanagh/Education Week

Fresh effort expected from White House

By Alyson Klein/Education Week

The case against NCLB reauthorization

Guest blog by Alexander Russo/Washington Post

Appeals court upholds use of race in Texas admissions

Blog by Mark Walsh/Education Week

Georgia: Atlanta schools are placed on probation

By Robbie Brown/New York Times

Christie says 23 schools get charters

By Winnie Hu/New York Times

Is Rhee's key D.C. reform being tossed?

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

Fewer districts say they’re in trouble

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

L.A. Unified to review search policy in wake of Gardena High shooting

By Jason Song/Los Angeles Times

LAUSD's health obligation: $10 billion

By Connie Llanos/Los Angeles Daily News

Proposed school closings stir anger

By Kelly Puente/Long Beach Press-Telegram

Plan offered to overhaul discipline of teachers

By Trip Gabriel/New York Times

Sweeping study weighs school districts' 'educational productivity'

By Christina A. Samuels/Education Week

New report on educational productivity: a waste of resources?

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

Is silence really golden?

Blog by John Merrow/Huffington Post

Educating for democracy: Looking for education 'reform'? Follow the money

Blog by Joel Shatzky/Huffington Post

School breakfasts move from cafeteria to classroom

By Michelle D. Anderson/Education Week

School shootings: In Nebraska, a proposal to arm teachers

By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo/Christian Science Monitor

Teaching past the violence

Blog by Larry Strauss/Huffington Post

Policing the rush to charter schools

Editorial/Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

Charter school network proposed in Sacramento County worries districts

By Melody Gutierrez/Sacramento Bee

In the wake of shootings, mayor demands look at campus procedures.

By Connie Llanos/Los Angeles Daily News

Despite veto, no CALPADS layoffs, shutdown

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Unions: ‘Cease and desist’ on school cuts

By Emily Alpert/Voice of San Diego

A path is sought for states to escape their debt burdens

By Mary Williams Walsh/New York Times

Governors may eye greater control on education

By Sean Cavanagh/Education Week

Success of college-readiness intervention hard to gauge

By Catherine Gewertz/Education Week

Charter schools expand with public, private money

By Terence Chea/Boston Globe

School competition also produces losers

Blog by Walt Gardner/Education Week

To really learn, quit studying and take a test

By Pam Belluck/New York Times

Are Common Core Standards really so different?

Guest blog by Todd S. Farley/Washington Post

UC regents approve controversial pay hikes, urge campuses to adopt admissions change

Blog by Larry Gordon/Los Angeles Times

Former D.C. schools chief to headquarter new education advocacy lobby in Sacramento

By Ryan Lillis and Melody Gutierrez/Sacramento Bee

Rethinking evaluations when almost every teacher gets an ‘A’

By Jennifer Gollan/New York Times

Smaller school districts take bigger hits as budgets shrink

By Marc Benjamin/The Fresno Bee

Judge OKs settlement that limits use of seniority in L.A. teacher layoffs

By Jason Felch and Jason Song/Los Angeles Times

Choice advocates see hope in new congress

By Alyson Klein/Education Week

States and districts: Better spend your stimulus money now

By Michele McNeil/Education Week

Test scores and economic competitiveness

Guest blog by William J. Mathis/Washington Post

The New Republic: Keep teacher data private

Opinion by Seyward Darby/NPR

Flexibility eyed for any future 'i3' contest

By Michele McNeil/Education Week

Public universities relying more on tuition than state money

By Tamar Lewin/New York Times

Teacher training schools to be ranked for first time

By Louis Freedberg/California Watch

Education fixes now will pay off in 2025, experts say

By Corey G. Johnson/California Watch

Seeing silver lining in Robles-Wong

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Officials: Lockdowns more common, but schools safe

By Eric Carpenter, Fermin Leal and Scott Martindale/Orange County Register

Student test scores show U.S. science deficiency

By Stephanie Banchero/Wall Street Journal

Education and the State of the Union: a perennial favorite

Guest blog by Nick Anderson/Washington Post

Teaching without classroom teachers

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

State of the Union edu-cheat sheet

Blog by Alyson Klein/Education Week

Tiered RI diploma plan discriminatory, critics say

Boston Globe

Big Brother at Wyoming schools? Legislature considers filming teachers.

By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo/Christian Science Monitor

Blame the Teacher!

Blog by John Merrow/Huffington Post

Viewpoints: Brown sours on rigid reforms for schools

Opinion by Peter Schrag/Sacramento Bee

New groups poised to change state education landscape

By Louis Freedberg/California Watch

The emergency in our schools: Questions for Tom Torlakson

By Emily Alpert/Voice of San Diego

Painful proposal in SUSD

By Roger Phillips/Stockton Record

District cuts $14 million in positions and services

By Neil Nisperos/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Obama makes education a State of Union centerpiece

Blog by Alyson Klein and Michele McNeil/Education Week

Obama’s faulty education logic: What he said and failed to say

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

Bipartisanship on K-12 is the name of the game, for now

Blog by Alyson Klein/Education Week

Cut waste or invest? Try both

By David Leonhardt/New York Times

Why Oscar snubbed ‘Superman’ -- deservedly so

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

State students trail U.S. testing average

By Debbie Pfeiffer Trunnell and Canan Tasci/San Bernardino Sun

New penalties proposed for banned school fees

By Corey G. Johnson/California Watch

In Oakland's public schools, employee raises -- and program cuts -- are on the table

By Katy Murphy/Oakland Tribune

Parents reject Compton’s demand

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

CAMPUS: District offers alternative schools 25,000 classroom spots, but some contend that's not enough.

By Connie Llanos/Los Angeles Daily News

To “win the future,” kids and schools must survive the present

By Julianne Hing/Color Lines

Obama seeks to make No Child Left Behind more flexible

By Nick Anderson/Washington Post

School vouchers: John Boehner pushes to revive program in DC as model for national reform

By Brett Zongker/Huffington Post

Testing remains the problem

Opinion by Diane Ravitch/New York Times

Washington as venture capitalist

Opinion by Bruce Fuller/New York Times

A closer look at Denver school praised by Obama

By Larry Abramson/NPR (Audio and transcript)

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