June 2011
Do self-selection and attrition matter in KIPP schools?
Guest blog by Richard D. Kahlenberg/Washington Post
"Waivers" are fine...back-door legislating via "strings"? Not so much
Blog by Rick Hess/Education Week
Lawmakers should keep handcuffs off districts and extend local control
Opinion by Stephen Blum/Thoughts on Public Education
Teacher quality must be Job 1 of education reform in L.A.
Op-Ed by By Antonio Villaraigosa/Los Angeles Times
Many needy California schoolchildren not taking part in subsidized summer meal programs
By Alexandra Zavis/Los Angeles Times
San Jose school parents say bigger, not better, is bad plan for parent volunteer program
By Sharon Noguchi/San Jose Mercury News
LA Unified asks parents, students to evaluate schools in report cards
By Louis Freedberg/California Watch
Voucher schools have created a separate, unequal system
Opinion by Courtney Bowie, Karyn Rotker, Jeffrey Spitzer-Resnick/Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel
“I used to think . . . and now I think . . .”
Blog by Richard F. Elmore/Harvard Education Publishing Group
Sacramento City Unified's small schools' success belies national trend
By Melody Gutierrez and Max Ehrenfreund/Sacramento Bee
Op-ed: Student success, everybody's business
Opinion by Lauren Wells and Pedro Noguera/New Jersey Spotlight
South L.A. charter schools may get a reprieve after cheating scandal
By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times
Prepare more students for algebra but be fair to those who aren’t ready
Opinion by Bill Honig/Thoughts on Public education
East Palo Alto school district to consider school closures, furloughs
By Jesse Dungan/San Jose Mercury News
Many local school districts fall short of state standards
By Wes Woods II/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Why Core Standards must embrace media literacy
Commentary by Richard Beach & Frank W. Baker/Education Week
Republican challenges administration on plans to override education law
By Sam Dillon/New York Times
Design schools so students become real workers in education system
Opinion by Charles Taylor Kerchner/Thoughts on Public Education
California budget leaves some San Francisco school district workers still in limbo
By Andrea Koskey/San Francisco Examiner
For San Diego schools, a fear that larger classes will hinder learning
By Michael Winerip/New York Times
San Jose schools scale back summer classes in contrast to wealthier neighbors
By Sharon Noguchi/San Jose Mercury News
School's out: East Bay kids ask state lawmakers how they spent their childhood summers
By Katy Murphy/Oakland Tribune