June 2011

On treating students & educators 'like rats in a maze'

Blog by Diane Ravitch/Education Week

School reform is a dead end, unless...

Blog by James Gee/Huffington Post

Changes at R.I. school fail to produce results

By Claudio Sanchez/NPR

Illinois' new teacher law: Model for other states, or outlier?

By Sean Cavanagh/Education Week

Do self-selection and attrition matter in KIPP schools?

Guest blog by Richard D. Kahlenberg/Washington Post

How Socrates would fare on new teacher evaluation plan

Guest blog by Diana Senechal/Washington Post

A school in trouble from the start

By Emily Alpert/Voice of San Diego

President Obama, we were there when you needed us

Blog by Anthony Cody/Education Week

Frustrated educators aim to build grassroots movement

By Erik W. Robelen/Education Week

Are we testing too much?

Blog by Randi Weingarten/Huffington Post

"Waivers" are fine...back-door legislating via "strings"? Not so much

Blog by Rick Hess/Education Week

Wis. Supreme Court upholds controversial union law

Education Week

States balance budgets with cuts, not taxes

By Pamela M. Prah/Stateline

In teaching, pink slips are a way of life

By Larry Abramson/NPR

What mattered to teachers this school year

Guest blog by Gregory Michie/Washington Post

An Arne Duncan speech I'd like to hear

Blog by John Merrow/Huffington Post

'Parent Trigger' laws: Shutting schools, raising controversy

By Kayla Webley/Time

School board OKs rescinding of layoff notices

By Connie Llanos/Los Angeles Daily News

Lawmakers should keep handcuffs off districts and extend local control

Opinion by Stephen Blum/Thoughts on Public Education

Deeper cuts to higher ed; flat K-12 spending

By Kathryn Baron/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

A looming showdown over No Child Left Behind

By Andrew Rotherham/Time

New recruit in homework revolt: The principal

By Winnie Hu/New York Times

Joel Klein vs. those status quo apologists

Guest blog by Aaron Pallas/Washington Post

Supreme court backs youths' Miranda rights

Blog by Mark Walsh/Education Week

Educating beyond poverty

Blog by Tim King/Huffington Post

NAACP got it right in charter school debate

Commentary by Earl Ofari Hutchinson/ New America Media

Are L.A. charter schools screening out special ed. students?

Blog by Nirvi Shah/Education Week

Parents plead for more charters schools in San Jose

By Sharon Noguchi/San Jose Mercury News

Many needy California schoolchildren not taking part in subsidized summer meal programs

By Alexandra Zavis/Los Angeles Times

More Sacramento-area school districts in fiscal trouble

By Diana Lambert/Sacramento Bee

The Prop 98 disappearing act

By Kathryn Baron/Thoughts on Public Education

House GOP Seeks to Bolster Charters in ESEA Rewrite

Blog by Alyson Klein/Education Week

Charter school laws surge in Maine, N.C., Tenn.

By Joy Resmovits/Huffington Post

Homework: The useful and the useless

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

The 12 qualities great teachers share

Guest blog by Chris Lehmann/Washington Post

Teachers union confronts some crucial decisions

By Rebecca Vevea/New York Times

What's the best way to run our public schools?

Blog by Anne L. Bryant/Huffington Post

Authorities warn schools about mishandling construction bonds

By Corey G. Johnson/California Watch

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

L.A. Unified to spend $20 million on parent centers

Blog by Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times

Voucher schools have created a separate, unequal system

Opinion by Courtney Bowie, Karyn Rotker, Jeffrey Spitzer-Resnick/Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel

Plan aims to revitalize Detroit schools

New York Times

“I used to think . . . and now I think . . .”

Blog by Richard F. Elmore/Harvard Education Publishing Group

Public good, public cuts

The Economist

The play's the thing

Blog by John Merrow/Huffington Post

Why I am marching on July 30

Blog by Diane Ravitch/Education Week

Next CTA prez foresees attacks on union

By John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Sacramento City Unified's small schools' success belies national trend

By Melody Gutierrez and Max Ehrenfreund/Sacramento Bee

Endless summers contribute to achievement gap

By Louis Freedberg/California Watch

California district can't afford to use new $105M school

By William M. Welch/USA Today

Bipartisan bill seeks to remake teacher training programs

Blog by Alyson Klein/Education Week

States battling over education budgets at fiscal year's end

By Sean Cavanagh/Education Week

Segregation nation

By Sharon Lerner/American Prospect

Op-ed: Student success, everybody's business

Opinion by Lauren Wells and Pedro Noguera/New Jersey Spotlight

A D.C. teacher’s troubled experience with IMPACT

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

How to write an article about parenting

Guest blog by Alfie Kohn/Washington Post

South L.A. charter schools may get a reprieve after cheating scandal

By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times

Mess with Prop 98, do not pass Go

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Prepare more students for algebra but be fair to those who aren’t ready

Opinion by Bill Honig/Thoughts on Public education

Bill would streamline leadership of K-12 school system

By Corey G. Johnson/California Watch

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

Positioning young black males for success

Guest blog by Michael T. Nettles/Washington Post

The achievement gap: Why Hispanic students are still behind

By Kayla Webley/Time

College Board finds minority men continue to lag academically

By Lily Altavena/New York Times

The Root: NAACP lawsuit shifts school debate

By Lynette Holloway/NPR

Students in 'dropout factory' schools explore why kids quit

By Leah Clapman/PBS

School turnarounds get new emphasis within Ed. Dept.

Blog by Michele McNeil/Education Week

A response from Joel Klein on status quo apologists

Guest blog by Joel Klein/Washington Post

Why Core Standards must embrace media literacy

Commentary by Richard Beach & Frank W. Baker/Education Week

Is knowing history so important?

Column by Jay Mathews/Washington Post

Audit finds that Tucson’s ethnic studies program is legal

By Julianne Hing/Color Lines

New site provides nationwide education data

By Agustin Armendariz/California Watch

Deasy: LAUSD magnet schools need more revenue

By Connie Llanos/Los Angeles Daily News

Republican challenges administration on plans to override education law

By Sam Dillon/New York Times

USDA to probe companies running school cafeterias

By Nirvi Shah/Education Week

Test folly in Virginia — and in Maryland, too

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

Untangling the postsecondary debate

Blog by Mike Rose/Mike Rose’s Blog

A one-sided dialogue: Teacher frustration leads to protest

Blog by Anthony Cody/Education Week

Duncan seeks cheap conversions

Blog by David B. Cohen/InterACT

Few state rules for Transition K

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Design schools so students become real workers in education system

Opinion by Charles Taylor Kerchner/Thoughts on Public Education

School district failures: Don't blame the kids

Opinion by Scott Himelstein/Voice of San Diego

California budget leaves some San Francisco school district workers still in limbo

By Andrea Koskey/San Francisco Examiner

The 3 most important questions in education

Guest blog by Sam Chaltain/Washington Post

The reform pretenders

Guest blog by Carol Corbett Burris/Washington Post

For San Diego schools, a fear that larger classes will hinder learning

By Michael Winerip/New York Times

Budget cuts in the classroom: What's on the school chopping block?

By Andrew J. Rotherham/Time

L.A. Unified's new homework policy gives students a break

By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times

End to one-time aid may squeeze special ed. budgets

By Nirvi Shah/Education Week

Fixing our bizarre school governance system

Column by Peter Schrag/California Progress Report

Los Angeles Unified juggling layoffs, charter school oversight this week

KPCC

Danger zone for deferrals?

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

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

Teacher grades: Pass or be fired

By Sam Dillon/New York Times

Reasons for hope

Blog by Diane Ravitch/Education Week

Why U.S. teachers work the most but U.S. students stay average

By Ujala Sehgal/The Atlantic

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