May 2011

Schools chief, teachers press taxes with lawmakers

By Don Thompson/San Jose Mercury News

Teachers' unions' pricey campaign may not sway GOP lawmakers

By Jennifer Gollan/San Francisco Bay Guardian

Many students failing college prep courses

By Connie Llanos/Los Angeles Daily News

Calif. protests highlight teachers' frustrations

By Juliet Williams/San Jose Mercury News

California teacher protests: 26 educators arrested

Huffington Post

Teacher layoffs out of sync with budget impasse

By Louis Freedberg/California Watch

The disgraceful interrogation of L.A. school librarians

Column by Hector Tobar/Los Angeles Times

Outlines of ESEA's future emerging on Capitol Hill

By Alyson Klein/Education Week

Will the NEA endorse Obama and the use of test scores for teacher evaluations?

Blog by Anthony Cody/Education Week

Illinois education bill passes over union objections

By Stephanie Banchero/Wall Street Journal

Speaking up in class, silently, using social media

By Trip Gabriel/New York Times

The challenging mathematics of producing economically integrated schools

Blog by Matthew Yglesias/Think Progress

Tiger Mom Amy Chua’s got a plan to overhaul U.S. education

By Julianne Hing/Color Lines

Here’s to the data system that works

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Oakland Unified becomes a cautionary tale for state takeovers in California

By Katy Murphy/Oakland Tribune

Planned merger of charter school organizations dissolves

By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times

Unexpected state revenue leaps to $6.6 billion

Blog by Evan Halper/Los Angeles Times

Schools need real solutions, not magic-bullet fixes

Opinion by Randi Weingarten/San Francisco Chronicle

Bill Maher’s “Real Time” education debate failure

Guest blog by Paul Thomas/Washington Post

Your education is not an equal opportunity

Opinion by Sam Chaltain/CNN

It’s not business, it’s personal

By Kathryn Baron/Thoughts on Public Education

Teachers give cold shoulder to Obama education chief

By Paul Frysh/CNN

Common Core: Giving happy lie to the "reform consensus"

Blog by Rick Hess/Education Week

Education Nation in Los Angeles

Blog by David B. Cohen/InterAct

Teacher pink slips - Uncomfortable budget uncertainty for instructors and school districts

By Sharon Noguchi/San Jose Mercury News

Schools supposed to integrate even without buses

By Emily Alpert/Voice of San Diego

We must reinvest in the California dream

Opinion by Richard Barrera/San Diego Union-Tribune

Counseling suffers

By Jim Steinberg/San Bernardino Sun

Big (invisible) boost in K-12 spending

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

In Georgia, court ruling could close some charter schools

By Sam Dillon/New York Times

What works best: Help or punishment?

Blog by Diane Ravitch/Education Week

Class bias, class size and online learning

Blog by Leonie Haimson/Huffington Post

Budget cuts or not, teacher lay-offs should not be tied to standardized test scores

Op-Ed by Dr. Wayne Au/Seattle Education

43 education programs Republicans want to eliminate

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

To understand the impact of teacher-focused reforms, pay attention to teachers

Blog by Matthew Di Carlo/Shanker Blog

Federal plan would expand school year – as California's shrinks

By Louis Freedberg/California Watch

Holding a line, almost, on higher ed

By Kathryn Baron/Thoughts on Public Education

CALPADS put on ice

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

At Manual Arts High, same goals but different methods

Column by Sandy Banks/Los Angeles Times

Still separate and unequal, generations after Brown v. Board

By Julianne Hing/Color Lines

Latest numbers reveal two-tier California

Column by Dan Waters/Sacramento Bee

Teacher: ‘My employer has become my enemy’

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

Standardized testing mythbusters!

By Anthony Cody/Education Week

NY regent: Why we shouldn’t link teacher evaluation to test scores

Guest blog by Roger Tilles/Washington Post

Specialists weigh common social studies standards

By Catherine Gewertz/Education Week

Turnaround bill would give Congress' stamp of approval to SIG

By Alyson Klein/Education Week

Report: U.S. college freshmen less prepared nowadays, presidents say

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

Education reform philanthropy has changed radically over the past decade

Blog by Dana Goldstein/Ladywonk

CTA’s president-elect blesses budget

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Schools are still hurting

By James Rufus Koren/San Bernardino Sun

Charters, LAUSD agree to share campuses

By Connie Llanos/Contra Costa Times

UC tuition might jump 32% if tax proposal fails, official says

By Larry Gordon/Los Angeles Times

What is Joel Klein talking about?

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

Teachers’ union sues to stop school closings

By Fernanda Santos/New York Times

Can this marriage be saved?

Blog by John Merrow/Huffington Post

Vouchers? A bad idea and here is several reasons why.

Blog by Dr. Ed Fuller/A "Fuller" Look at Education Issues

What do teachers really think about education reform?

Blog by Matthew Di Carlo/Shanker Blog

California Governor puts the testing juggernaut on ice

Blog by Anthony Cody/Education Week

How to fix the STEM deficit

Guest blog by Arthur Levine/Washington Post

Besides anger, action and ideas can emerge from the worst of times

Opinion by Charles Taylor Kerchner/Thoughts on Public Education

John Deasy’s pressure chamber

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Six furlough days may offset most threatened LAUSD cuts

By Connie Llanos/Los Angeles Daily News

ACLU challenges school's Net filter on gay info

By Cathy Locke/Sacramento Bee

No Child Left Behind fix lagging in Congress

By Christine Armario and Chris Williams/US News

Principal: ‘Kids, it’s you and your teacher against the test’

Guest blog by Carol Corbett Burris/Washington Post

Missing the point on poverty and reform — again

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

'Chiefs for Change' serves up principles for ESEA reform

Guest blog by Erik Robelen/Education Week

Ga. ruling leaves charters' fate uncertain

By Erik W. Robelen/Education Week

Report: Why we need arts education (not only to improve test scores)

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

14 D.C. classrooms investigated for test irregularities

By Marisol Bello/USA Today

More on vouchers

Blog by Dr. Ed Fuller/A "Fuller" Look at Education Issues

LAO: Don’t tie budget to voters

By Kathryn Baron/Thoughts on Public Education

Assemblyman Mike Feuer urges upgrading of outdated state history, social studies curriculum

By Jim Sanders/Sacramento Bee

Teachers demand no furloughs, no layoffs

By Connie Llanos/Los Angeles Daily News

Mayor says teachers should earn tenure in four years -- not two

Blog by Jason Song/Los Angeles Times

Behind grass-roots school advocacy, Bill Gates

By Sam Dillon/New York Times

Los Angeles teachers union seeks to block test of evaluation program

By Jason Song/Los Angeles Times

Obama presses Congress for overhaul of No Child Left Behind law

By Roger Runningen/Bloomberg

Five myths about America’s schools

Opinion by By Paul Farhi/Washington Post

What parents aren’t asked in school surveys -- and why

Guest blog by Alfie Kohn/Washington Post

Teaching beyond the test, to make room again for current events

By Michael Winerip/New York Times

The letter from assessment experts the N.Y. Regents ignored

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

Former foes join forces for education reform

By Sam Dillon/New York Times

Common Core’s manifesto war

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Doomsday budget forecast for schools may not materialize

By Sharon Noguchi/San Jose Mercury News

East Bay schools not serving minorities and low-income students well, new study says

By Shelly Meron/Contra Costa Times

Absence rates at Oakland Unified schools alarming

By Jill Tucker/Chronicle Staff Writer

Closing the poverty gap: The way forward for education reform

Blog by Secretary Paul Reville/Education Week

Tests for pupils, but the grades go to teachers

By Sharon Otterman/New York Times

Whose failing grade is it?

Column by Lisa Belkin/New York Times

Move over teachers: It's time to blame the parents

Blog by Susan Ochshorn/Huffington Post

Teacher evaluations: Where do we go from here?

Blog by Anne O'Brien/Learning First

High schools offer grade boosts to students who improve test scores

By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times

Ten things teachers need to reclaim their profession

Guest blog by Horace B. Lucido/Washington Post

New rating system targets media's education potential

By Ian Quillen/Education Week

State legislatures notch major K-12 policy changes

By Sean Cavanagh/Education Week

Why attention will return to non-school factors

Commentary by Jeffrey R. Henig and S. Paul Reville/Education Week

The case for/against CALPADS

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Judge to throw out Trigger petitions

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

California must keep free education truly free

Editorial/Los Angeles Times

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