November 2011
The complete list of problems with high-stakes standardized tests
Guest blog by Marion Brady/Washington Post
Colorado voters decide: Hike income, sales taxes for education?
Blog by Ashley Powers/Los Angeles Times
UFT survey finds increased class sizes and dwindling budgets, echoing national trend
By Joy Resmovits/Huffington Post
Waivers, turnarounds and other examples of Obama’s “reforminess”
Opinion by Gary Ravani/Thoughts on Public Education
School districts wait to see if state revenue shortfalls trigger more cuts
By Diana Lambert/Sacramento Bee
With concentrated poverty on the rise, should ed reformers be worried?
Blog by Sarah Garland/Hechinger Report
SD Unified hit with another credit rating drop
By Maureen Magee and Michael Smolens/San Diego Union-Tribune
Center on Education Policy report tackles school turnaround
Blog by Emily Richmond/The Educated Reporter
The re-emergence of concentrated poverty: Metropolitan trends in the 2000s
By Elizabeth Kneebone, Carey Nadeau and Alan Berube/Brookings Institute
MPR’s unfortunate sidestepping around money questions in the charter CMO report
Blog by Bruce D. Baker/School Finance 101
Let’s come together in November 2012 to restore education funding
Opinion by Carol Kocivar/Thoughts on Public Education
My high school’s surprise transformation, and what it says about education reform
Blog by Jay Mathews/Washington Post
Saviors and burnouts: Rethinking teachers in popular culture
Opinion by Elizabeth Marshall/Rethinking Schools Blog
Merger of Memphis and county school districts revives race and class challenges
By Sam Dillon/New York Times
Teacher pay study asks the wrong question, ignores facts, insults teachers
Blog by Sec. Arne Duncan/Huffington Post
Grantees picked in round two of Investing in Innovation contest
Guest Blog by Erik Robelen/Education Week
Subtraction by distraction: Publishing value-added estimates of teachers by name hinders education reform
By Diana Epstein and Raegen Miller/Center for American Progress
Few minority teachers in classrooms, gap attributed to bias and low graduation rates
Huffington Post