October 2011

The American Dream or dreams of the lottery?

Commentary by Catharine Hill/Education Week

Conversations with Obama, Duncan on assessment

Guest blog by Carol Corbett Burris and Kevin G. Welner

Parent: Too many tests, not enough term papers

Guest blog by Wendy Lecker/Washington Post

A state grooms its best students to be good teachers

By Michael Winerip/New York Times

Two bitter education rivals begin to bury the hatchet

By Greg Toppo/USA Today

Still Waiting for Superman

By Dana Goldstein/Slate

Why teachers in high-minority schools are paid less

By Liz Dwyer/Good

Alabama law creates immigration panic in schools

Blog by Anthony Cody/Education Week

Funding schools ‘by the numbers’ – or how to make 140 students disappear

Commentary by Anna Martin/Thoughts on Public Education

When 51% isn’t needed to pull a trigger

Blog by Martha Infante/InterACT

A trigger to disaster at schools

Editorial/San Diego Union-Tribune

Brown weighs bill challenging ban on affirmative action

By Nicholas Riccardi and Larry Gordon/Los Angeles Times

The trouble with the parent trigger

Blog by Diane Ravitch/Education Week

New rules for school reform

Guest blog by Sam Chaltain/Washington Post

Incentives for advanced work let pupils and teachers cash in

By Sam Dillon/New York Times

Gifted parents: “Volvo vigilantes” and “academic one-upmanship”

Blog by Maureen Downey/Atlanta Journal Constitution

Arne Duncan And Dennis Van Roekel: Together on teacher preparation, but not on tests

By Joy Resmovits/Huffington Post

How the dismal Latino college completion rate hurts America

By Liz Dwyer/Good

Give California a No Child Left Behind waiver

Editorial/Los Angeles Times

More district-charter compacts

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Organizations call for easing harsh discipline rules at public schools

By Adolfo Guzman-Lopez/KPCC

Questioning our mania for education technology

Commentary by Jack Schneider/Education Week

White House says bill would save 400,000 education jobs

Blog by Alyson Klein/Education Week

TFA teachers: How long do they teach? Why do they leave?

By Morgaen L. Donaldson and Susan Moore Johnson/Education Week (Phi Delta Kappan)

Report shows minority students suspended at higher rates

By Greg Toppo/USA Today

It’s not all about the teachers

Guest blog by Will Fitzhugh/Washington Post

Why we can't accept de facto school segregation

Commentary by Bill Kurtz/Good

No Child Left Behind bills proliferate after Obama announces waiver plan

By Joy Resmovits/Huffington Post

Study gives revised view of Chicago school improvements

By Jaclyn Zubrzycki/Education Week

Districts to pay teachers based in part on their students’ test scores

By Sue Frey/ EdSource Extra

A new yardstick to measure schools?

By Michael Gardner/San Diego Union-Tribune

Growing use of simplified test inflates some California schools' scores

By Phillip Reese and Melody Gutierrez/Sacramento Bee

Effective teaching as a civil right

By Linda Darling-Hammond/Voices in Urban Education

Liberty Plaza, Wall Street, & schools

Blog by Deborah Meier/Education Week

Character education

Blog by Matthew Di Carlo/Shanker Blog

School leader: Ala. immigration law 'scary' for students

By Annie McCallum Bitter/USA Today

Getting nostalgic about the law formerly known as NCLB

By Joe Williams/Democrats for Education Reform

Investigation finds lax oversight of online education

By Nancy Mitchell and Burt Hubbard/Education Week

NBPTS on teacher evaluation: Getting it right

Blog by David B. Cohen/InterACT

Zero-tolerance policies pushing up school suspensions, report says

By Rick Rojas/Los Angeles Times

Study: Incarcerating hordes of youth is costly and ineffective

By Jorge Rivas/Color Lines

Student IDs that reveal test scores deemed illegal

By Scott Martindale/Orange County Register

What should — and shouldn’t — be in Senate No Child Left Behind bill

Guest blog by Monty Neill/Washington Post

Idealism that blinds: Facing social and educational inequity

Blog by P. L. Thomas/Daily Kos

Are top students getting short shrift?

New York Times (Room for Debate)

Starting early to create city teachers

By Rebecca Vevea/New York Times (Chicago News Cooperative)

MisEducation Nation: Corporate media and corporate education reform

FAIR (Article and video)

Color coded high school ID cards sort students by test performance

Blog by Anthony Cody/Education Week

'Flipped' classrooms take advantage of technology

By Greg Toppo/USA Today

Denying the facts: Investing in computers and higher test scores

Blog by Larry Cuban/Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

Online classes targeted by financial aid scams

By Erica Perez/California Watch

CALPADS goes to college

By Kathryn Baron/Thoughts on Public Education

School closure plan trickling out

San Diego Union Tribune

Gov. Jerry Brown blasts data-based school reform

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

Brown saves ed bills for last

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Gov. Jerry Brown signs California Dream Act

By Lily Mihalik/KPCC

Why school reform can’t ignore poverty’s toll

Guest blog by Marcus D. Pohlmann/Washington Post

Free trips raise issues for officials in education

By Michael Winerip/New York Times

Inflating the software report card

By Trip Gabriel and Matt Richtel/New York Times

Flexibility on tutoring pleases districts, worries industry

By Michele McNeil/Education Week

L.A. Unified to retake considerable control of Manual Arts High

By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times

Should the haves share the dollars they raise with the have-nots?

Opinion by Jill Duman/Sacramento Bee

No changes to Open Enrollment

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

SB 185 vetoed: Jerry Brown vetoes affirmative action-like bill

Huffington Post

Eugenic legacies still influence education

Blog by David B. Cohen/InterACT

Why merit pay for teachers sounds good — but isn’t

Guest blog by Esther Quintero/Washington Post

What can we learn from Finland?

Blog by Diane Ravitch/Education Week

G.O.P. candidates take an anti-federal stance

By Trip Gabriel/New York Times

Updating No Child Left Behind

Opinion by Sen. Tom Harkin/Politico

Subgroup accountability at issue in ESEA renewal

Blog by Alyson Klein/Education Week

Frightening children in Alabama

Blog by Lily Eskelsen/Lily’s Blackboard

How to fix California’s democracy crisis

By James S. Fishkin/New York Times

Down to wire on Race to Top

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Low-income students score lower on AP tests

By Kendall Taggart/California Watch

A window into the governor's mind on education

By Michael Gardner/San Diego Union-Tribune

U.S. schools chief to discuss LAUSD probe

By Susan Abram/Los Angeles Daily News

Bill would overhaul No Child Left Behind

By Sam Dillon/New York Times

NCLB bill: The problem with ‘continuous improvement’

Guest blog by Richard Rothstein/Washington Post

Bills show dueling priorities on K-12 spending

By Alyson Klein/Education Week

No Child Left Behind waivers worry some advocates

By Larry Abramson/NPR

LAUSD agrees to revise how English learners, blacks are taught

By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times

Texas school districts sue state over funding

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

Economic inequality: The real cause of the urban school problem

Opinion by Greg J. Duncan and Richard J. Murnane/Chicago Tribune

A few other principles worth stating

Blog by Matthew Di Carlo/Shanker Blog

California kids face days without class as revenue falls short

James Nash and Michael B. Marois/San Francisco Chronicle

Brown’s veto of education bill consistent with earlier views

By Louis Freedberg/ EdSource Extra

Why (and how) city schools restructured special education

By Will Carless/Voice of San Diego

Education: Too much testing?

Editorial/Los Angeles Times

Parent trigger laws: Part of school reform’s ‘silly season’

Guest blog by Mark Phillips/Washington Post

The changing demographics of the teaching profession

Blog by Walt Gardner/Education Week

Why education needs an occupy the classroom revolution

Opinion by José Vilson/Good

Poor kids still lose race despite better scores

Blog by Jay Mathews/Washington Post

Chicago schools slow to embrace longer school days

By Julie Rasicot/Education Week

Charter schools part I: Thirteen years into the charter school experiment

By Ida Lieszkovszky/NPR

Proposal stirs charter school debate: Choice vs. quality?

By Lori Higgins And Chastity Pratt Dawsey/Detroit Free Press

Hey Alabama, take a hint from California

Blog by Mónica García and Nury Martinez/Huffington Post

California fails to signal early interest in No Child Left Behind waiver

By Theresa Harrington/Contra Costa Times

LAUSD unveiling its school-by-school reports

By Susan Abram/Contra Costa Times

A cautionary charter school tale

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

Majority of states say they'll seek waivers under NCLB

By Michele McNeil/Education Week

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