September 2011

The school reform equivalent of playing “Mary Had A Little Lamb” with a Stradivarius

Blog by Larry Ferlazzo/ Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

Average scores slip on SAT

By Tamar Lewin/New York Times

What the decline in SAT scores really means

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

Few states examine test erasures

By Marisol Bello and Greg Toppo/USA Today

Race to Top Winners feel heat on teacher evaluations

By Sean Cavanagh/Education Week

Praise for peer evaluations

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Why charters and teachers don't have to be enemies

Opinion by John Perez/Los Angeles Daily News

Effort launched to raise $200 million for L.A. public schools

By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times

S.D. Unified begins looking at school closures

By Maureen Magee/San Diego Union-Tribune

Moving beyond 'blame the teacher'

Op-Ed by Saul Rubinstein, Charles Heckscher and Paul Adler/Los Angeles Times

Getting teacher evaluation right

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

Some states, districts abandoning performance pay

By Nora Fleming/Education Week

Collective bargaining teaches democratic values, activism

Blog by Randall Garton/Shanker Blog

Urban housing policy as school reform

Blog by Mark Bergen/Forbes

Why Common Core Standards implementation is slow

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

White House details plans for more digital learning

By Greg Toppo/USA Today

UC regents recoil at idea of 16% tuition increase

By Larry Gordon/Los Angeles Times

Board chief reflects on his time on State Board of Education — then and now

By Louis Freedberg/EdSource Extra!

Going for broke in school

By Kathryn Baron/Thoughts on Public Education

Education impact of jobs bill under debate

By Alyson Klein/Education Week

When free trips overlap with commercial purposes

By Michael Winerip/New York Times

Chicago’s mayor challenges teachers union

By Monica Davey/New York Times

Some districts rethink last-minute teacher hiring

By Christina A. Samuels/Education Week

Charter ed for the early childhood workforce: A recipe for disaster

Blog by Susan Ochshorn/Huffington Post

School district uses Race to the Top money for public relations

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

Brown skeptical of key ed bill

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Cheating by teachers invalidates schools' test scores

By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times

Education Report: The Parent Trigger might be coming to a school near you

By Katy Murphy/San Jose Mercury News

California schools turn away unvaccinated students

USA Today

California English Proficiency Test 'almost guarantees' English learner classification, study shows

Huffington Post

Yes, there are stupid questions

Guest blog by Alfie Kohn/Washington Post

The latest in free-market educational solutions

Guest blog by Peter Smagorinsky/Washington Post

Does a "no excuses" approach really work?

Guest blog by John Thompson/Education Week

Public schools face the rising costs of serving lunch

By Fernanda Santos/New York Times

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa: "Dollars and cents, & common sense"

Blog by Rick Hess/Education Week

Court tests for parcel tax

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Bill would crack down on schools that pass costs to parents

By Joshua Emerson Smith/California Watch

Short-changed by state, school districts borrow and students lose

By Will Carless/Voice of San Diego

Shrinking share of money going to students

By Jennifer Gollan/The Bay Citizen

Badly performing LAUSD schools can be run by charter operators, judge rules

KPCC

California voters oppose trigger cuts, poll shows

By Wyatt Buchanan/San Francisco Chronicle

Kansas City, Mo., School District loses its accreditation

By A. G. Sulzberger/New York Times

Public school choice pushed in Michigan

By Sean Cavanagh/Education Week

Rupert Murdoch giving keynote at Jeb Bush’s ed reform summit

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Education Week

The NEA plan for teacher accountability

Blog by Dennis Van Roekel/NBC News Education Nation

Little Rock desegregation fight is far from over

Blog by Zerlina Maxwell/ NBC News Education Nation

Universities seeking out students of means

By Tamar Lewin/New York Times

What are “middle class schools”?

Blog by Matthew Di Carlo/Shanker Blog

Meg Whitman funds charter expansion

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Students need supervision to make online learning work

By Sue Frey/Ed Source Extra!

L.A. school board opposes mayor in battle over redevelopment funds

Blog by Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times

Obama prepares to revamp ‘No Child Left Behind’

By Lyndsey Layton/Washington Post

Global effort to recruit teachers expands

By Sam Dillon/New York Times

No Child no more? Are GOP proposals to dump AYP a step forward or back?

Blog by Maureen Downey/Atlanta Journal Constitution

Our achievement gap mania

Blog by Rick Hess/Education Week

Teacher for sale

Blog by Nancy Flanagan/Education Week

School of hard financial knocks

By Mc Nelly Torres/Florida Center for Investigative Reporting

Midyear cuts looking likelier

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

U.S. may spare schools from harsh penalties in exchange for reforms

By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times

The problem with Obama’s plan to issue NCLB waivers

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

Senate panel votes to freeze funding for key K-12 programs

Blog by Alyson Klein/Education Week

Single-sex education is assailed in report

By Tamar Lewin/New York Times

Risks seen for children of illegal immigrants

By Julia Preston/New York Times

Reasons against Chicago's longer school day

Blog by Deborah Meier/Education Week

Will Arne Duncan's education reforms get left behind?

By Joy Resmovits/Huffington Post

In Tacoma, teachers needed to strike simply to keep the status quo

By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo/Christian Science Monitor

The testing bubble

By Dana Goldstein/Good

What do test scores tell us?

Opinion by Gary Gutting/New York Times

The achievement gap and its discontents: Thoughts on Rick Hess' new essay

Blog by Dana Goldstein/Lady Wonk

LAUSD pact with administrators union will factor in new teacher evaluations

By Connie Llanos/Los Angeles Daily News

Truancy crackdown should focus on class, not court

Editorial/Los Angeles Daily News

LAUSD schools brace for new wave of layoffs

By Connie Llanos/Los Angeles Daily News

Obama’s NCLB waivers: Do flaws outweigh benefits?

Guest blog by Monty Neill/Washington Post

The secrets of a principal who makes things work

By Michael Winerip/New York Times

Deficit-panel members get education advocates' eye

By Alyson Klein/Education Week

‘Parent trigger’ law to reform schools faces challenges

By Jennifer Medina/New York Times

Don’t think class size affects achievement? Think again.

Blog by Maisie McAdoo/Ed Wise

In Arizona, complaints that an accent can hinder a teacher’s career

By Marc Lacey/New York Times

Newsflash! “Middle Class Schools” score… uh…in the middle. Oops! No news here!

Blog by Bruce D. Baker/School Finance 101

Torlakson: Waiver to cost billions

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

Rating California schools: Not by tests alone

Column by Peter Schrag/California Progress Report

Researchers question learning-styles theory

By Eleanor Yang Su/California Watch

Time to stop cutting at L.A. Unified

Column by Steve Lopez/Los Angeles Times

Oakland proposes eliminating 13 schools

By Jill Tucker and Will Kane/San Francisco Chronicle

A bet on No Child Left Behind

Guest blog by Richard Rothstein/Washington Post

Circular reasoning at the Gates: Education Nation off to a confusing start

Blog by Anthony Cody/Education Week

Stop gaps: Education gaps in the Hispanic community

Opinion by Lily Eskelsen/Education Nation

Can teachers opt out?

Blog by Timothy D. Slekar/Huffington Post

For states, more flexibility in education policies

NPR (Transcript and audio)

Courthouses rife with education policy battles

By Sean Cavanagh/Education Week

Teachers aren't paid too much and aren't evil – really

Commentary by Giuseppe Giannet/Yahoo! News

The education reporter’s dilemma

Blog by Matthew Di Carlo/Shanker Blog

Jailed for switching her daughters’ school district

By Timothy Williams/ New York Times (Interview)

College graduation rates are stagnant even as enrollment rises, a study finds

By Tamar Lewin/New York Times

School districts may lose funds for unvaccinated students

By Melody Gutierrez/Sacramento Bee

LAUSD OKs rehiring hundreds of clerks, aides

By Connie Llanos/Los Angeles Daily News

Teachers paid less in higher-minority schools

Blog by Stephen Sawchuk/Education Week

Students’ knowledge of civil rights history has deteriorated, study finds

By Sam Dillon/New York Times

Why naming names is wrong

Blog by Diane Ravitch/Education Week

A film on education that gets it right

Blog by Mark Phillips/Washington Post

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