Thursday, October 30, 2003
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NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND LAW: A new option for struggling pupils
Aimed at helping low-income children, the law requires 15 troubled schools to pay for tutoring.
BY JOHN WELSH
Aimed at helping low-income children, the law requires 15 troubled schools to pay for tutoring.
BY JOHN WELSH
Wednesday, October 29, 2003
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Baselines for Assessment of Choice Programs
By Paul T. Hill
University of Washington
&
Kacey Guin
University of Washington
By Paul T. Hill
University of Washington
&
Kacey Guin
University of Washington
Technology lets parents track grades
Kids worried online access gives mom, dad too much info
By Christine MacDonald
Kids worried online access gives mom, dad too much info
By Christine MacDonald
Florida Is First State to Receive Education Flexibility Grant
U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige today announced that Florida has been approved under the new State Flexibility Authority Program (State-Flex), making it the first state to benefit from unprecedented flexibility under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001
U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige today announced that Florida has been approved under the new State Flexibility Authority Program (State-Flex), making it the first state to benefit from unprecedented flexibility under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
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Charter schools fail to match public schools on tests
Six companies responsible for teaching 17,000 Michigan's charter school students fail to produce test scores that match even low-scoring traditional public schools, records show.
The Associated Press
Six companies responsible for teaching 17,000 Michigan's charter school students fail to produce test scores that match even low-scoring traditional public schools, records show.
The Associated Press
State cuts hinder reforms more than U.S. shortfall
Pressure on states to meet new federal performance standards for public schools has triggered protests from national union leaders, Democratic presidential contenders and some state education officials. Their message is identical: The 2001 reform law, known as the No Child Left Behind Act, falls $8 billion short of providing cash-strapped states the money they need to comply with ambitious new mandates.
USA Today
Pressure on states to meet new federal performance standards for public schools has triggered protests from national union leaders, Democratic presidential contenders and some state education officials. Their message is identical: The 2001 reform law, known as the No Child Left Behind Act, falls $8 billion short of providing cash-strapped states the money they need to comply with ambitious new mandates.
USA Today
Medicating Young Minds
Drugs have become increasingly popular for treating kids with mood and behavior problems. But how will that affect them in the long run?
By Jeffrey Kluger
Drugs have become increasingly popular for treating kids with mood and behavior problems. But how will that affect them in the long run?
By Jeffrey Kluger
How the Unions Killed a Dream
A Philanthropist withdraws his offer to donate $200 million to Detroit's inner city public schools
By Joe Klein
A Philanthropist withdraws his offer to donate $200 million to Detroit's inner city public schools
By Joe Klein
CHARTER-SCHOOL PUSH
The Bloomberg administration is looking at tripling the number of charter schools in the city in order to dramatically increase the choices available to parents and kids
By CARL CAMPANILE
The Bloomberg administration is looking at tripling the number of charter schools in the city in order to dramatically increase the choices available to parents and kids
By CARL CAMPANILE
How parents can navigate MEAP muddle
Understanding the test helps adults teach children at home
By Maureen Feighan
Understanding the test helps adults teach children at home
By Maureen Feighan
Monday, October 27, 2003
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Gov.-elect seeks education success where others failed
Though most of Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger's education agenda stays on the same track as that of the two previous governors, he has targeted two changes that others, including Gov. Gray Davis, have tried and failed to get through the Legislature.
By Jennifer Coleman
Though most of Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger's education agenda stays on the same track as that of the two previous governors, he has targeted two changes that others, including Gov. Gray Davis, have tried and failed to get through the Legislature.
By Jennifer Coleman
Polled parents OK with schools
So what do you think about public education?
It's a startlingly tricky question. With so many intricacies, how do you begin to assess your view of public schools?
So what do you think about public education?
It's a startlingly tricky question. With so many intricacies, how do you begin to assess your view of public schools?
Vegan elementary
If you took all failed, trendy education bureaucrat ideas, packaged them in a school and put radical animal-rights activists in charge of it, you'd end up with something like the Humane Education Learning Community -- a kindergarten-through-sixth-grade charter school approved by Sacramento's San Juan Unified School District.
By Debra Saunders
If you took all failed, trendy education bureaucrat ideas, packaged them in a school and put radical animal-rights activists in charge of it, you'd end up with something like the Humane Education Learning Community -- a kindergarten-through-sixth-grade charter school approved by Sacramento's San Juan Unified School District.
By Debra Saunders
CHEATER TEACHERS
High-stakes testing has led to high-level cheating in New York - by teachers.
AP Story
High-stakes testing has led to high-level cheating in New York - by teachers.
AP Story
District aims for all-secular calendar
A proposal would eliminate Good Friday as a school holiday.
By PATTY ALLEN-JONES
A proposal would eliminate Good Friday as a school holiday.
By PATTY ALLEN-JONES
Choice: a tough class for parents
Getting a child assigned to a Pinellas school requires learning a unique language, its terms sometimes misleading.
By THOMAS C. TOBIN
Getting a child assigned to a Pinellas school requires learning a unique language, its terms sometimes misleading.
By THOMAS C. TOBIN
Students take lead in parent-teacher conferences
Schools try innovative ways to share information on pupils' progress
By AMY HETZNER
Schools try innovative ways to share information on pupils' progress
By AMY HETZNER
