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Another indictment of “turnarounds”
3.19.10 - Andy Smarick - Anyone interested in what to do about America’s most persistently failing schools–and especially those caught up in today’s turnaround craze–should consider Part II of this report a must-read. A MUST-read.

Gender Gap
3.18.10 - Debates about gender and schooling have taken a surprising turn in the past decade. After years of concern that girls were being shortchanged in male-dominated schools, especially in math and science, there has grown a rising chorus of voices worrying

The Role of Curriculum in Education Reform
3.18.10 - Matthew Levey - Despite a growing popular consensus that teacher quality is the most significant factor in academic achievement, as a parent and taxpayer the costs and practicality of this focus concern me.

“NO CHILD” OVERHAUL MUST INCLUDE PROVISIONS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY THAT ADVANCES LEARNING
3.17.10 - As Congress takes up President Obama’s proposals to update the “No Child Left Behind” (NCLB) law, national education experts today offered recommendations to overhaul NCLB’s controversial testing and accountability provisions.

Low Hispanic College Graduation Rates Threaten U.S. Attainment Goals
3.18.10 - WASHINGTON – A new study of national college graduation data by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) reveals that far too many four-year colleges and universities graduate less than half of their Hispanic students

The 2009 Brown Center Report on American Education
3.18.10 - The Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings today released the 2009 Brown Center Annual Report, which each year analyzes the state of American education using the latest measures of student learning, uncovers and explains important trends in achievement test scores...

Murray Pushes Education Secretary on Potential Cuts to WA State Teacher Preparation
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, at a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension Committee (HELP), Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) questioned U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan about proposals that could have serious implications for Washington state teachers and students,...

Five Things You May Not Know About President Obama’s FY 2011 Budget Request
New Mandatory Education Programs Increase the Deficit: In addition to proposing to make Pell Grants an entitlement program, the President’s budget would create five new education entitlement programs and increase entitlement spending on student loan repayment programs.[1] ...

Where the Boys Aren't in Kansas City, Kansas
3.16.10 - The closing of 29 (of 61) schools by the Kansas City (Mo.) school district has captured the attention of the nation. But across the state line in the Big KC’s sister city that shares the same name

An Early Warning System to Prevent High School Dropouts
Nearly one-third of students attending public high schools fail to graduate. While discouraging, this outcome is not inevitable. Research suggests that ninth grade is a crucial year for determining whether students will complete high school

Readin’, ‘Ritin’ ‘Rithmetic, and Religion
Karl C. Priest - The “M” in MTV does not stand for “Morality.” Some people say the “M” is more accurately for “Manipulation.” The television network broadcasts programming that promotes drugs, sex, and violence 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Privatizing for the Public Good?
Higher education is still being shaped by the economic downturn of 2001-2002, when state appropriations to public universities fell markedly. In response, some colleges pushed for greater autonomy, especially freedom to raise tuition and fees.

BRIEF REVIEW OF PUBLISHED ITEMS FROM THE DRAFT TEXAS SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS (MARCH 2010)
Erich Martel - The attempt to reduce US (or any other) history to “liberal” versus “conservative” history reduces history and the history classroom to a tug of war between self-serving factions who view history and social studies as vehicles for promoting their agendas....

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