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Lesli A. Maxwell

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National Panel Urges Upgrades to Teacher Workforce

November 4, 2009 The recommendations for states and districts from a high-powered task force are drawing fire from the American Federation of Teachers.

Crisis in School Leadership Seen Brewing in California

November 2, 2009 Policy experts say the state lacks comprehensive human-resources policies for principals.

L.A. Gives Parents 'Trigger' to Restructure Schools

Updated: October 30, 2009 New rules will give parents of children in low-performing schools the power to open up targeted schools for outside management.

Baltimore School District on Upward Swing

October 21, 2009

An Overlooked Institution Struggles to Remain Relevant

October 12, 2009

In Pittsburgh, Monitors Hold School Board Accountable

October 12, 2009

Education Secretary Leads Chorus Calling for Big City-Hall Role

October 12, 2009

Community Organizing

October 13, 2009

Test Experts Wary on 'Race to Top' Rules

Updated: October 12, 2009

Tight Focus on Instruction Wins Texas District Prize

October 5, 2009

College Readiness

September 29, 2009

Chicago Principal-Training Program Wins Prestigious Innovation Award

September 22, 2009

School Choice

September 15, 2009

Leader in Phila. Seeks Changes in Teacher Rules

September 1, 2009

L.A. to Open Up Management of Schools

September 1, 2009

First New School Building Opens in New Orleans Since Hurricane

September 1, 2009

L.A. Board OKs School-Management Plan

August 26, 2009

California Announces Gains on Test Scores

August 26, 2009

Proposal Would Open Up Management of L.A. Schools

Updated: August 25, 2009

California 'Fire Wall' Becomes Hot Issue

August 11, 2009

Foundation Grants Aim to Bolster Oversight of Charter Schools

August 11, 2009

California 'Firewall' Becomes 'Race to Top' Issue

August 11, 2009

State Senate Extends Mayor’s Control Over N.Y.C. Schools

August 7, 2009

Calif. Budget Deal Cuts $5.9 Billion From Schools

July 22, 2009

Accountability Looms Large as Charter Proponents Mull Future

July 14, 2009

Poll Finds No Agreement on Pay

July 14, 2009

N.Y.C. Mayor Keeping Firm Hold on Schools

July 14, 2009

Fiscal Deadline, Thorny Deficits Bedevil States

Updated: July 13, 2009

N.Y.C. Mayor Keeping Firm Hold on Schools

July 10, 2009

Poll Finds School Leaders Cool to Performance Pay

July 6, 2009

Model State Charter School Law Unveiled

June 23, 2009

Calif. Charter Group Proposes Renewal Standards

June 22, 2009

Obama Team's Advocacy Boosts Charter Momentum

June 16, 2009

Study Casts Doubt on Charter School Results

June 15, 2009

California Crisis Slams K-12 Hard

June 8, 2009

Best Minds Sought for Central Office, Startups

February 2, 2009

Immigration Transforms Communities

December 31, 2008

New Leaders Group to Train Charlotte, N.C., Principals

January 6, 2009

Baltimore Project Eyes How to Keep Students on Track

Updated: January 7, 2009

'New Leaders' Group to License Principals in N.C.

December 10, 2008

Tenn. to Change Training, Licensure Rules for Principals

December 5, 2008

Human Capital Key Worry for Reformers

December 1, 2008

New Orleans' School Scores Up Since Storm

November 17, 2008

Atlanta's Own 'Hall' Of Famer

November 11, 2008

Schools Attended by Winners Report 'Great Pride' in Outcome

November 11, 2008

Vallas Extends Stay

November 4, 2008

Hopes Riding on Leader for Troubled St. Louis District

October 28, 2008

Sexual Orientation

October 13, 2008

Study Sees Chance to Reverse Enrollment Losses in Nation's Capital

October 6, 2008

Former Leader of NAESP Dies

October 7, 2008

Network Seeks to Corner Market in South L.A. With More Charters

October 2, 2008

AASA’s Leader Aims For Policy Influence

September 30, 2008

Foundation Donates $18 Million To Expand Playground Program

September 22, 2008

New Coalition Backs Community Schools, Focus on Partnerships

September 24, 2008

Louisiana's Districts Pick Up After Storm

September 8, 2008

Opening a School Draws on All of Founders' Skills

September 8, 2008

Calif. Group Puts Muscle Into Charters

September 8, 2008

No Major Damage Reported for New Orleans Schools

September 2, 2008

D.C. Program to Pay Students for Attendance, Performance

August 25, 2008

Calif. Charter Leader Moving On

August 25, 2008

D.C.'s Chancellor Makes Her Case

Updated: November 20, 2008

Violence at Home

August 11, 2008

District Operations

August 11, 2008

70 Districts Compare Practices on Collecting, Analyzing Data

July 22, 2008

Project Aims to Improve H.R. Systems in Big Districts

June 13, 2008

Scores Found to Rise Faster in Los Angeles Charters

June 17, 2008

D.C. Vouchers Have Scant Effect on Scores, Study Finds

June 16, 2008

Effort Launched to Develop District Leadership Talent

June 11, 2008

Delaware Rolling Out New Evaluations for Principals

June 9, 2008

As Year Ends, Questions Remain for New Orleans

June 3, 2008

King Charter Celebrates Successful Year

June 3, 2008

In New Orleans, University's Charter School Makes Gains

May 21, 2008

Principals' Views on Bullying

May 20, 2008

New Orleans Pupils Post Gains on State Tests

Updated: May 12, 2008

Outgoing R.I. Chief Bucked National Push for High-Stakes Tests

May 6, 2008

L.A. School District Taps Veteran Leader for No. 2 Job

May 6, 2008

New Orleans Charter School Board Ousts Network’s Top Executive

May 6, 2008

Urban Achievement

May 6, 2008

Test Scores in Big-City Schools Seen to Be on Upswing

April 29, 2008

New Orleans Schools

April 29, 2008

Community Organizing Portrayed as Plus for City Schools

Updated: April 16, 2008

Gridiron Guests Stoke King Students’ Dreams

April 16, 2008

Reform in Philadelphia

April 15, 2008

Green Dot Picks Site in N.Y.C. for Its First Charter Outside L.A.

April 15, 2008

Feuding Continues Over Maine Efforts to Merge Districts

April 15, 2008

Dropout Campaigns Envisioned for States, 50 Key City Districts

Updated: April 9, 2008

Playing Catch-Up

April 8, 2008

Student Mobility in N.Y.C.

April 8, 2008

Minnesota Meets New Orleans in Mentoring Effort

March 20, 2008

Gifted Black Pupils Found Pressured to Underperform

March 17, 2008

Home-Schoolers, Under New Scrutiny, Pushing Back

Updated: March 18, 2008

As Test Looms, Teachers Drill King Students

February 28, 2008

CDC Tallies Toll From 'Choking Game'

February 20, 2008

FEMA Site Shows Recovery Money

February 22, 2008

Louisiana Chief Plans Math, Reading Initiative

February 15, 2008

District Leaders to Clean House at 8 Chicago Schools

Updated: February 12, 2008

Vallas Intends to Refashion High Schools in New Orleans

February 8, 2008

Louisiana Seeks Partners to Take Over Failing Schools

January 31, 2008

Massachusetts

February 5, 2008

Tennessee

February 5, 2008

King Nears D-Day: Who Moves On, Who Stays Back?

January 28, 2008

Broad Foundation to Spend $23 Million on L.A. Charter Schools

January 17, 2008

Holiday Parade Hits Home for New Orleans' King School

January 22, 2008

Oklahoma City Panel Considers Dismissal of Superintendent

January 18, 2008

‘The Hurricane Messed a Lot of Us Up’

January 15, 2008

Maine

January 15, 2008

D.C. Chancellor Gains Authority to Fire Central-Office Employees

January 8, 2008

D.C. Schools Chancellor Wins Power to Fire Central-Office Workers

December 18, 2007

New Orleans’ King Charter Eyes Adding High School

December 18, 2007

Foundations Donate Millions to Help New Orleans Schools’ Recovery

December 13, 2007

D.C. Schools Chief Faces Ire on Closings

December 7, 2007

Cleveland Schools Get Security Audit Following Shooting

December 4, 2007

Digital Age Adds New Dimension to Incidents of Staff-Student Sex

November 26, 2007

‘Welcome School’ Eases Post-Katrina Placements

November 26, 2007

Amid Visits From Politicians, School Keeps Eye on Academics

November 14, 2007

Wis. District Steps Up Response to Growing Minority Enrollment

November 1, 2007

GE Foundation’s Award Aimed at Math, Science

November 5, 2007

Green Dot, N.Y.C. Teachers’ Union Clear Hurdle for Starting Charter

November 6, 2007

D.C. Mayor Names Schools Ombudsman

October 30, 2007

New Orleans Equips High School Students With Laptops

October 30, 2007

New Orleans District Bills Laptop Program as Cultural Shift

October 23, 2007

Los Angeles Tries Luring Back Dropouts Via Social Networks

October 12, 2007

As Report Cards Near, King Students Urged to Pick Up Pace

October 17, 2007

Wake County Postpones Decision on Student-Assignment Policy

October 16, 2007

Q & A With New Orleans’ Security Chief

October 16, 2007

Wake County, N.C., May Raise Cap on Poor Students

October 5, 2007

Up From the Ruins

September 27, 2007

‘Jena Six’: Case Study in Racial Tensions

September 28, 2007

L.A. Couple Donates $50 Million to Back Mayor’s Reform Efforts

October 2, 2007

Grassroots New Orleans Charter Gives Students ‘Critical Care’

October 2, 2007

Building Skills, Rebuilding a Home

September 19, 2007

L.A. Cedes High School to Green Dot

September 17, 2007

Agreement to Give L.A. Mayor Hand in Two Clusters of Schools

September 6, 2007

Real-World Lessons

September 11, 2007

New Orleans School Bands Strutting Once More

September 10, 2007

Smooth Opening Is Job One in New Orleans

September 4, 2007

As School Year Looms, Detroit Predicts Enrollment Drop

August 23, 2007

Commitment, Charter Status, Brought School Back

August 29, 2007

IG Report Questions NCLB’s Unsafe-Schools Option

August 9, 2007

City Yearns for Rebirth Among Ruin

August 14, 2007

For New Leaders, Old Problems

August 14, 2007

Q & A With Paul G. Vallas

August 14, 2007

Child Trauma

August 9, 2007

Strategies Shared at U.S. Safe Schools Gathering

August 3, 2007

L.A. District Faces Mounting Pressure Over High Schools

July 12, 2007

Civil Rights Groups Press Congress to Make Secondary Schools Priority

July 17, 2007

Maine Consolidations Top Legislative Actions

July 17, 2007

Mayor Takes Control, Picks Novice to Lead Troubled D.C. District

June 19, 2007

Cigarette-Tax Increase to Raise School Funds

June 19, 2007

Maine Moving Ahead on School Consolidation Plan

June 19, 2007

Civil Rights Groups Press for NCLB to Focus on High Schools

June 19, 2007

Headache Night

May 21, 2007

Mayor’s Candidates Win Board Seats in L.A.

May 22, 2007

Charter Operators Sue L.A. District Over Refusal of Classroom Space

May 22, 2007

Supporters of L.A. Mayor Gain Majority on School Board

May 17, 2007

Conference Focuses on 'Silent Epidemic' of Dropouts

May 10, 2007

Consulting Firm Hires Big Names

May 8, 2007

Mayor Backs Off Plan for School Funding Method in N.Y.C.

May 1, 2007

D.C. Mayor Signs Bill on Control of City’s Public School System

May 1, 2007

Ban Junk Food, Sodas in Schools, Prominent Scientists Recommend

May 1, 2007

College Rampage Renews School Safety Concerns

April 19, 2007

‘Copycatting’ May Produce More Threats

April 23, 2007

Baltimore District Tackles High Suspension Rates

April 24, 2007

Virginia Mayor Holding on Tight to Purse Strings

April 17, 2007

L.A. Board Reverses Earlier Vote, Approves Green Dot Charters

April 17, 2007

Leaders in L.A. District at Odds Over School Reforms

April 6, 2007

D.C. Schools Increase Courses Required to Earn Diploma

April 3, 2007

Phila. Cracks Down on Assaults by Students

March 20, 2007

Rookie Teachers, Stressed Students Confront Realities of New Orleans’ Schools After Storm

March 12, 2007

Panel: Phila. District Should Question Private Management

March 1, 2007

The ‘Other’ Gap

February 13, 2007

Making Higher Ed. History, Headlines

February 13, 2007

Hike in Tennessee Cigarette Tax Would Fund Education Program

February 13, 2007

Under Pressure, State Opens Two Schools In New Orleans

February 13, 2007

Longtime Educator Is Named New Schools Chief in Conn.

January 23, 2007

Mayor Releases Plan to Raise Achievement in L.A. School District

January 23, 2007

Maine Governor Seeks Sweeping Consolidation of Districts

January 11, 2007

Detroit Moves to Shut Schools

January 17, 2007

New D.C. Leader Explains School-Control Plan

January 5, 2007

Strong Schools, Economy Linked, With Program Details Still to Come

January 9, 2007

Wage Dispute Threatens Detroit Alternative Schools

January 9, 2007

Mayor of L.A. Appeals Ruling Against Law On School Governance

January 9, 2007

Teachers' Union Dispute Casts Doubt on Detroit Alternative Schools

December 28, 2006

State Plan to Transfer L.A. School Management Powers to Mayor Rejected by Judge

December 22, 2006

Federal Report Tracks Incidents of Bullying

December 19, 2006

Finn Basks in Role as Standards-Bearer, Gadfly

December 19, 2006

Federal Report Tracks Incidents of Student Bullying

December 14, 2006

Conn. Lawmakers Seek School Security Funding

December 12, 2006

Institute’s Grads Run Ky. District

December 5, 2006

Foundation Donates $10.5 Million to ‘Green Dot’ Charters in L.A.

December 5, 2006

Romney OKs Hikes in School Spending

December 5, 2006

San Francisco Bans JROTC

November 28, 2006

Local Votes on Bonds Said to Benefit From Turnout

November 10, 2006

Red Ink Revisits Phila. Schools

November 13, 2006

Voters Approve Construction, Technology Bonds for their Districts

November 9, 2006

Dallas Drops Language Rule for Principals

November 2, 2006

Charter School Activist Gains New Influence in L.A.

November 6, 2006

Top Education Official at Gates Foundation to Relinquish Post

November 6, 2006

L.A. Building Program Faces Possible $2.5 Billion Shortfall

October 30, 2006

Massachusetts Raises Graduation Standards

October 30, 2006

430 Detroit Teachers Receive Notices of Possible Layoffs

October 31, 2006

L.A. Board Shuts Mayor Out on New Chief

October 20, 2006

The Long Arm of the Law

October 17, 2006

School Shootings in Policy Spotlight

October 5, 2006

Schools Across U.S. to Receive Emergency Radios

October 3, 2006

Hostage-Taking Seen as Difficult to Prevent

October 2, 2006

Education Dept. Auditing Columbus NCLB Funds

September 26, 2006

School Bus Radio Venture Raising Concerns

September 26, 2006

Calif. Governor Signs Bill Giving L.A. Mayor Role in School Policy

September 26, 2006

Grants to Help Baltimore Schools Curb High Rate of Suspensions

September 26, 2006

School Bus Radio Venture Raises Safety, Commercialism Concerns

September 20, 2006

Tenn. Governor Targets Graduation Rates

September 19, 2006

Power Shift on L.A. Schools Called Complex

September 19, 2006

Gates Foundation Gives Grants for Instruction In 3 City Districts

September 19, 2006

Salaries Raised for New Teachers

September 12, 2006

Walkout Seen as Further Blow to Dwindling District

September 12, 2006

Mayor of L.A. Wins Fight for Say Over Schools

September 6, 2006

Since Attacks, Schools Said Safer, More Prepared

September 6, 2006

Mass. Schools Experiment With Extra Time

September 6, 2006

Rising Up

August 12, 2006

Calif. Lawmakers Grant L.A. Mayor Partial Control Over School System

August 30, 2006

Prekindergarten Gets Big Financial Boost

August 29, 2006

L.A. Mayor Seen as Poised to Get His Way on Schools

August 29, 2006

As Schools Open, Pre-K-12 Enrollment Continues Climb

August 29, 2006

Montgomery, Ala., Schools Chief, Board Face Off in Court Over Firing

August 29, 2006

Leadership Changes Roil St. Louis District

August 8, 2006

Bush Signs Measure Aiding School Access to Background Checks

August 8, 2006

Members in Los Angeles Union Petition for Vote on Leadership Pact With Mayor

August 8, 2006

Detroit Launches Marketing Campaign

August 8, 2006

Power Over Curriculum at Heart of L.A. Deal

July 25, 2006

Ombudsman Soothes Disputes

July 25, 2006

Pittsburgh District to Manage Troubled Duquesne Schools

July 25, 2006

Superintendent’s Firing Puts St. Louis in Turmoil

July 25, 2006

Detroit Schools Struggle to Stem Student Loss

July 7, 2006

L.A. Mayor Scales Back Bid for Control Over School System

July 11, 2006

N.Y.C. Schools to Gain Freedom Under Empowerment Plan

June 19, 2006

Challenging the Status Quo

June 20, 2006

June 20, 2006

June 20, 2006

June 20, 2006

June 20, 2006

Activists Slam Mayoral Control

June 20, 2006

Fishing Outing Ends in Firing

June 13, 2006

Latest Mich. Background Check Seen as More Accurate

June 2, 2006

Detroit Chief Takes Aim at Staff Spending

June 6, 2006

Calif. District Rescinds Offer to Schools Chief; Race Raised as Issue

June 6, 2006

Judge Orders Tally of Costs to Improve Baltimore Schools

May 23, 2006

L.A. Mayor Seeks Role in District

April 25, 2006

Greater Expectations

April 25, 2006

Web Systems Help Schools Screen Visitors

April 17, 2006

Michigan Measure Revises Background-Check Law

April 11, 2006

Cheating Charges Roil N.J. District

April 4, 2006

State Steps in Under NCLB in Baltimore

March 31, 2006

Administrators’ Pay Packages Under Scrutiny in N.J.

March 24, 2006

California Lawmakers Reject Governor’s Public-Works Plan

March 21, 2006

Bill Would Offer More Access to Crime Data

March 21, 2006

Public Boarding School Seeking to Expand

March 21, 2006

City Districts Tackle Round of School Closings

March 14, 2006

In Ga. District, Leaders Put Technology at the Center

March 3, 2006

Judges Back Michigan Unions, Rule Background Checks Flawed

February 21, 2006

Tutoring Providers Claim Districts a Barrier

February 17, 2006

Mich. Sex-Offender Law Has Educators in Uproar

February 10, 2006

Tenn. Governor Wants Expanded Pre-K Opportunities

February 14, 2006

Lawsuits Say Too Few Schools Open in New Orleans

February 14, 2006

OCR to Review Policies Against Harassment

February 7, 2006

Oregon District Tackles Attitudes

February 7, 2006

NAEP Analysis Questions Private Schools’ Edge

January 31, 2006

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