Is Education News Falling Off Front Pages?
Education stories made up just 1.4 percent of all top national news across media platforms in the first nine months of this year, a report finds. (December 4, 2009)
Final Rules Set for School Turnaround Grants
States and districts must choose among four models to win aid aimed at fixing the lowest-performing schools.
(December 4, 2009)
Study Casts Doubt on Strength of Charter Managers
A report tinged with controversy raises questions about whether charter groups can 'scale up' schools as quickly as reformers are hoping. (December 3, 2009)
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Ohio Striving for More Federal Education Money
Potentially complicating the state's efforts is a political rivalry between two education-minded lawmakers running against each other for Ohio secretary of state.
(December 4, 2009, AP)
More Than Half of B.C. Aboriginal Students Dropped Out of High School
Graduation rates are on a slow climb, but aboriginal leaders say poverty keeps more than half of students from finishing school. (December 4, 2009, AP)
Program Pairs Autistic Students With Peer Tutors
Idaho program helps autistic children learn from their peers and become more easily mainstreamed. (December 3, 2009, AP)
PTA Launches Campaign Backing Common Standards
With a $1 million grant from the Gates Foundation, the national group will organize parent support for the standards in four states.
(December 1, 2009)
Duncan Aims to Make Incentives Key Element of ESEA
The education secretary wants a reauthorized law to reward high-performing schools, districts, and states.
(November 30, 2009)
Poll Finds Sexting Common Among Young People
More than a quarter of young people have been involved in sexting in some form, despite sometimes grim consequences for those who do it, an Associated Press-MTV poll found.
(December 3, 2009, AP)
Wall Street has been licking its chops for decades over privatizing public education. Looks like we've been duped into electing another president who plans to help them do so.
