Human Capital Key Worry for Reformers
A growing number of education stakeholders are zeroing in on developing “human capital” as the key strategy to improve student learning. (December 1, 2008)
Advocates for Disabled Students Cheer Graduation Rule
Disability-group advocates were concerned that a loose standard could mean fewer opportunities for students with disabilities to earn a regular diploma. (December 1, 2008)
Gates Urges U.S. to Be Educational Change Agent
The software mogul calls stepped-up federal investment in schooling a smart move in tough economic times. (December 3, 2008)
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Potential Obama Pick Visits Education Department
Chicago public schools CEO Arne Duncan met with outgoing Education Secretary Margaret Spellings this morning.
(December 4, 2008, AP)
Major Study Urges U.S. to Retool School Finance
A six-year investigation yields a call for remaking a system that researchers see as disconnected from student-learning priorities.
(December 2, 2008)
Is Technology Rewiring Our Brains?
What does a teenage brain on Google look like? Do all those hours spent online rewire the circuitry? Scientists are asking these questions. (December 3, 2008, AP)
Belt-Tightening Puts State Chiefs on Spot
In state after state, ballooning deficits are hitting an education bureaucracy charged with carrying out a growing list of mandates.
(December 2, 2008)
Wash. Teachers Union Settles Campaign Money Case
The union will pay the state $735,000 to end the lawsuit, and will also refund $240,000 to workers who didn't want their union fees used on politics.
(December 3, 2008, AP)
Business Lessons Guide Training for Charter Leaders
The Minnesota Leadership Academy for Charter and Alternative Public Schools pairs practicing and aspiring principals with business leaders.
(December 2, 2008)
College-Cost 'Emergency' Said to Jeopardize Access
Soaring tuition costs and stagnant wages means too many Americans are seeing college slipping out of their grasp, a new report warns.
(December 3, 2008)
Federal Path for Reading Questioned
The $6 billion spent on the program has helped students with basic decoding but not with understanding, a major study finds. (December 1, 2008)
S.C. Educators Discuss Dropout Prevention
The meeting will cover increasing the state's graduation rate, now among the worst in the nation as measured by several national groups. (December 2, 2008, AP)
The model of teacher-as-martyr, spending untold hours outside the workplace trying to accomplish an irrational workload, will ultimately lead to burn-out and failure.
