Vol. 27, Issue 15
FRONT PAGE
After several years of planning and a series of false starts, a new federal venture to review reading research has hit another bureaucratic hurdle—one that could keep it from ever getting off the ground.
An estimated 18 percent of the variation in Americans’ science scores were related to students’ socioeconomic circumstances.
U.S. officials say that the first states to use "growth models" have shown it can be done without compromising the accountability goals of the NCLB law.
Such efforts are being driven in part by concerns that Congress will define a “highly qualified principal,” when it reauthorizes the No Child Left Behind Act.
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News in Brief
Report Roundup
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Report Roundup
News in Brief
Report Roundup
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Private Schools
Many parents are angry at Michelle A. Rhee's announcement to close or consolidate two dozen schools across the 50,000-student system.
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Some colleges of education have in recent years increased their focus on training aspiring educators to handle disruptive students.
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Over the past five years, black male enrollment at the state’s 35 public colleges and universities has jumped 25 percent.
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While it may sound like a given that added learning time can translate to better test scores, research suggests that whether it does remains an open question.
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The Pittsburgh school district has secured a $100 million commitment to a fund that helps the city’s high school graduates afford college.
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The Federal Communications Commission adopted several rules and proposed others that it could use to add to the 817 low-power FM licenses now held by nonprofit organizations such as schools.
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Controversial plan would eliminate the special-needs-district designation that has channeled billions to the state’s poorest urban schools.
Problems in the Sunshine State are likely to prompt renewed scrutiny of state-run investment funds elsewhere.
State Journal
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Fifteen states have reported deficits or projected lower-than-expected revenues for the current budget year, largely because of the nationwide slowdown in the housing market.
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In certain disability categories, minorities are represented in higher proportions than they are in overall student enrollments.
The long-running lawsuit contends that a teacher-certification exam used by New York state has a disparate impact on black and Latino teachers in the city's school system.
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Federal File
PAGE 22 - In Perspective
Educational fads come and go, but coaching for teachers is fast becoming a tool of choice for striving districts.
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Anne L. Bryant argues that meaningful partnerships are more successful than takeovers.
Teacher James R. Delisle gives a student an essential life lesson.
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Letters
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Letters
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Underperforming schools are unlikely to succeed until we improve the way we prepare and support their leaders, M. Christine DeVita writes.
David S. Spence and Gene Bottoms urge state and local leaders to make school leadership a top priority.
We need a nationwide advanced-certification system for school leaders, argue Joseph A. Aguerrebere Jr., Paul D. Houston, and Gerald N. Tirozzi.
