June 13, 2007
Education Week, Vol. 26, Issue 41
Assessment
Opinion
Thoughts on Cheating
An increasing number of students don’t see anything wrong with cheating.
Federal
KIPP Student-Attrition Patterns Eyed
Critics argue that the loss of students at some of the network's public schools is alarmingly high.
Education
People in the News
Ronn Robinson
Ronn Robinson has been named the director of state implementation for the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, an arm of the Washington-based National Center on Education and the Economy.
Education
People in the News
Cheryll Gaffney
Cheryll Gaffney has become the vice president of divisions for Advancement Via Individual Determination, or AVID, a San Diego-based organization that prepares low-income and minority students for college.
Education
People in the News
Martin Orland
Martin Orland has been named the director of evaluation and policy research for WestEd, a national, nonprofit education research-and-development organization based in San Francisco.
Education
Report Roundup
School Dropouts
High school dropouts almost always quit school because of a combination of risk factors, many of which are present before the student starts kindergarten, an analysis of data from 44 dropout trend studies concludes.
Education
Report Roundup
U.S. Math Achievement
The scores of American students lag behind the average scores of students in most other industrialized countries on international math exams, according to a study by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Education
Report Roundup
NCLB Accountability: Educators Give Views
Most teachers support the idea of standards-based accountability as outlined by the federal No Child Left Behind Act, but they feel challenged by the insufficient alignment of local curricula with state standards, concludes a study by the Santa Monica, Calif.-based RAND Corp.
Education Funding
Democrats Move to Slash ‘Reading First’
The $1.03 billion program would take a cut of $630 million, or 61 percent, in the $56 billion fiscal 2008 spending bill for the Department of Education.
Ed-Tech Policy
States Revamping Policies on Virtual Schools
Officials respond to audits and debate expanding programs.
School & District Management
Massachusetts Governor Unveils Education Overhaul Plan
Gov. Deval L. Patrick has spelled out an ambitious set of goals for the coming decade that has education interest groups supporting his vision.
Federal
State Tests, NAEP Often a Mismatch
A federal analysis would appear to back up the suspicions of some researchers and other observers who have cast a skeptical eye on state data.
Federal
Accords Designed to Turn Around Troubled Schools
Districts and unions are making agreements as they struggle to fulfill federal mandates.