January 16, 2008
Education Week, Vol. 27, Issue 19
States
California Governor Scales Back Schools Agenda
With the state facing a $14 billion budget deficit in, Gov. Schwarzenegger introduced a new slogan, calling 2008 “not the year to talk about money.”
Education
Obituary
NAEP Governing Board Member Killed in Car Crash
Luis A. Ramos, a member of the National Assessment Governing Board, died in a car accident Jan. 1 in his home state of Pennsylvania. He was 57.
Teaching Profession
Drive On to Improve Evaluation Systems for Teachers
Unless schools find better ways of evaluating the performance of teachers, the campaign to raise teacher quality is in danger of stalling, experts argue.