January 23, 2008

Education Week, Vol. 27, Issue 20
Education Letter to the Editor After-School Article Leads to ‘Story Behind the Story’
It raises concern to me that research I read about in your paper may turn out to be significantly different from what was reported.
January 22, 2008
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Education Letter to the Editor Every Social Studies Lesson Is a Reading Lesson, Too
During most of my 30 years with the Philadelphia school district, I was constantly reminded that every lesson should be a reading lesson.
January 22, 2008
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Education Letter to the Editor Alternative Certification: Room for Improvement
There is a pressing need to delineate the key characteristics of high-quality alternative-certification programs to ensure continuous improvement in the selection, preparation, and support of new teachers.
January 22, 2008
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Education Letter to the Editor Manipulating Data to Make Bad Results Look Good
A savvy businessman like former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts knows how easily data can be manipulated to make a bad situation look good. And that goes for pass rates on his state’s high school exit exam.
January 22, 2008
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Education Letter to the Editor If the Topic Is Inequality, Why Speak of ‘Diversity’?
Intentional or not, characterizing the United States as an “economically diverse” country obscures our high level of inequality by viewing it instead as difference or variety.
January 22, 2008
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Federal News in Brief Learn About Pros, Cons of Internet, Principals’ Group Urges Educators
The social-networking site MySpace and the nation’s state attorneys general last week announced an agreement aimed at keeping young people safe from sexual predators.
Ann Bradley, January 22, 2008
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Education Letter to the Editor State Role Lessens President’s Impact
David S. Seeley’s Commentary correctly identifies the need for systemic change in our nation’s public schools. But he is asking the wrong people for an answer.
January 22, 2008
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BRIC ARCHIVE
Patti Raine
School & District Management Opinion Say Something!
College presidents are pretty much invisible in the debates and discussions about K-12 education, James E. Ryan writes.
James Ryan, January 22, 2008
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School & District Management Opinion Is School Success Transferable?
Our failure to transform underperforming urban schools on a broader scale is fueled by cluelessness, writes Randy Ross.
Randy Ross, January 22, 2008
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Standards & Accountability Opinion Rethinking the Way We Hold Schools Accountable
Test-based accountability has not generated the significant gains in student achievement that proponents intended, Helen F. Ladd contends.
Helen F. Ladd, January 22, 2008
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Voting stations await voters in Traverse City on Michigan’s primary day.
Voting stations await voters in Traverse City on Michigan’s primary day.
Charles Dharapak/AP
Federal Campaign Drama, Classroom Lessons
The presidential campaign season provides a prime opportunity to explain to students the importance of elections and the discourse they trigger.
Kathleen Kennedy Manzo, January 22, 2008
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Special Education Opinion The Gifted Express, Now Leaving on Track 1
Stephen L. Gessner explains how the abandonment of ability grouping has been particularly harmful to highly able students.
Stephen L. Gessner, January 22, 2008
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Education Funding Sharper Focus on K-12 Expected After Shift at Carnegie
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching will soon have a new president with a strong national reputation as a precollegiate education researcher.
Vaishali Honawar, January 18, 2008
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Special Education 'Response to Intervention' Sparks Interest, Questions
The educational framework promises to raise achievement through modification of lesson plans based on frequent “progress monitoring.”
Christina A. Samuels, January 18, 2008
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BRIC ARCHIVE
School & District Management Oklahoma City Panel Considers Dismissal of Superintendent
John Q. Porter is facing allegations that include improper billing of the district for some expenses.
Lesli A. Maxwell, January 18, 2008
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Special Education Embracing ‘Response to Intervention’
The Heartland Area Education Agency in Iowa is helping school districts adopt the framework as good instructional practice.
Christina A. Samuels, January 18, 2008
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College & Workforce Readiness Pennsylvania Board Approves New Exit Requirements
Districts will now be able to offer four ways for students to prove their academic proficiency.
Catherine Gewertz, January 17, 2008
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Student Well-Being & Movement Steroid-Testing Plans in Texas and Illinois Are Moving Forward
The Lone Star State will begin tests of student-athletes this spring.
Katie Ash, January 17, 2008
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Education Funding Broad Foundation to Spend $23 Million on L.A. Charter Schools
The funds will help open 17 middle and elementary charter campuses by 2012.
Lesli A. Maxwell, January 17, 2008
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Education Funding Looming Budget Cuts Fuel California Fury
School leaders and advocacy groups are venting their frustrations over proposed midyear education funding cuts in the current fiscal year, as well as cuts in core education programs of close to 10 percent in fiscal 2009.
Linda Jacobson, January 16, 2008
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Han Dongfang stands in Hong Kong a decade ago. From that special region of China, he conducts interviews with workers on the mainland to learn of working conditions.
Han Dongfang stands in Hong Kong a decade ago. From that special region of China, he conducts interviews with workers on the mainland to learn of working conditions.
Ron McMillan/Liaison/Getty - File
Federal Teacher Labor Abuses in China Chronicled
Many teachers work for little pay and with few resources, and with no opportunity to improve their working conditions through organized labor, an activist claims.
Sean Cavanagh, January 16, 2008
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