June 9, 2010

Education Week, Vol. 29, Issue 33
Ana Ieng teaches English-language development to students from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, China, and Vietnam at El Monte High School in El Monte, Calif.
Ana Ieng teaches English-language development to students from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, China, and Vietnam at El Monte High School in El Monte, Calif.
Gary Friedman/Los Angeles Times
Federal Study Finds ELL Students Languishing in Calif. Schools
Even after six years, many students fail to achieve proficiency in English, a study finds.
Mary Ann Zehr, June 7, 2010
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6 min read
Education Funding Suit Would Overhaul Calif. School Finance System
The current system fails to provide resources needed to deliver what’s required, say school districts, parents, and education advocates.
Lesli A. Maxwell, June 7, 2010
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4 min read
Standards Opinion Standards and the Art of Magical Thinking
The new common-core standards are "wildly unrealistic," writes Thomas Newkirk, and will set up students and teachers for failure.
Thomas Newkirk, June 7, 2010
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4 min read
Teacher Preparation Opinion The 2015 Report on Colleges of Education
In a hypothetical look at the decline of education schools, Willis Hawley analyzes what went wrong—and how some overcame it.
Willis D. Hawley, June 7, 2010
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5 min read
School Choice & Charters Opinion What Are the 'Best' Schools?
Former Washington Post columnist Colman McCarthy writes that it’s not a question of public or private, but of real, experiential value.
Colman McCarthy, June 7, 2010
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5 min read
School & District Management Advocates Unite to Promote Standards' Adoption
Groups are working to communicate the importance of the standards, dispel inaccuracies, and highlight essential political messages.
Catherine Gewertz, June 7, 2010
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10 min read
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Chris Whetzel
Accountability Opinion Needed: Fresh Thinking on Teacher Accountability
Even if a perfect test of teacher effectiveness were devised, writes James W. Stigler, it would not "get us where we need to go."
James W. Stigler, June 4, 2010
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6 min read
Federal States Up Ante on Applications for Race to Top
A field of 35 states, plus the District of Columbia, have proposed what they assert are their boldest plans yet in hopes of capturing part of the remaining $3.4 billion in the second, and maybe last, round of the federal education sweepstakes.
Michele McNeil & Lesli A. Maxwell, June 4, 2010
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8 min read
Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., the chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, left, Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, and Catherine Poff, a teacher from Kentucky who has received a layoff notice, appear a press conference in Washington on May 26 that called for legislation that would provide $23 billion to help school districts cope with a looming layoffs.
Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., the chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, left, Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, and Catherine Poff, a teacher from Kentucky who has received a layoff notice, appear a press conference in Washington on May 26 that called for legislation that would provide $23 billion to help school districts cope with a looming layoffs.
Andrew Councill for Education Week
Teaching Profession Education Jobs Bill Faces Tough Climb in Congress
Political resistance puts passage of the $23 billion measure in jeopardy, even as supporters vow to press ahead with new strategies.
Alyson Klein, June 4, 2010
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4 min read
School & District Management Opinion Districts' Financial Crisis Is Not the Time to Talk Reform
The first casualty of budget instability, writes Harold J. Kwalwasser, is innovation and transformation.
Harold J. Kwalwasser, June 3, 2010
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4 min read
Recruitment & Retention Opinion Revisiting Seniority
If teachers want to be viewed as professionals, asks 2nd grade teacher Michelle Mangan, why are they so afraid of stressing quality rather than longevity in decisions about layoffs?
Michelle Mangan, June 3, 2010
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6 min read
Federal Wisconsin Mascot-Name Law Seen as Modest Start
Team names that promote negative racial stereotypes could be challenged under the law, favored by American Indian advocates.
Ian Quillen, June 3, 2010
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3 min read
Former West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise, left, addresses the audience alongside panelists Leah Luke, Wisconsin’s 2010 teacher of the year; Steve Rohleder, the group chief executive of Accenture’s Health & Public Service practice; and Michael Wotorson, the executive director for the Campaign for High School Equity, as the final set of common academic standards is released on June 2 in Georgia.
Former West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise, left, addresses the audience alongside panelists Leah Luke, Wisconsin’s 2010 teacher of the year; Steve Rohleder, the group chief executive of Accenture’s Health & Public Service practice; and Michael Wotorson, the executive director for the Campaign for High School Equity, as the final set of common academic standards is released on June 2 in Georgia.
Kendrick Brinson for Education Week
Standards Final Version of Common Standards Unveiled
The document outlines what experts decided are the knowledge and skills students should have in mathematics and English/language arts.
Catherine Gewertz, June 2, 2010
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8 min read
Accountability Performance-Pay Model Shows No Achievement Edge
Student test scores were no better for schools following the national Teacher Advancement Program in Chicago, a study finds.
Stephen Sawchuk, June 1, 2010
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5 min read
Education Funding Banking Giant Offers Financing for Charter Schools
JPMorgan Chase & Co. pledges $325 million so that charter schools can finance expansions and renovations in a tight credit market.
Mary Ann Zehr, May 28, 2010
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3 min read
Federal Report Finds Long-Term ELLs Languishing in Calif. Schools
After six years in the U.S., secondary-level English-language learners still lack English proficiency, according to a new report.
Mary Ann Zehr, May 27, 2010
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7 min read
School & District Management Opinion How to Improve Urban High Schools At Scale
Successful turnarounds depend not only on what changemakers do, writes David Linzey, but often on what they don't do.
David Linzey, May 26, 2010
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7 min read
School & District Management Opinion No Child Left on the Sidelines
School sports programs too often cater to "stars" and shortchange less talented students—something that wouldn’t be tolerated in academic courses, Lawrence Knowles argues.
Lawrence M. Knowles, May 26, 2010
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3 min read
Law & Courts Opinion The Future of Racially Integrated Schools
In the wake of a 2007 decision from the U.S. Supreme Court, Zoë Burkholder looks to her town’s new school-assignment plan as a way other districts might ensure racial balance in their schools without considering race.
Zoe Burkholder, May 26, 2010
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5 min read
Equity & Diversity Opinion I Was At-Risk, and I Remember What You Said
Drawing on her own childhood experience, alternative-school teacher Marsheila Natachee Ksor cautions educators that their words and behavior have the power to wound their most vulnerable students.
Marsheila Natachee Ksor, May 26, 2010
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4 min read
Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., the chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, left, Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, and Catherine Poff, a teacher from Kentucky who has received a layoff notice, appear a press conference in Washington on May 26 that called for legislation that would provide $23 billion to help school districts cope with a looming layoffs.
Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., the chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, left, Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, and Catherine Poff, a teacher from Kentucky who has received a layoff notice, appear a press conference in Washington on May 26 that called for legislation that would provide $23 billion to help school districts cope with a looming layoffs.
Andrew Councill for Education Week
Teaching Profession New Push Launched for Education Jobs Bill
Teachers' unions, Democratic lawmakers, and the Obama administration take a fresh tack in hopes of securing $23 billion in new aid.
Alyson Klein, May 26, 2010
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4 min read
Melissa Gregory and her financial-aid staff at Maryland’s Montgomery College are feeling swamped as they make the transition to the direct-loan system, which must be fully operational by July 1.
Melissa Gregory and her financial-aid staff at Maryland’s Montgomery College are feeling swamped as they make the transition to the direct-loan system, which must be fully operational by July 1.
Andrew Councill for Education Week
Education Funding Students and Colleges Prepare for Direct Lending
An overshadowed provision of the health-care overhaul, which takes effect July 1, will improve access to loans and Pell Grants.
Caralee J. Adams, May 26, 2010
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8 min read
College & Workforce Readiness Opinion Early-College High Schools Beat the Odds
Experience shows that a "college in the high school" strategy can open up higher education to a more diverse group of students, Marlene B. Seltzer writes.
Marlene B. Seltzer, May 26, 2010
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3 min read
Law & Courts Supreme Court to Weigh Arizona Tuition Tax Credits
At issue is whether tax credits for donations to groups that provide private school scholarships unconstitutionally advance religion.
Mark Walsh & Mary Ann Zehr, May 25, 2010
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6 min read
IT Infrastructure & Management Opinion Cyber Education: Achieving Obama’s Vision
A year after the president laid out his vision for cyber education, schools are still not providing the kind of information young people need to be safe and secure online, writes Michael Kaiser.
Michael Kaiser, May 21, 2010
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School & District Management Opinion Reading: More Than an Academic Issue
If America wants widespread literacy, it has to address the social, economic, physical, and behavioral factors that prevent the most vulnerable from learning how to read, Rhonda H. Lauer writes.
Rhonda H. Lauer, May 21, 2010
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School & District Management School Turnaround Models Draw Bipartisan Concern
Congressional critics on both sides of the aisle say rules covering School Improvement Grants are inflexible and may hurt rural districts.
Alyson Klein, May 21, 2010
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5 min read
Carl Barnes, right, father of plaintiffs Kibew Diop, 10, bottom center, and Lumumba Diop speaks about the Robles-Wong v. California lawsuit at a news conference on May 20 at A.P. Giannini Middle School in San Francisco, Calif.
Carl Barnes, right, father of plaintiffs Kibew Diop, 10, bottom center, and Lumumba Diop speaks about the <i>Robles-Wong</i> v. <i>California</i> lawsuit at a news conference on May 20 at A.P. Giannini Middle School in San Francisco, Calif.
Jeff Chiu/AP
Education Funding Suit Would Overhaul Calif. School Finance System
The current system fails to provide resources needed to deliver what’s required, say school districts, parents, and education advocates.
Lesli A. Maxwell, May 20, 2010
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3 min read
School & District Management Education Groups Set Forth Principles for TIF
Guidelines by teachers', administrators', and school boards' groups follow the announcement of new federal funding for performance pay.
Stephen Sawchuk, May 20, 2010
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4 min read
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