March 9, 2011

Education Week, Vol. 30, Issue 23
Special Education Alternate-Test Rules Ripe for Revision in Next ESEA
A renewed Elementary and Secondary Education Act may drop the "2 percent" rule on alternate exams for students with disabilities.
March 8, 2011
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6 min read
College & Workforce Readiness Colleges Play Catch-Up With HEA
Carrying out the requirements of the 2008 Higher Education Act is just now under way, even though new ones have been proposed.
Stephen Sawchuk, March 8, 2011
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3 min read
College & Workforce Readiness Administration Pushes Teacher-Prep Accountability
In exchange for scholarships for teacher-candidates, federal officials propose strengthening colleges' accountability systems.
Stephen Sawchuk, March 8, 2011
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8 min read
Teaching Profession Opinion Chipping Away at Pop Culture for Students' Sake
In a time of racy, influential pop-culture images, educators must offer students the alternative of kind, positive, smart role models, Michael C. Obel-Omia argues.
Michael C. Obel-Omia, March 8, 2011
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3 min read
Mathematics Letter to the Editor When it Comes to Algebra, Students Still Not Equal
To the Editor:
EdSource, an education nonprofit located in California, just released highlights from its recent report, “Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades: Why Some Schools Do Better.” This study is about algebra preparedness and success, and it provides insight into the achievement gap in terms of algebra. It has implications for every state (Report Roundup, Feb. 23, 2011).
March 7, 2011
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2 min read
Education Letter to the Editor Former Principal Saddened by News on Education
To the Editor:
As an education expert, I have been carefully following all the national education issues, both political and with the U.S. Department of Education. As a former teacher and school principal now working as a consultant, advocate, and author, I am saddened and frightened about the direction public education is taking. It appears we are totally leaving the students out of the equation in debating about unions and turning entire schools and their staffs over, not to mention how the politicians, with basically no understanding of how children learn, are making dangerous lifelong funding and negotiations decisions.
March 7, 2011
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1 min read
Teaching Profession Letter to the Editor 'We Must Work Together to Dispel Myths'
To the Editor:
As legislative sessions get under way, many discussions focus on school reform. Teacher-tenure and performance-pay issues provide welcome opportunities for debate.
March 7, 2011
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2 min read
Accountability Opinion Standards-Based Accountability's High Stakes
Ron Wolk writes that personalized education could be an engine for progress in schools, and that reformers cannot rely solely on standards-based accountability.
Ronald A. Wolk, March 7, 2011
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7 min read
Standards Leaders Call for Shared Curriculum Guidelines
A diverse group of education, business, and government leaders say the guidelines are needed to help interpret the new common standards.
Catherine Gewertz, March 7, 2011
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5 min read
Memphis City School board member Martavius Jones, center, addresses a public summit meeting in December, 2010, about the proposed school merger as Shelby County Schools board chairman David Pickler, left, and Memphis City Schools Superintendent Kriner Cash listen in Memphis.
Memphis City School board member Martavius Jones, center, addresses a public summit meeting in December, 2010, about the proposed school merger as Shelby County Schools board chairman David Pickler, left, and Memphis City Schools Superintendent Kriner Cash listen in Memphis.
Mike Brown/The Commercial Appeal/AP
School & District Management Memphis Voters to Weigh In on Merger Proposal
Citizens in Memphis are voting tomorrow on a controversial proposal to fold the 105,000-student district into a neighboring­—but much smaller—suburban district.
Christina A. Samuels, March 7, 2011
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6 min read
Photographers record the scene as President Barack Obama finishes signing the two-week funding bill in the Oval Office at the White House on March 2 in Washington.
Photographers record the scene as President Barack Obama finishes signing the two-week funding bill in the Oval Office at the White House on March 2 in Washington.
Charles Dharapak/AP
Federal Congress Chops Funding for High-Profile Education Programs
More than a dozen education programs, including Teach for America, lose federal funding under a stopgap spending bill the president signed to avoid a government shutdown.
Alyson Klein, March 4, 2011
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8 min read
Education Funding Striving Readers Pilot Yields Results as Budget Ax Falls
Federal lawmakers slashed funds for the Striving Readers program this week, but new results from a pilot study show that students are making gains.
Sarah D. Sparks, March 4, 2011
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5 min read
Rick Hill, left, president of Wisconsin's DeForest Area School District teachers' union, and Superintendent Jon Bales are trying to work through the labor and emotional upheaval brought about by Gov. Scott Walker’s controversial plan to strip teachers and other public workers of collective bargaining rights.
Rick Hill, left, president of Wisconsin's DeForest Area School District teachers' union, and Superintendent Jon Bales are trying to work through the labor and emotional upheaval brought about by Gov. Scott Walker’s controversial plan to strip teachers and other public workers of collective bargaining rights.
Adam Ryan Morris for Education Week
Student Well-Being Wis. Labor Bill Could Vex District-Union Relations
District managers and labor leaders worry that upending collective-bargaining practices will make cooperation difficult.
Sean Cavanagh, March 4, 2011
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10 min read
Federal Civil Rights Deal Signals Federal Push for Translation Services
Experts say a U.S. Department of Justice settlement requiring Philadelphia schools to beef up language services for non-English-speaking parents could have ramifications for schools nationwide.
Mary Ann Zehr, March 3, 2011
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5 min read
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., visits a 4th grade classroom at the Walker Jones Education Campus, in Washington, where he and other senators outlined their vision for reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., visits a 4th grade classroom at the Walker Jones Education Campus, in Washington, where he and other senators outlined their vision for reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Andrew Councill for Education Week
School & District Management Senate Moderates Release NCLB Overhaul Plan
Their set of principles closely mirrors the Obama administration's own vision for overhauling the law.
Alyson Klein, March 2, 2011
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5 min read
School Climate & Safety Philadelphia Report Criticizes District's Handling of Racial, Ethnic Conflicts
A new report paints a disturbing picture of a district that lacks "a clear and consistent framework for preventing and resolving intergroup conflicts," while the policies in place "are neither uniformly implemented, nor clearly communicated."
Dale Mezzacappa & Philadelphia Public School Notebook, March 2, 2011
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2 min read
Science Opinion Don't Teach the Controversy
Creationism is not science and should not be taught as science, argues physicist-turned-education researcher Paul Horwitz.
Paul Horwitz, March 1, 2011
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5 min read
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