Jan. 8, 2014
Education Week, Vol. 33, Issue 15
Ed-Tech Policy
Letter to the Editor
Privacy Concerns Often Ignored by Reformers
To the Editor:
A sentence in your recent article on data collection and student privacy ("Group's Model Bill Aims to Protect Privacy of Student Data," Dec. 11, 2013) seems extraordinarily accurate. The excerpt in question: "Other advocacy groups and industry representatives … praised the efforts as good first steps, but expressed concern over a lack of substantive details, particularly when it comes to placing limits on the noneducational uses of student data by third-party vendors."
A sentence in your recent article on data collection and student privacy ("Group's Model Bill Aims to Protect Privacy of Student Data," Dec. 11, 2013) seems extraordinarily accurate. The excerpt in question: "Other advocacy groups and industry representatives … praised the efforts as good first steps, but expressed concern over a lack of substantive details, particularly when it comes to placing limits on the noneducational uses of student data by third-party vendors."
School & District Management
Letter to the Editor
Great School Leaders Attract Top Teachers
To the Editor:
Your article "Transferring Top Teachers Has Benefits," (Nov. 13, 2013) represents a conundrum for a promising strategy for school reform.
Your article "Transferring Top Teachers Has Benefits," (Nov. 13, 2013) represents a conundrum for a promising strategy for school reform.
Assessment
Letter to the Editor
Indiana Dean Questions NCTQ Research Standards
To the Editor:
I was pleased to see "An Open Letter to the NCTQ (Dec. 11, 2013) by Michigan State University education school Dean Donald Heller and his colleagues Avner Segall and Corey Drake. The Commentary laid out why Michigan State decided not to participate in the second round of the National Council on Teacher Quality's teacher-preparation study.
I was pleased to see "An Open Letter to the NCTQ (Dec. 11, 2013) by Michigan State University education school Dean Donald Heller and his colleagues Avner Segall and Corey Drake. The Commentary laid out why Michigan State decided not to participate in the second round of the National Council on Teacher Quality's teacher-preparation study.
School & District Management
Letter to the Editor
Sustained Support Needed to Improve Indian Schools
To the Editor:
I read with great interest your recent look at American Indian education ("Education in Indian Country: Obstacles and Opportunity," Dec. 4, 2013).
I read with great interest your recent look at American Indian education ("Education in Indian Country: Obstacles and Opportunity," Dec. 4, 2013).
School & District Management
New Schools Chief May Take N.Y.C. in Different Direction
Under veteran educator Carmen Fariña, the 1.1-million-student district could reverse some of the policies that have dominated it for more than a decade.
Early Childhood
Latest Race to Top Early-Learning Grants Unveiled
Six states are splitting nearly $281 million in the third round of the U.S. Department of Education's effort to boost early-learning programs.
Education Funding
Rural Districts Score Big in Latest Race to Top Round
Five winners, all from the South, are splitting $120 million of the federal grant funding, in the competition that mostly rewarded small and rural districts.
International
Opinion
Why Arne Duncan's PISA Comments Miss the Mark
Teachers are paying close attention to their students' academic well-being, contrary to the image painted by Arne Duncan and those who take the U.S. PISA results out of context, write father and son educators Robert and David Weintraub.
School & District Management
In Calif., Some Charter Conversions Motivated by Money
Charter schools in the Golden State and elsewhere have increasingly become associated with something basic yet elusive: money.
Education Funding
Showdown Brews as Congress Turns Focus to K-12 Spending
With sequestration on hold and a broad spending outline in the bag, congressional appropriators face tough budget choices on individual education programs.
Families & the Community
Calif. Charter Caters to Home-Schooled Students
Through an unusual partnership between a school district and an educational-management group, a charter school helps reconnect home-schooling families to local public schools.
Education
Opinion
The 10 Most-Viewed EdWeek Commentaries of 2013
To give a sense of what was high on our readers' priority lists in 2013, the editors at Education Week compiled a list of our 10 most-viewed Commentaries.
Education
The 10 Most-Viewed EdWeek Stories of 2013
To provide a sense of what was high on our readers' priority lists in 2013, the editors at Education Week compiled a list of our 10 most-viewed articles.
Assessment
NAEP Gains in D.C., Los Angeles Outpace Other Big Cities
Among the 21 cities in the latest Trial Urban District Assessment, only a handful made significant gains in reading and math from 2011 to 2013.
Standards
Opinion
NCTQ Responds to Critics of Its Teacher-Prep Ratings
NCTQ President Kate Walsh responds to criticism of her organization and lays out the reasoning behind its review of teacher-prep programs and why critics of the review are misguided.