December 10, 2014

Education Week, Vol. 34, Issue 14
Classroom Technology News in Brief FBI Seizes District Records for L.A.'s iPad Purchase
FBI agents have seized records related to the Los Angeles district's massive purchase of digital devices, in the latest and most dramatic sign of trouble sweeping over the technology project.
Sean Cavanagh, December 9, 2014
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School & District Management News in Brief Principals' Group Rejects 'Value Added' for Evaluations
The National Association of Secondary School Principals has given preliminary approval to a statement that says test-score-based algorithms for measuring teacher quality are inappropriate.
Stephen Sawchuk, December 9, 2014
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1 min read
Miami University President David C. Hodge in his office at the university’s Oxford, Ohio, campus, where policies for granting AP credit have become more uniform.
Miami University President David C. Hodge in his office at the university’s Oxford, Ohio, campus, where policies for granting AP credit have become more uniform.
Larry C. Price for Education Week
College & Workforce Readiness Q&A: A President's View on Pre-College Credit
David Hodge, the president of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, discusses practices at his school for recognizing college-level work completed in high school.
Caralee J. Adams, December 9, 2014
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3 min read
Phil Trout, a college counselor at Minnetonka High School in Minneapolis, talks with students about their college applications. He says that, while students often take Advanced Placement courses to bolster their applications, parents increasingly hope it will also save them money.
Phil Trout, a college counselor at Minnetonka High School in Minneapolis, talks with students about their college applications. He says that, while students often take Advanced Placement courses to bolster their applications, parents increasingly hope it will also save them money.
Jenn Ackerman for Education Week
College & Workforce Readiness Colleges Vary on Credit for AP, IB, Dual Classes
When it comes to setting the bar on who gets credit for college-level work done in high school, postsecondary institutions are all over the map.
Caralee J. Adams, December 9, 2014
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8 min read
Data Millions of Student Records Sold in Bankruptcy Case
The sale of ConnectEDU Inc. this year played out on a public stage, and raised concerns among school leaders and privacy experts about how its considerable trove of student data would be used.
Michele Molnar, December 9, 2014
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6 min read
Standards Consortium Begins Common-Core Tests in Some Districts
One multistate testing consortium—the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers—is giving tests this fall to 30,000 secondary students.
Catherine Gewertz, December 8, 2014
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4 min read
School & District Management Education Scholar Remembered as Giant in His Field
John I. Goodlad, who died last month, is best known for writing A Place Called School, based on a landmark study of 1,000 classrooms.
Sarah D. Sparks, December 5, 2014
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5 min read
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Special Education 'Mystery Parents' Test Charters' Enrollment of Spec. Ed., ELL Students
Ensuring that charter schools don't turn away students with special needs and English-learners is the goal of secret-caller programs in the District of Columbia and Massachusetts.
Arianna Prothero, December 5, 2014
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7 min read
Third grade students work on assignments during class at Garfield Elementary School in Menlo Park, Calif. The school is using funds from California's revised education spending plan to expand reading enrichment programs and to purchase new computer equipment.
Third grade students work on assignments during class at Garfield Elementary School in Menlo Park, Calif. The school is using funds from California's revised education spending plan to expand reading enrichment programs and to purchase new computer equipment.
--Ramin Talaie for Education Week
States California's K-12 Funding Overhaul Slowly Takes Root
Districts and schools are still adjusting to the new formula, which gives them more money but pushes communities hard on student performance and how that aid is used.
Andrew Ujifusa, December 4, 2014
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10 min read
School & District Management Opinion Early Learning Needs Accountability, Too
To be effective, systems should focus on birth through high school, say Elliot Regenstein and Rio Romero-Jurado.
Elliot M. Regenstein & Rio Romero-Jurado, November 25, 2014
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5 min read
Lori Smith (left) and Heather Hobbs (right), two teacher leaders in the Kingsport City Schools district, participate in a common-core training session in Kingsport, Tenn.
Lori Smith (left) and Heather Hobbs (right), two teacher leaders in the Kingsport City Schools district, participate in a common-core training session in Kingsport, Tenn.
Lauren Camera
Education Funding Tennessee Teachers Chafe at Common-Core Uncertainty
Over the past three years, the state has invested heavily in common-core training for teachers, but has recently signaled a weaker commitment to the standards amid rising opposition.
Lauren Camera, November 25, 2014
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13 min read
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