May 20, 2015

Education Week, Vol. 34, Issue 31
Special Education Special Education Students Swell Civil Rights Docket
Outreach and broader awareness of the U.S. Education Department's willingness to tackle complaints may help account for a surge in cases to the department's office for civil rights.
May 19, 2015
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8 min read
Sixth grader Chyenne Roberts takes a break from gym class at the gifted-and-talented school.
Sixth grader Chyenne Roberts takes a break from gym class at the gifted-and-talented school.
Mark Abramson for Education Week
Equity & Diversity N.J. Gifted School Serves Mostly Poor, Minority Students
At the Paterson Academy for the Gifted and Talented, teachers say students’ diverse backgrounds deepen learning for everyone.
Sarah D. Sparks, May 19, 2015
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Cynthia Rutan, the scoring director at the Westerville, Ohio, center, works with trainees on methods for hand-scoring the PARCC test.
Cynthia Rutan, the scoring director at the Westerville, Ohio, center, works with trainees on methods for hand-scoring the PARCC test.
Maddie McGarvey for Education Week
Assessment Thousands of Scorers Take On the Common-Core Tests
Some 42,000 highly trained raters will score 109 million test responses in English/language arts and math in the biggest and most controversial student-assessment project in history.
Catherine Gewertz, May 19, 2015
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9 min read
Federal 'Open Educational Resources' Promoted in U.S. Senate Proposal
A move in Congress to promote schools' use of free learning resources could have a major impact on the development of curricula.
Michelle R. Davis & Sean Cavanagh, May 19, 2015
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Embracing Difference: Tai D. Matthews leads a lesson on ancient Greece in her 6th grade humanities class at the Paterson (N.J.) Academy for the Gifted and Talented. She says the school’s cultural, linguistic, and economic diversity enriches her teaching.
Embracing Difference: Tai D. Matthews leads a lesson on ancient Greece in her 6th grade humanities class at the Paterson (N.J.) Academy for the Gifted and Talented. She says the school’s cultural, linguistic, and economic diversity enriches her teaching.
Mark Abramson for Education Week
Equity & Diversity Poorest Students Often Miss Out on Gifted Classes
A combination of factors keeps academically talented low-income students from getting the advanced instruction they need to reach their full potential.
Sarah D. Sparks, May 19, 2015
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8 min read
Jeremy Butler (seated), a senior at the Pre-Collegiate STEM Academy at Middleton High School in Tampa, Fla., works on a coding project with teacher Floyd Roberts.
Jeremy Butler (seated), a senior at the Pre-Collegiate STEM Academy at Middleton High School in Tampa, Fla., works on a coding project with teacher Floyd Roberts.
Melissa Lyttle for Education Week
Equity & Diversity Selective High Schools Struggle to Diversify Enrollments
Leaders of elite public high schools are banding together to find ways to enroll more students from low-income families and underrepresented minority groups.
Caralee J. Adams, May 19, 2015
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7 min read
Equity & Diversity Long-Term Gains Seen for Kids Who Leave Poor Neighborhoods
New analyses of a 1990s anti-poverty initiative find positive long-term outcomes from children's moves to higher-income areas.
Liana Loewus, May 19, 2015
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4 min read
Teaching Profession Illinois Policymakers Scramble After Pension Law Struck Down
State legislators and the governor are under pressure to craft a new plan after the state’s high court overturned a 2013 statute altering pensions for retired teachers.
Andrew Ujifusa, May 19, 2015
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Privacy & Security State Lawmakers Balance Concerns on Student-Data Privacy
The debate over how to best protect student data has legislators weighing the views of privacy advocates and education technology providers in this year’s crop of proposals.
Andrew Ujifusa, May 19, 2015
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6 min read
Student Well-Being & Movement Accountability Measures for Traits Like 'Grit' Questioned
Two pioneering researchers in the field raised concerns about unreliable results from methods used to grade students’ noncognitive skills.
Evie Blad, May 19, 2015
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4 min read
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Federal Opinion Our K-12 Policies Resemble Those of Imperial Japan
There is irony in today's U.S. education standards resembling those of pre-World War II Japan, writes Lawrence Baines.
Lawrence Baines, May 19, 2015
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6 min read
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Chris Whetzel for Education Week
Assessment Opinion Finding a Balance Between Monitoring and Tracking Students
The path to securing acceptable school privacy practices is not a simple one, write Jules Polonetsky and Joseph Jerome.
Jules Polonetsky & Joseph Jerome, May 19, 2015
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5 min read
Assessment Opinion Q&A With Sir Ken Robinson
Sir Ken Robinson shares his thoughts on student engagement and testing, the future of teacher education programs, and why vocational education matters.
May 19, 2015
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10 min read
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May 19, 2015
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School & District Management News in Brief Indiana to Strip Authority From State Schools Chief
Legislation that shifts authority over Indiana's education policy matters away from the elected state schools chief has been signed into law by Republican Gov. Mike Pence.
The Associated Press, May 19, 2015
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1 min read
Teaching Profession News in Brief Teachers in L.A. Approve Three-Year Contract
Rank-and-file members of the union representing Los Angeles teachers have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a three-year contract that will increase salaries 10 percent.
The Associated Press, May 19, 2015
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1 min read
Education News in Brief Transitions
Pedro Martinez, a former superintendent in Washoe County, Nev., has been named the new schools superintendent in the 55,000-student San Antonio district in Texas.
May 19, 2015
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1 min read
Assessment News in Brief ACT Plans to Expand Use of Online Testing
Greater numbers of high school students will be able to take the ACT college-entrance exam on computers.
The Associated Press, May 19, 2015
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School Climate & Safety News in Brief Survey: School Bullying Lowest in 10 Years
Fewer students say they are being bullied at school. Those who are bullied are more likely to be girls than boys and more likely to be white than minority students.
The Associated Press, May 19, 2015
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Education Funding News in Brief Amid Kan. Budget Changes, Schools to End Year Early
Because of a late-year change in state aid, schools in at least seven districts will close earlier than scheduled this academic year.
McClatchy-Tribune, May 19, 2015
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Education Funding News in Brief Chicago District's Debt Downgraded to Junk Status
The Chicago school district's debt was downgraded to junk status last week by Moody's Investors Services.
Denisa R. Superville, May 19, 2015
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School Climate & Safety News in Brief Group Asks Baltimore Not to Suspend Students
A coalition of youth and juvenile-justice advocates has called on Baltimore's school system to refrain from suspending or expelling teenagers arrested during the recent rioting there.
McClatchy-Tribune, May 19, 2015
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Education Funding News in Brief E-Rate Funding Requests by Schools, Libraries to Be Paid in Full
Schools and libraries will receive full funding of their E-rate program requests this year, as a result of a modernization of the policy and budget changes enacted last year.
Michele Molnar, May 19, 2015
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Teaching Profession News in Brief California Unions Appeal Teacher-Quality Ruling
California's teachers' unions have filed their opening brief in their appeal of the ruling in Vergara v. California.
Stephen Sawchuk, May 19, 2015
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1 min read
Federal News in Brief Education Dept. Denies NCLB Waiver for Seattle
The U.S. Department of Education has told the Seattle school district that it cannot get its own waiver from the mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act.
Alyson Klein, May 19, 2015
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1 min read
College & Workforce Readiness Report Roundup College-Going
High school students eager to cast a wide net in their college search drove up application volume again last year at the majority of U.S. colleges, according to a recent survey.
May 19, 2015
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1 min read
School & District Management Report Roundup Sports Injury
While recovering from the symptoms of a concussion, a vast majority of students reported having one or more issues that impaired their academic work, according to a new study.
Bryan Toporek, May 19, 2015
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1 min read
Reading & Literacy Report Roundup Summer Learning
A Reading is Fundamental program that provided books to low-income children over the summer helped to stem—and, in some cases, even reverse—their expected "summer reading loss," according to a new report.
Kathryn Baron, May 19, 2015
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1 min read
School & District Management Report Roundup Cheating Impact
A new study commissioned by the Atlanta public schools found that the district's test-cheating scandal disproportionately affected black students and sparked an increase in charter school enrollment in the city.
Corey Mitchell, May 19, 2015
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