Turnaround Schools
Federal
Some Rural Turnaround Schools Face Additional Challenges, Study Says
A U.S. Department of Education study found that rural schools encounter additional challenges that possibly hinder school improvement.
College & Workforce Readiness
All Graduates from a Denver STEM School Are Headed to 4-Year College
At Stapleton High School in Denver, 100 percent of seniors have been accepted to a four-year college--for the seventh consecutive year.
School & District Management
Michigan Superintendent To Expand Options for Taking Over Failing Schools
State schools chief Mike Flanagan has notified the Education Achievement Authority that its exclusive agreement to deal with failing schools will end a year from now.
School & District Management
Newark Superintendent's Plans for District Spark Backlash
Newark is shaping up to be a major flash point for school reform in 2014 as opposition erupts to Superintendent Cami Anderson's plans to reorganize the district through closures, consolidations, and charter school expansion.
School & District Management
New Obama Initiative for High Schools Draws Mixed Reaction
Lawmakers and advocacy groups react to the details of the U.S. Department of Labor's new competitive grant program to fund partnership between high schools, colleges, and businesses.
School & District Management
New Youth CareerConnect Grants for High School Announced
As previewed in the State of the Union address this year, the administration has launched a Race to the Top-Style grant competition to fuel innovation in high schools.
School & District Management
Opinion
Educators Flunk the School Grading System in Indiana
Even though the A-F bipartisan panel has done an excellent job of wrestling with the difficult question of how to measure student growth against fixed standards, there are still fatal flaws in this system which determines winners and losers among schools, teachers, and students.
School & District Management
State-Run District Proposed to Run Milwaukee Schools
Wisconsin leaders are the latest to consider the governance model.
School & District Management
Opinion
Civil Rights Leaders Condemn Privatization of Prisons and Schools
Despite research showing that closing public schools does not improve test scores or graduation rates, the federal agenda has incentivized the privatization of schools with primary fall out on low-income communities of color.
School & District Management
Success for Students in Small N.Y.C. High Schools Continues
Graduation rates continue to improve for all students at small high schools of choice in New York City, a new MDRC study shows.
School & District Management
New Virginia State-Run District Under Fire
The Virginia School Boards Association and Norfolk City School Board hope to have the law that created the district declared unconstitutional.
Federal
Ex-Green Dot Official in L.A. Running for California Superintendent
Marshall Tuck, a former executive with two Los Angeles school groups, including Green Dot Public Schools, has announced his candidacy for California superintendent in 2014.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
John Thompson: Can Education Trust Be Trusted by Teachers?
The Education Trust, like too many school "reformers," believes that output-drive accountability is the answer to educational inequities.
School Choice & Charters
Opinion
John Thompson: Are Accountability Hawks Chicken When it Comes to Their Charters?
The panelists in the Fordham Institute's "Opt Out or Cop Out" discussion clearly enjoyed their surrealistic discussion of "accountability." They speculated on fanciful scenarios for micromanaging educators that were so disconnected from reality as to recall panelist Charlie Barone's tweet about "Dadaists Man Ray & Marcel DuChamp (who) used to play tennis w/o a net."