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July 28, 2006
Education News for Friday, July 28
Read em' and smile: 5th year of better test scores for Philadelphia - In spite of all of this incredible progress, there are still too many children not performing at grade level. We must redouble our efforts and everywhere possible recommit ourselves to public-education reform so that every child at every grade can excel in school. (more)
Ryan Sager: Report card revolution - Which is better: The school whose kids start the year with As and end the year with As? Or the one whose kids start with Ds but end up with Cs or even Bs? (more)
Fl student transfers under NCLB - The number of children transferring out of Volusia County elementary schools that failed to make "adequate progress" under federal law jumbed considerably this year. (more)
Camden schools report 94% decline in violence - Violence was down in New Jersey's schools in 2004-05, though state officials are questioning steep drops in some districts and asking for more information on their reporting methods. (more)
Check back later for more education news.
UPDATE:
LA mayor grilled over takeover plan - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's school reform plan received its first and only local public vetting Thursday evening in a sometimes raucous hearing where Los Angeles residents addressed state lawmakers, who will have the final say. (more)
Monopoly - Andrew Wolf, NY Sun: Two weeks ago, the United States Department of Education released a study that cut to the core of conservative and liberal education orthodoxy. (more)
NPR: Study questions merits of private education - Listen to the broadcast - Last week, a federal study came out that challenges the assumption that private schools are inherently better than public schools. (more)
UPDATE:
Isle schools fail federal mandate - Most states, including Hawaii, failed to meet federal requirements that all teachers be "highly qualified" in core teaching fields and that state programs for testing students be up to standards by the end of the past school year, according to the federal government. (more)
Trial program offers tutoring - Three school districts in Indiana will test a federal pilot program that will permit struggling schools to offer tutoring choice to parents in lieu of school transfers.(more)
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