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August 29, 2006
Education News for Tuesday, August 29
L.A. mayor's school plan passes Senate, but legal battles loom - The state Senate on Monday voted to grant Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa unprecedented powers over the city's troubled schools, even as critics blasted the plan as unconstitutional and the mayor acknowledged that legal battles might prevent him from taking control any time soon.
Mayor Flexes Muscle With School Board - With legislative passage of his bid for greater control of the Los Angeles Unified School District all but certain, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa warned the school board Monday against hiring a superintendent without his approval, saying that he would fire anyone who wasn't a "change agent."
Roadblocks won’t deter charter school - Opinion: When the history of education reform in Georgia is written, the valiant struggle of parents determined to have an alternative to Atlanta public schools should be noted, for it is an example of the persistence required of pioneers and reformers.
GOP candidate, black leaders discuss achievement gap - Karen Floyd, the GOP nominee for state education superintendent, said Monday that making classroom learning more relevant to students will help close the achievement gap between black and white students in South Carolina.
Utah teacher wins surprise national award - In a surprise announcement by Secretary of Education Senior Adviser Norma Garza, the Rees Elementary School teacher was named Utah's No Child Left Behind 2006 American Star of Teaching.
The tools needed to teach - Schools order new books and other learning tools for teachers every year. But teachers say they could not run an effective class without paying for additional items themselves.
Bush education reforms falter (registration required) - Analysis: President George Bush's education reform package, the No Child Left Behind Act constitutes a significant ideological exception to the general thrust of his domestic policy agenda, and a major extension of federal regulatory power. Yet the Act's implementation has been increasingly problematic.
Check back later for more education news.
UPDATE:
NYT Editorial: Exploding the charter school myth (Sun) - A federal study showing that fourth graders in charter schools score worse in reading and math than their public school counterparts should cause some soul-searching in Congress.
Michigan K-16 proposal would swing $565 million more to education - A 100-word summary of a ballot proposal to give inflationary increases to schools, community colleges and universities also will include a price tag of $565 million.
Wisconsin lags in learning standards - new study comes down hard on Wisconsin for not setting stronger academic standards - ranking it 46th of the 50 states and giving it an overall "D-" grade.
NCLB: 35% of AZ schools deemed not cutting it - One in three Arizona public schools will fall short of a key student-achievement measure that can subject schools to improvement orders under the federal No Child Left Behind law, the state Department of Education said Monday.
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