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September 27, 2006
Education News for Wednesday, Sept. 27
Secretary vows to improve results of higher education - Saying she hoped to jolt American higher education out of a dangerous complacency, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings vowed Tuesday to help finance state universities that administer standardized tests...
Supreme Court to hear Detroit union fee dispute - In a case that will test the limits on labor activism just before the 2008 presidential campaign, the Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to consider a constitutional clash over the rights of unions to make political use of fees collected from nonmembers.
Iowa tax credit law expands choices for families - With the recent passage of the Educational Opportunities Act in Iowa and the start of its implementation, school choice is receiving a great deal of attention in our state.
Cannibalizing public schools is a foolish thought - Missouri: Five state representatives from across the state grilled local educators and community leaders on how best to reform schools in Missouri. However, their collective idea of reform was clear — tuition tax credits or vouchers.
NY charter schools are not a drain on public education - It was very discouraging to me, our dedicated staff, concerned parents and involved community partners to see the Democrat and Chronicle editorial "Charter limbo" Sept. 15, which was not balanced.
Federalizing charters - With American students back in their classrooms, Congress who will face one of the most serious tests in education. Come 2007, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 will be up for reauthorization...
Check back later for more education news.
UPDATE:
Kansas grant for charter schools draws board member's concern - The state has issued $32,000 in federal grants to individuals and groups in recent weeks to help start charter schools, prompting some concern from a member of the Kansas State Board of Education.
Left behind by 'reformers' - Alina Guerrero, a fourth-grader at the Amistad Dual Language School in northern Manhattan is among tens of thousands of immigrant children around the country who have been turned into political pawns as a result of the federal No Child Left Behind law.
Ed Week: School choice group grows as force in state elections - (subscription required) When Utah state Rep. David N. Cox persuaded fellow Republicans to vote against a school voucher bill last year, he did more than help doom the idea. He became an election-year target.
Ed Week: School finance vs. school choice - (subscription required) Estimates from the Alliance for School Choice suggest that at least 90,000 students participated in school choice programs in 2005, with a projection of more than 125,000 participating in 2006.
Ed Week: Political shift could temper NCLB resolve - (subscription required) The two top Democratic lawmakers on education policy have signaled that if their party regains control of one or both houses of Congress in November, they will seek to retain the core accountability features of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
Ed Week: IES gets mixed grades as it comes of age - (subscription required) Concerned about the credibility of federally financed education studies, Congress passed a law in the fall of 2002 that replaced the U.S. Department of Education’s top research office with the Institute of Education Sciences.
Ed Week: Businessman, voucher backer vies to be next Michigan governor - (subscription required) In a campaign that’s almost entirely about the Michigan economy, wealthy businessman and school choice supporter Dick DeVos Jr. is giving Democratic Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm a tough challenge.
Most DC charter schools fail to meet benchmark - New data shows 30 of 40 charter schools in DC have failed to meet reading and math benchmarks on a new test...
Blacks take education into their own hands - Suisun City parents Benjamin and Tanya Marshall are part of a new homeschooling movement led by African American families fed up with the public school system.
Could state-run charter schools win the war over vouchers? - REP. BILL Cotty’s plan to have the SC establish charter schools in areas where the regular public schools aren’t getting the job done sounds strange at first.
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