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October 06, 2006

Education News for Friday, Oct. 6

Bush pitches incentive pay for teachers - President Bush visited a high-performing charter school in Northeast Washington yesterday to call for changes to the No Child Left Behind education law that he said would help teachers raise student performance and give more choice to parents whose children attend failing schools.

Hispanic kids bolster boom at U.S. schools - Georgia and other Southeastern states have seen the nation's largest percentage growth in enrollment of Hispanic students in their public schools, according to a study released Thursday.

Texas inflates graduation rates, researchers say - Texas grossly inflates its high school graduation numbers, masking critical dropout figures, according to studies to be presented Friday at a Rice University conference.

Education grants put on Indiana House agenda - House Republicans around the state Thursday announced their seventh campaign pledge, which focused on education but would not provide optional, state-supported full-day kindergarten for all Hoosiers as Gov. Mitch Daniels has advocated.

Bush foundation video trumpets schools' progress - Gov. Jeb Bush's Foundation for Florida's Future on Wednesday released a video called A Florida Promise, linking the past eight years of education improvements to the state's standardized testing, school grading and major boosts in classroom funding.

UPDATE:

Bush says education bill will be a priority next year - President Bush said Thursday that renewing the No Child Left Behind law will be a priority for him next year but acknowledged the law isn't working as well for parents as it should.

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