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December 27, 2006
Education News for Wednesday, Dec. 27
Charter schools letter wrong - Letter to the editor from the mother of a Chicago charter school student.
D60 won't say if it's appealing payment of $900,000 - The attorney of a Colorado school district isn’t saying when he’ll file an appeal of an arbiter’s ruling or what arguments the district will use to avoid paying $900,000 to a charter high school.
LA Mayor Appeals Block of School Law - Lawyers for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa filed an appeal in his court battle to take control of the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Schools learn a lesson, schedule longer holiday break to aid traveling families - School districts across California increasingly are stretching their winter breaks to accommodate students who visit family in far-flung locales for the holidays.
Ask the Wrong Questions, Get the Wrong Answers - Opinion: Education Secretary Margaret Spellings’ higher ed accountability plan is a step in the wrong direction.
Little faith in education reform - Letters to the editor on a recent op-ed by Mayor Villaraigosa on his attempted takeover of LAUSD.
Ideas for education reform on the table - Editorial: With near-daily headlines trumpeting the latest education study by the latest group of experts based on the latest data, Americans probably feel yanked in 10 directions.
Preschool will be a Kaine '07 priority - Gov. Timothy M. Kaine wants to give every 4-year-old in Virginia the chance to attend preschool, a significant and costly expansion, but one that he says would justify taxpayers' investment.
Bad Guess on U.S. Future - Opinion: If the Skills Commission report's authors' fears prove true, and American living standards begin to decline because of competition abroad and poor schooling, the U.S. education system will change very quickly. But we education reporters learned long ago that most national commissions are wrong.
No Tests? College's Students Must Relearn How to Learn - College is a change for most students, a shift from memorization to analysis, from weekly did-you-do-the-homework quizzes to weighty final papers.
Check back later for more education news.
UPDATE:
Detailed report to spell out what's wrong with CA schools - At the same time they are being asked to meet ever tougher state and federal standards, California's schools face long-standing, seemingly intractable problems.
Utah is a-changing: old ideas about funding education don't cut it - Utah is changing, becoming less white and middle-class, and, as always, Utah public schools are a microcosm of the state. If the Utah Legislature's old ideas about education don't adjust to keep up with the evolving face of Utah schoolchildren, lawmakers could be writing a recipe for disaster.
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