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March 16, 2007
Education News for Friday, March 16
Reform would make schools more accountable - Editorial: There is no excuse for Indianapolis Public Schools mishandling funds, to the detriment of students whose families often struggle with routine costs of education.
Teacher colleges may get an option on accreditation - A little competition may be coming to the obscure and complicated process of accrediting Maryland's teacher training colleges.
Historically Black Colleges Talk of Opening Secondary Schools on Their Campuses - The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Education, which represents historically black and predominantly black colleges and universities, is in talks with its member institutions about possibly establishing middle- and high-school academies on some of their campuses.
Charter schools: Proposal would block new schools - Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has proposed a moratorium on new charter schools and a ban on for-profit management companies running the schools.
Charter schools seek funds - At least three New Hampshire charter schools may have to close their doors if an equitable solution to state funding is not forthcoming this year.
New Ohio governor proposes cutbacks in state's landmark voucher program - Ohio's new Democratic governor is proposing significant cutbacks in the state's groundbreaking school-voucher program.
School choice is answer to escalating education costs in New Hampshire - Letter to the editor: All parents in New Hampshire should have the choice of sending their children to a private or public school, providing the costs of the private school are reasonable.
Va. educators back Cantor on No Child Left Behind - Top Virginia educators gave high marks to Virginia members of Congress for supporting legislation that would loosen the grip the federal No Child Left Behind Act has on states.
Changes to No Child Left Behind law have support in Virginia - The head of the state Department of Education and a Virginia congressman on Thursday signaled their support for legislation that would radically change the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
Virtual school: Grades K-8 may be held online - Elementary school students in Utah soon may be able to go to school without ever having to leave home.
Rep. Adam Harris sees how technology program helps schools - The three-year Classrooms for the Future program is designed to put a laptop computer on every high school math, English, social studies and science desk in Pennsylvania and provide teachers with multimedia workstations.
Teachers Return After One-Day Walkout - About 5,000 West Virginia teachers returned to the classroom Thursday, one day after staging a walkout over pay that closed schools in 14 of 55 counties.
Lessons learned - A Q&A with former USDOE secretary Rod Paige on his new book, "The War Against Hope."
Education reform proposals often treat schools like factories - Opinion: I’d be happy to support merit pay on two conditions.
Report Says Public Schools in California Are ‘Broken’ - A scathing 18-month evaluation of California’s public schools has concluded that the state’s educational system is “broken,” crippled by a complex bureaucracy, flawed teacher policies and misspent school money, leaving it in need of sweeping reforms that could cost billions of dollars.
Left vs. Right on Education - Opinion: In every legislative struggle, ideological boundaries inevitably emerge. Factions of conservative and liberal lawmakers and their allies define the right and left walls of the debate. The forthcoming battle over the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind law (NCLB)—President Bush’s signature education reform—is no exception.
Symposium: The Problem with Public Education - Transcript of a symposium on how to improve public education.
Public school bondage - Opinion: Celebrating passage of the Utah voucher law, Andrew Coulsen of The American Spectator wrote, "Salt Lake City's legislation could very well become the domino that tips all other states into the camp of educational freedom." Wouldn't it be great if Colorado had the wisdom and courage to be next?
More boys than girls fail WASL, but gap narrows - The gender gap is shrinking, but troublesome differences persist in boys’ and girls’ performances on Washington state’s educational assessment test, a newspaper analysis of last year’s scores shows.
No Child Left Behind law faces change - President Bush's signature No Child Left Behind education law is headed for fundamental changes this year, including a likely softening of do-or-die deadlines.
Delaware sees mixed results in education report - Delaware schools are succeeding in closing achievement gaps in elementary school reading, but work remains in math, especially at secondary schools.
AFT: 6% is affordable; strike not certain - No decision on a potential strike likely is coming for two weeks, but for now, the American Federation of Teachers in West Virginia says its holdout for a 6 percent salary hike isn’t out of line with the state’s finances.
Governor visits Toledo school - Gov. Ted Strickland’s State-of-the-State promises to increase school funding, slam the brakes on new charter schools, and effectively kill Ohio’s school voucher program drew praise yesterday at Toledo’s Keyser Elementary — one of several stops he made throughout the state to generate grass-roots support for his budget proposal.
Quality education means more cash, studies say - Providing California children with a quality education could easily cost $32 billion more -- about a 55 percent increase over what the state now spends, according to studies released Thursday.
Giving special needs students school options works - Opinion by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush: Georgia has a wonderful opportunity to bring greater options and a brighter future to students with special needs.
DeMint: Overhaul No Child Left Behind - Sens. Jim DeMint and John Cornyn introduced legislation Thursday that would overhaul the No Child Left Behind law by eliminating mandatory testing for children in public schools.
GOP Bills Would Relax Test Requirements of 'No Child' Law - Republican critics of the No Child Left Behind law flexed their growing muscle yesterday as 57 GOP lawmakers, including the national party chairman, endorsed legislation that would undermine President Bush's signature education initiative.
Md. Moves To Tie Teens' Truancy to Licenses - Maryland lawmakers issued a tough warning to teenagers yesterday: no school, no car keys.
No quick, cheap fix for state's schools - California's immense public school system is plagued by gross inefficiencies and inequalities that will require fundamental reforms and much more money, according to a series of studies released this week.
UPDATE:
PTA pushing to put vouchers to a vote - Local volunteers will be manning tables at area elementary schools and canvassing neighborhoods seeking signatures from at least 3,000 registered voters in Tooele County in hopes of overturning a recently passed bill by the Utah State Legislature allowing parents of private school students to receive a tax break.
After Viacom, Freston Makes Case for Special Ed: Amity Shlaes - Opinion: The Freston's suit, which the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear, reminds us of all that's bad about the American tendency to litigate everything, especially when it comes to schools.
Parents learn about EdChoice program - About 17 parents attended an informational meeting about the Ohio Educational Choice (EdChoice) Scholarship program Wednesday, at SS. John and Paul Elementary School.
Challenges for schools' new chief - Opinion: As the State Board of Education begins its search for the next commissioner, its members must set their sights on a candidate who has the vision and skills to help make Colorado one of the nation's leaders in preparing our students for the changing demands of an increasingly global economy.
Legislators question governor’s plan - A local state representative said he’s among a group of people who he thinks were surprised about education recommendations in the governor’s State of the State address.
District considers closing school - There have been ups and downs in enrollment since the last elementary school closed in San Bruno almost 30 years ago, but financial problems are finally forcing the district to consider shuttering another of the city's eight remaining schools.
Resources can be found outside school buildings - Opinion: The resources are out there; if you choose not to use them then blame it on your parenting not the schools ability to provide. Parents should make it a point to expose literature in the home and offer books from the home first and foremost. If you are not doing your part in parenting, do not blame the school system failing your child, blame yourself.
How Silver Surprised Egan Over Parochial Schools - When Edward Cardinal Egan sat down with Sheldon Silver this week to implore him to give parochial schools more financial help, the Assembly speaker waylaid the New York archbishop with a little-known fact: His house's budget includes more money for nonpublic schools than what was proposed by Governor Spitzer.
Today's NAACP symptom of black problems - Opinion: Black support for school vouchers is stronger than white support. Almost three out of four blacks between the ages of 26 to 35 support vouchers. Yet, the NAACP adamantly opposes vouchers and school choice.
Hoekstra rolls out 'No Child' cuts bill - Just three weeks ago, getting enough support for legislation that would drastically curtail President Bush's main education reform was a long shot.
For these students, school really rocks - In the past few years, the Paul Green School of Rock -- made famous in the 2003 movie "The School of Rock," starring Jack Black -- has opened six outlets in New Jersey, with Red Bank and Chatham being the latest.
Justice: Governor's education plan moves state ahead - An Ohio Supreme Court justice who sided with schools when the court repeatedly ruled Ohio education funding unconstitutional said Friday that Gov. Ted Strickland's education plan would help with a major problem by dramatically increasing the state's share of the cost for schools.
Governor will fight ’to death’ for tuition breaks, insurance - Strickland will take his case for his state budget proposals directly to Ohioans and fight “to the death” for his recommendations to cut college tuition and to provide subsidized health care to 20,000 uninsured children, he said today.
Strickland needs GOP - Editorial: Several Republicans in the Ohio Legislature will have to stand up in support of Gov. Ted Strickland's education initiatives. They will have to do so or the initiatives will never get through the Legislature.
Strickland's plan is 'breath of fresh air' for education - In his first State of the State address on Wednesday, the governor is hoping to throw more support behind the state's traditional public schools. In doing so, Strickland plans to cut back on the state voucher program and other alternative education.
Painful facts about our schools - Editorial: The "Getting Down to the Facts" report released this week will be profoundly painful to anyone who cares about our children and our schools.
Teachers push for restored benefits - Local TSTA members say they also want to see reforms to No Child Left Behind, which they claim is full of unfunded mandates. The law's vision of accountability focuses more on punishing children and schools than giving them support, member say.
Candidates talk schools - With school violence making headlines and the support of an 18,000-member union at stake, six mayoral candidates appeared before teachers last night to promise safer schools, more education funding and, in most cases, an end to private operators of public schools.
Legislator hopes to tie taxes to grad requirements - A Western Slope lawmaker said he hopes to tie increased graduation requirements to the release of additional local property tax revenues under Gov. Bill Ritter’s proposed mill levy freeze.
Bill passed that would overhaul state's charter school system - A [Texas] Senate committee today passed a bill that would overhaul the state's charter school system by closing failing programs and rewarding top performers.
Let's Have Less Chatter About Charter Schools, Governor - Editorial: It's no surprise that the Ohio Federation of Teachers came out immediately in support of Strickland's plan. They backed his campaign. Sounds like a case of promises made, promises kept to me.
Vote may allow parents to choose students' campuses - Some parents in Costa Mesa may get to choose where to send their fourth-graders next year, after the Newport-Mesa school board voted at a contentious meeting on Tuesday to give them that option.
No Child Left Behind - A transcript of an online Q&A with Washington Post reporter Amit Paley about the No Child Left Behind reauthorization.
Eight City Middle Schools Join Those at Risk of Closing - In a sign of deep troubles in New York City’s middle schools, state officials yesterday identified nine additional city schools in danger of being shut down for academic failure — eight of them serving the middle grades.
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