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November 29, 2007
November 29, 2007
Fourth-Graders Fall Behind In Literacy
Test
Wall Street Journal, November 29, 2007
U.S. fourth-graders have lost ground in reading ability
compared with children around the world, according to results of a global reading test.
Dann Has Plans To Sue A Few More Charter Schools
Columbus Dispatch, Ohio, November
29, 2007
After taking on three charter schools he deems academic and financial failures, Attorney General Marc
Dann has trained his sights on two or three more schools he plans to sue in an attempt to shut them down.
D.C.
School Closings
Washington Post, D.C., November 29, 2007
What's being overlooked is that the
closings are a necessary part of a bold plan by the mayor and Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee to overhaul the city's
scandalously poor public education system.
Beware Of
Teaching Methods That Focus On Test-Taking
Washington Post, D.C., November 29, 2007
I am left
wondering how many teachers are single-handedly (and with all good intent) refocusing their courses so that greater
emphasis is placed on test-taking techniques, rather than emphasizing the core course content.
L.A. Unified Warned That It Falls Short Of State Standards
Los Angeles Times, California,
November 29, 2007
The California Department of Education has alerted 99 school districts, including Los Angeles
Unified, that they are in danger of being abolished, taken over or stripped of administrators and schools under their
jurisdiction.
Treating Teachers Like Professionals
Key To Stopping State Dropout Crisis
The Chattanoogan, Tennessee, November 29, 2007
Good teachers,
not greater per-pupil spending or palatial hi-tech school buildings, make the biggest difference in educating children.
State Schools Head Visits Alameda's
Charter School
Inside Bay Area, California, November 29, 2007
State schools Superintendent Jack
O'Connell came to town Wednesday to salute the first charter school in Alameda County to be named a "California
Distinguished School."
Why School Choice Is Good For
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin, November 29, 2007
The Milwaukee Parental Choice
Program has been a lightning rod for all kinds of "fanatics" since its inception in 1990, and some of them say the program
does not serve the community well.
Schools
Relying More On Private Groups
The Times-Picayune, Louisiana, November 29, 2007
Throughout the city,
various organizations have stepped in to perform the functions no longer handled by a traditional central office.
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