Agree to Disagree
Richmond.com, VA, May 29, 2008
And with that, the number of charter schools in Virginia rises to…four. Only four. In the whole state.

Candidates Split Sharply On Bush’s No Child Left Behind Law
Wall Street Journal, May 29, 2008
Barack Obama attacked a key plank of John McCain’s education platform, taking up an issue that has been on the back burner amid a campaign dialogue dominated by war and the economy.

Better Education Schools Would Mean Better Teachers
Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH, May 29, 2008
Some researchers, according to The Plain Dealer’s recent series on teacher education by reporters Scott Stephens and Edith Starzyk, fault inept programs at universities and colleges, where 90 percent of the nation’s 3 million classroom teachers are trained.

Obama Urges Education Reform
CBS News, NY, May 28, 2008
He was also asked about the federal government’s role in a world of charter schools and the success of private foundations on small school public education, such as the school where he was appearing.

Battling the Teachers Union
D.C. Examiner, D.C., May 29, 2008
Let’s stipulate this: There are some excellent teachers in the D.C.Public Schools. Conversely, there are others who are absolutely lousy. They have long since retired on the job; their prime motivation, now, is collecting a paycheck.

Education activist says she’ll run for Fulop’s seat
Jersey Journal, NJ, May 29, 2008

Jersey City resident Shelley Skinner, a close ally of Downtown Councilman Steve Fulop and founder of the parent group Jersey City Families for Better Schools, announced via e-mail yesterday that she’s running next year for Fulop’s Ward E council seat.

Ohio schools chief Susan Tave Zelman calls it quits
Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH, May 28, 2008
Susan Tave Zelman, state superintendent of public instruction since 1999, announced this morning that she is leaving the department. She made the announcement at an Ohio Department of Education employee recognition ceremony.