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Common Core: The Standard That Dares Not Speak Its Name

House K-12 Subcommittee Chairwoman Janet Adkins proposed deleting Common Core from Florida Statutes so all the state's education standards will be under one name. File photo by John Iarussi By James Call| Originally Published at The Current. January 31, 2014 It’s not as Orwellian as making a [...]

Common Core: The Standard That Dares Not Speak Its Name2016-11-29T17:38:19-05:00

Fight Over Effective Teachers Shifts to Courtroom

Some of the students who are suing the State of California over tenure for teachers walked to a news conference this week outside Superior Court in Los Angeles. Monica Almeida/The New York Times By Jennifer Medina | Originally Published at The New York Times. January 31, 2014 [...]

Fight Over Effective Teachers Shifts to Courtroom2016-11-29T17:38:19-05:00

Ahead of State of The Union, Advocates Wonder Whether Obama Forgot Public Schools

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan rides the bus with Columbus Elementary students to the Mexico-U.S. border in Columbus, N.M. on Sept. 10, 2013. | The Washington Post via Getty Images By Joy Resmovits| Originally Published at Huffington Post. January 27, 2014 President Barack Obama is widely expected [...]

Ahead of State of The Union, Advocates Wonder Whether Obama Forgot Public Schools2016-11-29T17:38:19-05:00

Minority Kids Disproportionately Impacted By Zero-Tolerance Laws

Photograph; Kyle Thompson, 15, of Farmington, Michigan was arrested and kicked out of school after a tug-of-war with a teacher over a note. By Halimah Abdullah | Originally Published at Cable News Network [CNN]. Saturday, January 25, 2014 (CNN) -- A year ago, Kyle Thompson was a [...]

Minority Kids Disproportionately Impacted By Zero-Tolerance Laws2016-11-29T17:38:20-05:00

State Chiefs to Arne Duncan: We Won’t Share Student Data

Graphic by Betsy L. Angert | AngertAesthetics By Catherine Gewertz | Originally Published at Education Week. January 24, 2014 12:23 AM | Download Letter to Secretary Arne Duncan, Department of Education [pdf] Schools chiefs from 34 states have banded together to make a public declaration that they [...]

State Chiefs to Arne Duncan: We Won’t Share Student Data2016-11-29T17:38:20-05:00

Extending the School Day Is a Lot Harder Than It Seems

Photograph; Second graders at Patrick Henry Elementary School follow along to an exercise video during indoor recess. Recess was made mandatory in Chicago elementary schools when the school day was lengthened in 2012. (Armando L. Sanchez / Hechinger Report) By Sara Neufeld | Originally Published at The [...]

Extending the School Day Is a Lot Harder Than It Seems2016-11-29T17:38:20-05:00

Education on the Move

The perpetual question is when is progress progressive. When is a following a trend to an earnest desire to bend? Intellectually we know that nothing happens in an instant. Change, while constant, is incremental. There is a need for constant vigilance. So we ask, who can we [...]

Education on the Move2016-11-29T17:38:20-05:00

Should Mayor de Blasio Unravel Bloomberg’s Reforms?

Photograph; Mayor Bill de Blasio and his new schools chancellor, Carmen Fariña, tour the Bronx School of Young Leaders. Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times Originally Published at The New York Times. January 15, 2014 One door closes and another opens. In every life change comes. We know [...]

Should Mayor de Blasio Unravel Bloomberg’s Reforms?2016-11-29T17:38:21-05:00

Newark Still Not Making Progress Serving Children With Disabilities

By | Originally Published at Education Justice. January 14, 2014 Nearly two years since the Newark Public Schools (NPS) agreed to a court-ordered Settlement to improve the delivery of special education services, the latest compliance report filed by NPS shows little progress in meeting deadlines for serving [...]

Newark Still Not Making Progress Serving Children With Disabilities2016-11-29T17:38:21-05:00
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