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The bait-and-switch tactic driving Georgia’s education debate
The school-choice and voucher movement has long tried to sell itself to the public as a crusade to allow low-income, often minority and inner-city students to escape…
Elaine Wynn: Take holistic approach to curbing dropouts
About 75 percent of high school students in the United States graduate on time, but those who never get a diploma often earn less, resulting in lost economic…
Ravitch: Why college-for-everybody is a sham
The corporate reformers like to say that everyone must go to college if they want to have good jobs in the future, says education historian Diane Ravitch for…
Activist targeting schools, backed by big bucks
During her tumultuous three years at the head of the Washington D.C. public schools, Michelle Rhee set off a lot of fireworks, Reuters reports.…
Universal Design for Learning: The next big thing in school reform?
As educators brace for new reforms, what will these changes look like? How will assessments and curriculum differ from previous versions? How can all students get the best…
Why we’re getting the homework question wrong
Hayley Eaton was always an academic achiever. Like many American teens, college was uppermost in her mind, as well as that of her parents and guidance counselors. She…
Parent report cards are novel way to boost support
Educators exasperated by the need for greater parent involvement have persuaded Tennessee lawmakers to sign off on a novel bit of arm-twisting: Asking parents to grade themselves on…
Report suggests new system for principal evaluations
Principal evaluation systems should not be based solely on student achievement gains, but rather on the quality of a principal’s school-level leadership and performance, according to a new…
Teacher on flawed tests: ‘We can ill-afford to be silent while our very jobs are at stake’
I received the following email from a New York State math teacher, says Valerie Strauss, columnist for the Washington Post. …
AP surges as a tool for schools raising standards
Not long ago, Advanced Placement exams were mostly for top students looking to challenge themselves and get a head start on college credit. Not anymore.…
Nobel Peace nominee: Pay teachers more, focus on mobile technology
Sir Bob Geldof—an Irish singer, songwriter, author, occasional actor, and political activist—noted during the Consortium for School Networking's recent K-12 Technology Leadership Conference that the world's economy is…
Striking new tone, Chris Christie says education reform is led by GOP
Chris Christie, the Republican governor of New Jersey, said Thursday that Republican politicians are leading the way for better educational opportunities for poor and minority children through voucher…
A state that just says ‘no’ to modern school reform
Quietly marching to its own drummer, Washington State has mostly turned its back on the education reform movement that is sweeping much of the rest of the country,…
Watch: Former, current Chicago mayors clash on longer school day debate
While former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley has thrown some veiled criticism at successor Rahm Emanuel in the past, the man who led the city for 22 years…
New video game-themed high school may be a hard sell
Never mind video games getting in the way of homework or learning time. At one Florida school, video games are homework, the Huffington Post reports.…
Suspended high schoolers organize their own school
Students suspended for walking out of class at Detroit's Western International High School earlier this week to protest school closures and demand a better education, are holding a…
NY principals: A ‘wrecking ball’ of reform aimed at schools
This is an open letter that a group of New York principals sent this week to the New York State Board of Regents about school reform and the…
‘Dear President Obama … We can’t test this country into excellence’
Speaking during her organization’s 72nd annual conference, Mary Broderick, outgoing president of the National School Boards Association, described a letter she wrote to President Obama urging him to…
States struggle over how to evaluate special-ed teachers
Spurred by the U.S. Department of Education's $4.35 billion Race to the Top grant competition, more than a dozen states have passed laws to reform how teachers are…
D.C. chancellor announces new 5-year education plan, warns of closures
D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson introduced a new five-year plan that calls for higher-achieving public schools with longer days and better graduation rates, but she warned that paying…
Why Khan Academy is so popular—and why teachers shouldn’t feel threatened
Sal Khan, whose online Khan Academy serves up video tutorials to more than 6 million students worldwide each month, wants to reassure teachers that the free educational service…
Public schools start tracking alumni in college
From the federal government to school boards, policymakers and administrators are increasingly setting their sights on "college and career readiness" as the goal of K-12 education, the Huffington…
Breakfast in the classroom changing student performance
In the first month of a new experiment inside a Dixwell school, the number of kids eating breakfast shot up by 75 percent—a swift change that officials hope…
What the U.S. can’t learn from Finland about ed reform
As the United States is looking to reform its public school system, education experts have increasingly looked at other countries for examples on what works and what won’t,…
How corporations can really support U.S. public education
Common-sense recommendations are fine, but if U.S. corporations really want to support public education, there's a better way.…