The secret to scaling up school reform
By Trent E. Kaufman, Emily Dolci Grimm, & Allison Miller
Public education in the United States is at a critical juncture. Decades of public attention and reform have yielded few measurable results. “Nontradi…
Published Online: March 27, 2012
Published in Print: March 28, 2012, as Reciting Frost With the House on Fire
Commentary
By Anita S. Charles
Imagine a world that goes something like this: To succeed according to societal norms of success, you mus…
Continue Reading →“Milwaukee Evaluation Final Reports”
A sample of students at some of Milwaukee’s private schools made gains in reading in 2010-11 that were significantly higher than those of a matched sample of peers in Milwaukee public schools, but math achievement…
Between 2003 and 2008, California students were still gradually growing more obese, but the rate of increase had slowed from years prior, according to a new study based out of the University of California, Davis.
The study, published in the February …
Published Online: March 5, 2012
Published in Print: March 7, 2012, as Thorny Issues Hamper Teacher-Training Rules
Washington
The tenor of discussions held here last week by negotiators rewriting federal rules on teacher preparation underscored d…
By Erin Richards, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MCT)
A sample of students in Milwaukee’s private voucher schools made gains in reading in 2010-’11 that were significantly higher than those of a matched sample of peers in Milwaukee Public Schools, but m…
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley stressed the link between education and job creation in his Feb. 1 State of the State speech in Annapolis.
—Steve Ruark/AP
Here are summaries of recent annual addresses by governors around the country.
ILLINOIS
Gov. P…
Published Online: January 10, 2012
Published in Print: January 11, 2012, as Online Algebra 1 Class Seen to Boost Skills and Access
Study notes benefits of providing the class to rural 8th graders
With Algebra I often seen as a gateway course, on…
Continue Reading →A new teachers’ union contract that will save Portland, Maine, taxpayers nearly $2 million in salary concessions in the coming year also requires the district to pay 80 percent of the union president’s salary and benefits. The district already pays 2…
Continue Reading →The results from yesterday’s state and local elections around the country offer some potentially significant implications for K-12 education, as voters sent two big-city mayors with authority over their school systems back for another term and r…
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