Education News and Bookmarking for Mathetude community http://www.mathetude.com:80/rss/stories/upcoming.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/images/logo.png http://www.mathetude.com:80/ vi-vn Copyright (c) 2007 Mathetude.com javacola@gmail.com Wed Feb 08 11:06:08 CST 2012 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.mathetude.com:80/ So what do folks inside the Beltway think of Rep. John Kline, R-Minn.'s draft bills the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (aka No Child Left Behind)? That depends on whom you talk to. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14323.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14323.html Mathetude eduK8 11/01/2012 The U.S. Department of Education recently released a damning new report documenting that school districts across our country are unevenly distributing their state and local funds, shortchanging schools that serve low-income students. The report reveals for the first time the extent of inequity in our nation’s per-pupil expenditures from state and local sources among the schools within a school district. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14102.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14102.html Mathetude eduK8 22/12/2011 GOP lawmakers on the House education committee are likely to write a Republican-only version of the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14084.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14084.html Mathetude nitajo 20/12/2011 On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Education released a damning new report showing that school districts across our country are unevenly distributing their state and local funds, shortchanging schools that serve low-income students. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13892.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13892.html Mathetude eduK8 01/12/2011 More state and local dollars are spent on salaries in higher-income areas, the federal Department of Education found. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13887.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13887.html Mathetude nitajo 01/12/2011 A slowdown wouldn't be surprising because the administration has some major policy problems with the Senate bill sponsored by Harkin and Sen. Michael B. Enzi, R-Wyo., in particular with its teacher evaluation and accountability provisions. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13720.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13720.html Mathetude nitajo 08/11/2011 While many students with disabilities are included in state exams in reading, math, and other subjects, in 2005, a Government Accountability Office report found that they are more likely to be excluded from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, often called the Nation's Report Card. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13687.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13687.html Mathetude eduK8 05/11/2011 So, after pushing Congress for years to renew the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, it doesn't sound like Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is such a fan of the bill that passed out of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee last month. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13652.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13652.html Mathetude Newman 03/11/2011 A slew of quiet changes in the proposed Senate bill to reauthorize federal education law would substantially increase the role of research in federal education programs. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13546.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13546.html Mathetude MrGreen 22/10/2011 A majority of states have officially signaled that they plan to seek newly offered flexibility under the No Child Left Behind Act, but more than a dozen remain undecided, as state officials pore over strings the U.S. Department of Education will attach to the waivers. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13463.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13463.html Mathetude eduK8 15/10/2011