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L.A. Unified's cold shoulder to charter schools

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.latimes.com (Views: 4, Clicks: 0)
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Jed Wallace -- "Charter school operators are receiving separate but unequal treatment from the L.A. school district."

1 comments | Tags: los angeles california los angeles unified schools charter schools school reform low-achieving schools | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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A Celebratory Road Trip for Education Secretary

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 7, Clicks: 2)
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Arne Duncan’s bus tour from New York to Maine is billed as a way to honor teachers.

0 comments | Tags: arne duncan campaign for education race to the top school reform | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Race to the Top momentum important in following through with Oklahoma school reform

nitajo sumitted ago via http://newsok.com (Views: 15, Clicks: 9)
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Oklahoma Editorial -- Oklahoma may not have won any money in either round of the federal Race to the Top competition. But the state's scores in the second round jumped so dramatically from the first attempt that the state just missed becoming a finalist.

1 comments | Tags: oklahoma race to the top school reform george kaiser family foundation teacher evaluation | Topic: Grants BAD >_<

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Education Secretary Duncan hits the road for reform

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 6, Clicks: 2)
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Education Secretary Arne Duncan is on a campaign to cheer on America's teachers at a time when a sizeable number are skeptical of President Obama's education agenda.

0 comments | Tags: arne duncan school reform performance pay value-added analysis | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Continue the Race

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 8, Clicks: 2)
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New York Times Editorial -- The Obama administration’s Race to the Top initiative has shown that competitive grant programs can be a powerful spur to innovation in education.

1 comments | Tags: race to the top school reform educational innovation student achievement | Topic: Grants BAD >_<

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Lack of union support cited in Colorado's loss of Race to Top education funds

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.denverpost.com (Views: 24, Clicks: 3)
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Federal reviewers downgraded Colorado's Race to the Top application for education stimulus funds citing lack of union support, historic failure to raise student achievement and a "vague" plan.

0 comments | Tags: colorado race to the top achievement data teacher union school reform | Topic: Grants BAD >_<

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How Colorado Lost Race to the Top

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 25, Clicks: 3)
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Colorado’s failed bid for $175 million in federal Race to the Top funding was hampered by concern about the state’s flat achievement data and fear that union opposition would prevent the spread of reform.

1 comments | Tags: colorado race to the top achievement data teacher union school reform | Topic: Grants BAD >_<

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Race to the Top itself needs some reform

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 7, Clicks: 3)
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Washington Post Editorial -- With RACE TO THE TOP money now awarded, it is clear that some states that lost out were more deserving than some that won the much-coveted grants. Yet, overall, the program has been a success in driving school reform.

0 comments | Tags: race to the top school reform arne duncan | Topic: Grants BAD >_<

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Oklahoma just missed out on latest Race to the Top round

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 8, Clicks: 2)
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Oklahoma, which earlier this year ended up in the bottom 10 in the unprecedented competition for school reform dollars, just missed making the finals in the second round.

1 comments | Tags: oklahoma race to the top school reform kathy taylor evaluation system | Topic: Grants BAD >_<

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Steal This Movie, Too

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 37, Clicks: 23)
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Thomas Friedman -- Public education needs rescuing. The superheroes are already showing the way.

1 comments | Tags: thomas friedman school reform waiting for superman davis guggenheim geoffrey canada | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Drive to Overhaul Low-Performing Schools Delayed

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 7, Clicks: 2)
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Negotiations among federal, state and local education officials have led to confusion about financing.

1 comments | Tags: race to the top school funding school reform turnaround programs education sector | Topic: Other BAD >_<

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Replacement teachers 'fired up' at Oklahoma City's U.S. Grant

nitajo sumitted ago via http://newsok.com (Views: 21, Clicks: 3)
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Stakes are high at U.S. Grant High School this year for the school's test scores and graduation rates to improve, as the district embarks on a drastic reform model backed by millions in federal funds.

1 comments | Tags: oklahoma city u.s. grant high school annual yearly progress karl springer school reform | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Business leaders discuss education reform at Greater Oklahoma City Chamber's State of the Schools conference

nitajo sumitted ago via http://newsok.com (Views: 18, Clicks: 4)
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Education reform should resemble a laboratory where community leaders experiment with revolutionary concepts, a speaker said Thursday during the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber's sixth-annual State of the Schools luncheon.

1 comments | Tags: oklahoma city school reform ken levit brian fitzgerald bob ross | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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The problem with favoring high schools in turnaround grant program

nitajo sumitted ago via http://voices.washingtonpost.com (Views: 22, Clicks: 5)
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Sarah Garland - At least 43 percent of the Tier I and II schools that applied for school improvement grants – about 900 out of the 2,100 applicants – are high schools, according to my analysis of a report by Communities for Excellent Public Schools, which was led by the Annenberg Institute for School Reform. Nationwide, high schools make up only 24 percent of all schools.

2 comments | Tags: sarah garland turnaround grant program school improvement school reform | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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