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Common Standards, Not Tests, for Charter Schools Network

Newman sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 17, Clicks: 4)
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Erik Robelen -- The situation Achievement First—a nationally-recognized charter schools network—finds itself in today exemplifies one conundrum of the push towards common standards and tests. And that is, the assessments will be a little less common.

1 comments | Tags: charter schools common core state standards assessments achievement first erik robelen | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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STEM Coalition Blasts Plan to End Science Testing Mandate

Newman sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 19, Clicks: 6)
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A Republican proposal to end the federal mandate for science testing in public schools is coming under fire from a broad-based coalition that supports improved STEM education.

1 comments | Tags: stem coalition science john kline no child left behind act | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Australia: $16m to keep 'resi kids' in education

Sculb sumitted ago via http://www.theage.com.au (Views: 24, Clicks: 5)
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In a bid to improve the prospects of all Victorian resi kids, the state government has announced plans to spend $16 million over the next four years on education and employment services, which could include personal tutoring, training expenses, travel and wage subsidies.

1 comments | Tags: victoria australia state wards springboard child protection residential care | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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WVa, DOJ reach deal on English learner program

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.boston.com (Views: 33, Clicks: 6)
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The Mercer County school district has three years to improve the way it identifies and educates those learning English as a second language under a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.

2 comments | Tags: english proficiency u.s. department of justice english language learner west virginia civil rights | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Does Obama understand Race to the Top? — Ravitch

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 28, Clicks: 4)
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Diane Ravitch -- I am growing convinced that President Barack Obama doesn't know what Race to the Top is. I don't think he really understands what his own administration is doing to education. In his State of the Union address last week, he said that he wanted teachers to "stop teaching to the test." He also said that teachers should teach with "creativity and passion."

1 comments | Tags: valerie strauss diane ravitch school reform president obama race to the top | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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New Kentucky Student Assessments: Prepare to Be Confused

MrGreen sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 33, Clicks: 4)
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More than 500,000 Kentucky public school students will take the state's new K-Prep test for the first time this spring, and educators are concerned that the results could leave many families confused and concerned.

3 comments | Tags: kentucky prichard committee for academic excellence common core state standards readykentucky | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Class sizes swell as state aid declines, enrollment rises

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.allvoices.com (Views: 29, Clicks: 4)
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Class size remains a critical issue in some Tulsa-area school districts as they struggle to recover from successive state budget cuts over the past few years.

2 comments | Tags: okahoma class sizes house bill 1017 kathy dodd mike mcclaren | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Education: States should do more to reach students

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.ajc.com (Views: 30, Clicks: 4)
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In its initial review of No Child Left Behind waiver requests, the U.S. Education Department highlighted a similar weakness in nearly every application: States did not do enough to ensure schools would be held accountable for the performance of all students.

2 comments | Tags: u.s. education department no child left behind waivers student performance achievement gap | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Australia: Class envy belongs to Middle Ages

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.theage.com.au (Views: 31, Clicks: 5)
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Frank Sal -- Over the past year there has been a lively debate about education funding in this country. Sadly, responses to the continuing federal government-initiated review of education funding, headed by David Gonski, have brought out the greed, envy and social climbing that was so rampant in the Middle Ages.

2 comments | Tags: australia frank sal david gonski public education school funding | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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South Carolina: Schools Agree to Halt Prayers

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 32, Clicks: 4)
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A school district that was sued for holding a prayer rally at a school assembly and prayers at official events has agreed to end its promotion of religion.

0 comments | Tags: south carolina prayers school assembly | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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New Kentucky student assessment test: Prepare to be confused

MrGreen sumitted ago via http://www.kentucky.com (Views: 32, Clicks: 5)
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More than 500,000 Kentucky public school students will take the state's new K-Prep test for the first time this spring, and educators are concerned that the results could leave many families confused and concerned.

0 comments | Tags: kentucky prichard committee for academic excellence common core state standards readykentucky | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Okla. School Chief Says Tulsa Takeover Will Be Opposed

MrGreen sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 40, Clicks: 6)
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The possibility of a state takeover of Tulsa school sites was among a list of hot topics that came up during a special meeting Friday that the Tulsa school board hosted for legislators.

1 comments | Tags: tulsa public schools keith ballard no child left behind act waivers state turnaround model | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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How high stakes corrupt performance on tests, other indicators

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 32, Clicks: 4)
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Larry Cuban -- Test scores are the coin of the educational realm in the United States. No Child Left Behind demands that scores be used to reward and punish districts, schools, and teachers for how well or poorly students score on state tests. In pursuit of federal dollars, the Obama administration’s Race to the Top competition has shoved state after state into legislating that teacher evaluations include student test scores as part of judging teacher effectiveness.

0 comments | Tags: valerie strauss larry cuban stanford university race to the top donald campbell | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Oklahoma tax dollars at center of school voucher debate

nitajo sumitted ago via http://newsok.com (Views: 54, Clicks: 15)
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Vouchers that use public school funding for private school tuition (proponents prefer the term scholarships) are at the center of a growing conflict in Oklahoma between parents, the state and schools.

1 comments | Tags: oklahoma vouchers school choice oklahoma education association janet barresi | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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ALEC Reports on the War on Teachers

nitajo sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 41, Clicks: 4)
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Anthony Cody -- As state after state rewrites their education laws in line with the mandates from Race to the Top and the NCLB waiver process, the teaching profession is being redefined. Teachers will now pay the price - be declared successes or failures, depending on the rise or fall of their students' test scores.

1 comments | Tags: anthony cody arne duncan waivers no child left behind act | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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