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Education Secretary Duncan hits the road for reform

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 4, Clicks: 1)  View Story

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.

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Education Secretary Arne Duncan wants schools to give parents, teachers more data

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 23, Clicks: 17)  View Story

Education Secretary Arne Duncan, stoking a national debate over a Los Angeles Times series that examines how much individual teachers have raised test scores, urged public schools Wednesday to give educators more data on student achievement and parents a full report on teacher effectiveness.

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Race to the Top itself needs some reform

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 7, Clicks: 3)  View Story

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.

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With limited training, Teach for America recruits play expanding role in schools

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 13, Clicks: 3)  View Story

Teach for America, based in New York, was founded in 1990 by a Princeton graduate who hoped to expose future leaders to the problems of education. It enlists college graduates from a variety of academic backgrounds and career interests, not just education majors.

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Efforts to revamp schools by D.C., Maryland result in $325 million

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 5, Clicks: 2)  View Story

The Obama administration awarded Maryland and the District $325 million Tuesday for efforts to improve schools, a surprising double victory for the Washington region in an education reform contest that could reverberate in the fall elections.

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Re: Education Secretary Arne Duncan wants schools to give parents, teachers more data

In other fields, we talk about success constantly, with statistics and other measures to prove it. Why, in education, are we scared to talk about what success looks like? What is there to hide? -- Arne Duncan

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And what is the role of parents???

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Involving the legal system makes a strong statement that a society won’t tolerate bullying. But for laws like the one in Massachusetts to succeed, they have to be matched by an educational system that teaches children not only what’s wrong, but how to do what’s right. -- Susan Engel & Marlene Sandstrom

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