Education Program
This Week in Education
September 6 - September 12, 2007
The NCSL Education Standing Committee's Written Response to Proposed Changes to NCLB
The NCLB draft touches upon the problems of NCLB without solving the fundamental problems of
the law.
http://www.ncsl.org/standcomm/sceduc/NCSLResponseNCLBDraft09_05_07.htm
Voices in Urban Education: Extending Learning
This new publication by the Annenberg Institute for School Reform discusses high school reform efforts that integrate high-quality, equitable educational opportunities in school with extended learning beyond the school day.
http://www.annenberginstitute.org/index.html
Defying history and stereotype, the South's schools rise
Hundreds of high schools in the region, many still under desegregation orders, have quietly
become public-education powerhouses.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0911/p01s06-ussc.html
Web pulls world into classroom
Blogs, video-sharing websites, and social-networking sites give students the opportunity to tune
their thinking and writing to a larger audience.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0910/p09s03-coop.htm
No Job Too Small for Fenty-Rhee Team Hands-On Schools Approach Excites Some, Worries Others
Michelle A. Rhee estimates she has received 12,000 e-mails since becoming chancellor of the D.C. public schools three months ago -- and says she has responded to every one.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/08/AR2007090801563.html
Teachers and Rights Groups Oppose Education Measure
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 — The draft House bill to renew the federal No Child Left Behind law came under sharp attack on Monday from civil rights groups and the nation’s largest teachers unions,
the latest sign of how difficult it may be for Congress to pass the law this fall.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/11/education/11child.html?_r=1&ref=education&oref=slogin
Our view on education: Five ways to improve No Child Left Behind
NCLB is under fire from the left (teachers' unions dislike its rigidity), from the right (conservatives dislike federal meddling in local education) and from critics across the spectrum who dislike the annual testing designed to ensure that all students are learning.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2007/09/our-view-on-edu.html
McCullough upbeat on AYP reports
The number of Montana districts that met No Child Left Behind requirements increased slightly in 2007. An Office of Public Instruction report showed that 363 of Montana's 425 school districts, or 85%, met the adequate yearly progress targets in 2007, compared with 84% in 2006. The report also showed that 742 of Montana's 825 public schools, or 90%, met the goals, which was the same percentage as in 2006.
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/09/07/news/state/24-ayp.txt
Competition Yields Funds to Assist 3 Urban Districts In Developing Principals
(premium article access compliments of edweek.org)
The Broad Foundation has awarded $8.3 million in grants for in-depth principal-preparation programs in three districts. The grants will prepare and support 150 novice principals in Chicago, Gwinnett County, Georgia, and Long Beach, California, over the next three years -- from vigorous recruitment efforts to on-the-job coaching and mentoring.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/09/05/02broad.h27.html?tmp=118162426
Science Camp: Just for the Girls
Academic camps are on the rise across the country, including ones to get adolescent girls excited about the exploration of science.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/08/15/45girls.h26.html?tmp=779910473
Candidates Urged to Back STEM Initiatives: Few from either party move beyond general 'competitiveness' theme
The idea of promoting economic “competitiveness” through education proved to be a hit on Capitol Hill this summer, when lawmakers, in a rare show of bipartisanship, passed legislation that calls for billions of dollars in new spending on school mathematics and science programs.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/08/29/01stem.h27.html?tmp=1977908834
36 districts to take case to S.C. high court
The legal fight over whether all S.C. school districts are funded fairly will head to the state Supreme Court.
http://www.thestate.com/education/story/166084.html
Lower Merion Schools Sued
One of the wealthiest school districts in the state, one currently spending nearly $300 million building two new high schools, is being accused of forcing a second-class education on black students. The Concerned Black Parents of Lower Merion and six families in the Lower Merion School District have filed a class action lawsuit alleging discrimination in Lower Merion classrooms.
http://www.thebulletin.us/site/news.cfm?newsid=18779366&BRD=2737&PAG=461&dept_id=576361&rfi=6
Future principals study core principles
Cal State Long Beach and six sister schools offer doctorates in education this year. Other campuses will follow in the future.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-calstate7sep07,1,6741117.story?coll=la-headlines-california&ctrack=3&cset=true
171 schools get new chiefs
Nationwide, about 56 percent of principals are over age 50, and they spend an average of five years in the job because of its demands and workload.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-principals_04sep04,0,2108810.story
Boston schools ring in resolve
As their children return to school today, Boston parents should feel reasonably assured that new School Superintendent Carol Johnson is in the right chair. Despite the complexities found in a large urban school district, there isn't much that is likely to rattle the 59-year-old former head of the Minneapolis and Memphis school systems.
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2007/09/06/boston_
schools_ring_in_resolve/
Humble Origins, Influential Posts Shape Views of New Gates Chief
Vicki L. Phillips has seen the education system from a variety of vantage points—classroom teacher, nonprofit leader helping overhaul the Philadelphia school system, state secretary of education in Pennsylvania, and district superintendent twice over.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/09/05/02phillips.h27.html
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