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This Week in Education
September 11- September 17, 2008
Highlighted Bills of the Week
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Illinois- (SB 2512)- Enacted |
Relates to Internet safety education curriculum. Requires school districts to incorporate an age-appropriate component on Internet safety into the school curriculum. Requires the State Board of Education to develop a model curriculum for educating children regarding online safety. Allows a school board to determine the scope and duration of such instruction. |
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Massachusetts- (HB 4967)-Enacted |
This bill provides the makeup of the membership of the advisory council on school and district accountability. HB 4967 also creates an Office of School and District Accountability to review and report on the efforts of schools, charter schools, and districts to improve academic achievement by their students. |
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This Week in Education
September 11 - September 17, 2008
K-12
School lunch a bargain in Del.
School cafeterias nationwide are feeling the pinch of a slow economy and soaring food prices at the same time that more children are qualifying for federal free and reduced-price meals.
Spellings Seeks to Boost 'No Child'
Education Secretary Margaret Spellings yesterday sought to reinvigorate support for the No Child Left Behind law even as the two major-party presidential candidates have distanced themselves from it. She contended that the law has helped improve public education and should be strengthened.
S.D. to loosen rules on high school credits
South Dakota will loosen high school class-time requirements for earning credit under a plan to let educators be more creative in preparing students to graduate.
Half of MPS students regularly skip school, report shows
Nearly half of Milwaukee Public Schools students are habitually absent from school, according to a report released Thursday by the state Legislative Audit Bureau.
Lawmakers seek more flexibility in graduation rules
State legislators reviewing concerns about Michigan's tough new graduation requirements will recommend greater flexibility in meeting them but won't waver from the rigor of the rules.
Post-Secondary Education
Community college tuition rises as graduation rate slows
Iowa's community colleges have enjoyed a big boost in state money and tuition revenue in the past decade, but the rate at which they hand out associate degrees and certificates has dropped, a new report shows. The report to State Board of Education members last week didn't appear to raise a red flag.
Ark. AG says schools can admit illegal immigrants
Arkansas' colleges and universities can admit illegal immigrants, the Arkansas attorney general's office says. Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said in an advisory opinion Wednesday that schools don't have a duty to verify the citizenship status of potential students they admit.
School Choice
Chicago Charter School Network Defies Expectation
Noble Street College Prep is a remarkable example of what a school can do for kids who've never known success. The public high school in Chicago takes mostly poor and immigrant students. A hundred percent of the students graduate, and almost all go to some of the nation's top colleges.
STEM
New law aims to validate online learning
The higher-education law signed by President Bush last month (See "Congress: Schools must clamp down on file sharing") demands that colleges authenticate test takers in online courses through the use of sophisticated identification technology or with exam proctors. While some high-ed officials believe the law will help lend greater credibility to online learning, others say the new mandate is largely unnecessary.
State eases appeal rule for science MCAS test
Massachusetts high school students could have an easier time earning a diploma without passing the new science MCAS test than those who fail the math and English sections under emergency rules adopted yesterday by the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Teacher
Poway teacher can sue to restore classroom banners
Brad Johnson, a teacher at Westview High in San Diego County, had the banners up in his classroom for two decades, but last year the principal ordered him to take them down, saying they were an impermissible attempt to make a Judeo-Christian statement to his students.
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