Education Program
This Week In Education
August 30 - September 5, 2007
Pittsburgh Building ‘Nation’ of 9th Graders
To combat the problem of dropouts, the school district has launched a full-on campaign to get its rising freshmen into high school and keep them there.
http://lnk.edweek.org/edweek/index.html?url=/ew/articles/2007/08/29/01pittsburgh.h27.html&tkn=tZVpQeNA9%2BDG6dOtGQ9yxmYsnDAEEsQE
Baltimore schools will succeed because they can't afford to fail
Aug. 26--In conversations about urban education, whether in Baltimore, in Washington, D.C., or in New York City, the unremitting attention to social ills as the rationale for this society's failure to educate many poor black and Latino students is a canard. It masks a failure of will and imagination on the part of our society, and gives a pass to those whose responsibility is to educate the children.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.schools26aug26002635,0,3080258.story
Brewer blasts culture of 'low expectations'
Aug. 25--In his first formal speech to administrators, Los Angeles Schools Supt. David L. Brewer told principals and managers Friday that they must change both themselves and a pervasive culture of "low expectations for brown and black children," adding that they would receive mandatory leadership training and support but also would be held accountable for student achievement.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-brewer25aug25,1,4542691.story?coll=la-headlines-california&ctrack=2&cset=true
A New Role, but for Her, Familiar Turf
Aug. 29--Marcia V. Lyles, New York City’s new deputy chancellor for teaching and learning, knows intimately just how students can get lost in the shuffle. In her sophomore year in high school in Harlem, Ms. Lyles was caught skipping class almost daily.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/29/nyregion/29facebook.html?_r=2&ref=us&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
1990s Reform Leader to Head Mass. Board
Aug. 29--Massachusetts Gov. Deval L. Patrick last week named Paul Reville—an architect of the state’s education reform movement of the 1990s—as the new chairman of the state board of education, which sets policy on statewide testing, charter schools, and other K-12 issues.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/08/29/01brief-1.h27.html
Later school starts gain popularity
After a swing toward starting the school year earlier, sometimes as early as the first week of August, momentum has grown in several states to begin school later in August or after Labor Day. Pressure from parents and the tourism industry has pushed 11 states to limit how early school may begin, rankling school boards that want local control and more time to prepare students for state-mandated tests.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2007-08-28-school_N.htm
Schools aim to stem 'summer slide' among forgetful students: Research: 3-month break plays major role in achievement gap
With summer vacations over or winding down, education experts say teachers will spend the first four to six weeks of the new school year simply rehashing material that their young charges learned in the previous school year but forgot over the summer.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-070830summerslide,1,4906338.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
Tighter Link Sought Between Spending, Achievement in N.Y.
As states look for ways to hold school districts accountable for how they use big increases in K-12 funding, New York’s experience may offer a test case in directing the flow of new money.
http://lnk.edweek.org/edweek/index.html?url=/ew/articles/2007/09/05/02ny.h27.html&tkn=uwNvwTcgBZOKr8kOgeuGLDyyzSJ2mEbK
State-run virtual schools gather steam: New SREB report points to growing interest among government officials in expanding online education
Don't look now, but online learning--though still in its infancy--is well on its way to becoming a major part of state-sponsored education across the country.
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7328
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