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• January 19, 2010
• 20:41

  All But 10 States Throw Hats Into Race to Top Ring

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  Stiff competition is expected for the $4 billion in federal economic-stimulus grants aimed at spurring state-level education reform.

• 20:23

  Should teacher unions support their state’s Race to the Top efforts?

   » ‎ Edutopia
  Unions that oppose key reforms have refused to sign on.
• 18:09

  Children Create the Playground of Their Dreams

   » ‎ Edutopia
  Seattle students design commanding castles and slithery slides, then watch their sketches come alive.
• 16:15

  Teachers Shake Up Shakespeare with Digital Media

   » ‎ Edutopia
  Rap and film bring the Bard's characters to life.

• 16:14

  Obama Unveils Projects to Bolster STEM Teaching

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  The public-private partnerships will roughly double spending under the "Educate to Innovate" initiative on science and math education.
• 15:59

  AFT Chief Promises Due-Process Reform

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  Randi Weingarten says plan to streamline due-process procedures must include better ways to evaluate teachers and help them improve.
• 15:50

  State of the States

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  Education Week's coverage of the 2010 governors' speeches.
• 15:39

  Alabama Board Backs Charters

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  Alabama's board of education unanimously supported the creation of charter schools in the state.
• 15:37

  Governor's Teacher-Evaluation Plan Clears Tenn. Education Committee

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  The proposal to require up to half of teacher evaluations and tenure decisions to be based on student test scores cleared the Senate Education Committee.
• 15:35

  Nebraska Governor Unveils Changes To Requirements for Graduation

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  Nebraska high school students soon will be required to take more courses in core subjects in order to graduate.
• 15:33

  Audit Finds Los Angeles District Paid Out Too Much in Salaries

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  Auditors say the Los Angeles District paid out $200 million more in salaries last year than it officially budgeted.
• 15:31

  NGA to Help 6 States Reduce Dropout Rates

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  The National Governors Association has selected six states in which it will work to help curb high school dropout rates.
• 15:30

  Duncan Carves Deep Mark on Policy in First Year

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  One year after his confirmation, the education secretary’s record offers a template for the agency’s future policy direction.
• 15:30

  Class Action Accuses L.A. County of Failing to Provide Lessons at Jail

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  An ACLU lawsuit contends that the Challenger Memorial Youth Center deprives youths of an appropriate education.
• 15:28

  Grants Eyed to Recruit Skilled Principals

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  A bipartisan bill seeks to create a grant program that would help recruit, support, and prepare principals to work in high-need schools.
• 15:26

  Educators Move to Help Quake Victims

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  Schoolchildren and educators with Haitian ties organize aid drives.
• 14:54

  School Libraries

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  A majority of schools received less funding for information resources last year than in 2008, according to the 2009 survey of school libraries.
• 14:51

  Teen Violence

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  About one in four U.S. teenage girls is involved in some sort of violent behavior at school or at work, according to a federal report.
• 14:49

  Charter Schools

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  Two dozen states lack the kind of "charter-friendly" policies they need to earn top points on their Race to the Top applications, according to a new review.

• 14:48

  10 Takeaway Tips for Social and Emotional Learning

   » ‎ Edutopia
  The Louisville, Kentucky, school district demonstrates SEL strategies that work.

• 14:48

  College Readiness

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  Current federal education standards may not accurately measure how well-prepared high school graduates are to attend college or join the workforce, contends a new report.
• 14:47

  Achievement Gaps

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  A new report by the Education Trust illustrates how some methods of measuring states' progress in closing achievement gaps can be misleading.
• 14:44

  Head Start Pupils' Gains Found to Fade

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  Participation in Head Start has positive effects on children’s learning while they are in the program, but most of that advantage disappears by the end of 1st grade, a federal study says.
• 14:41

  Obituary

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  
• 14:33

  New N.J. Governor Picks Schools Chief

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  New Jersey’s incoming governor has named school choice proponent Bret Schundler as his pick for education commissioner.
• 14:11

  Teachers' Letters to Obama

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  The response to his call for letters to send to the White House, writes Anthony Cody, shows a teaching profession hungry for policymaking impact.
• 14:06

  Ready Remedies for the School Leadership 'Crisis'

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  W. Norton Grubb and Lynda Tredway say there are concrete steps that states, universities, and districts can take to develop and improve school leaders.
• 14:04

  Charters and the Contract Conversation

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  Diana Lam, a former urban school superintendent, writes of "far different" contract negotiations at the charter school she now heads.
• 14:02

  Why We Need to Study the Tutors

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  Federal programs mandate supplemental educational services for students in need, writes Megan Beckett, but whether or not the providers are effective is unknown.
• 13:39

  Supreme Court Turns Down Three Education Cases

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  Justices refuse to hear a challenge to a Texas school district's dress code, a Kentucky tax case, and a teacher-testing case.

• 11:13

  Web-Based SIS Looks To 'Go Green' with New Communications Features

   » ‎ THE Journal
  InformationNow, a Web-based student information system from K-12 technology developer STI, is adding a new suite of features called "Go Green."
• 11:00

  NSF Funds STEM Teacher Training Program

   » ‎ THE Journal
  The National Science Foundation has funded seven new programs supporting science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education initiatives. The grant program, titled Innovation through Institutional Integration, or I3, offers awards for up to $1.25 million over four years. Among the programs funded was Arizona State University's professional development efforts to help elementary school teachers to become middle school science and math teachers.

• 10:27

  Poor, Minority Pupils Are Now a Majority in South

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  The public school enrollment of the 15 southern states studied has been majority poor for several years, and is now also majority-minority, a report finds.
• 9:25

  Haiti Quake Creates Thousands of New Orphans

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  
• 9:20

  Study: More Effort Needed to Engage Girls in Science

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  
• 9:20

  N.Y. Legislature Rejects Charter School Bill

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  
• 9:09

  District Stances on Race to Top Plans Vary

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  Some district and union leaders around the country are refusing to back their states’ applications for the competitive federal grants.
• 0:01

  Obama to Seek $1.35 Billion Race to Top Expansion

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  The budget proposal would open the high-profile grant competition to districts—and extend it beyond the economic-stimulus program.