Recess round-up: September 2, 2010
A daily dose of education news around the nation – just in time for a little mid-day break! Change agent: A profile of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. (Christian Science Monitor) Improving assessments: The U.S. Department of Education awarded $330 million to two state-coalitions to design new assessment systems aligned with the Common Core Standards. (Education Week) […]
Recess round-up: September 1, 2010
A daily dose of education news around the nation – just in time for a little mid-day break! Back to school but staying home with virtual schools. (The Associated Press via The Boston Globe) Comparing teachers: The conversation about how best to measure teacher-performance continues, especially when it comes to value-added models. (The New York […]
Recess round-up: August 31, 2010
A daily dose of education news around the nation – just in time for a little mid-day break! Campaigns: John Hickenlooper, Democratic candidate for Colorado governor, supports funding schools based on student performance. And he wants to add more competition and school choice. (KRCC Public Radio for Southern Colorado and New Mexico) Education reform: District officials […]
Recess round-up: August 30, 2010
A daily dose of education news around the nation – just in time for a little mid-day break! Big business: of education. Washington Post Co. Chairman Donald Graham recently lobbied for his company’s subsidiary Kaplan Inc., as for-profit colleges face scrutiny from the federal government about deceptive loan practices in recruiting prospective students. (The Wall Street Journal) […]
Recess round-up: August 27, 2010
A daily dose of education news around the nation – just in time for a little mid-day break! Race to the Top: New Jersey Education Commissioner Bret Schundler is out of a job now that the state lost the second round. The firing was “inevitable.” (The [Newark, N.J.] Star-Ledger) New Orleans: Post-Katrina, nearly three-quarters of New Orleans’ public […]
Recess round-up: August 26, 2010
A daily dose of education news around the nation – just in time for a little mid-day break! Class size: Does it matter? Citing research and a November ballot measure in Florida that will seek to modify an existing law that limits class size, Tamara Henry produced this story with The Hechinger Report for USA Today. Extended school […]
Recess round-up: August 25,2010
A daily dose of education news around the nation – just in time for a little mid-day break! Politics K-12: Follow-up and raised eyebrows after yesterday’s Race to the Top Round 2 announcement and why some states won, while others, like New Jersey, lost. (Education Week, GothamSchools and New Jersey Spotlight) No sore loser: Arizona will proceed […]
Recess round-up: August 24, 2010
A daily dose of education news around the nation – just in time for a little mid-day break! Race to the Top: Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island and Washington, D.C. are winners in the competition and will share $3.4 billion in phase 2 funding. (Associated Press) Higher education: Remedial […]
Recess round-up: August 23, 2010
A daily dose of education news around the nation – just in time for a little mid-day break! Charter schools: A mainstay in New Jersey’s poorest cities, charter schools are competing for funds against affluent suburbs. (The Philadelphia Inquirer) Class size: In 2002, Florida approved a constitutional amendment to limit class size from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. By 2010-2011, class-size […]
Recess round-up: August 18, 2010
A daily dose of education news around the nation – just in time for a little mid-day break! Community colleges: In Boston, some students are burning the midnight oil in an attempt to move from a job to a career. (Inside Higher Ed) Insider’s guide: HerCampus is a collegiette’s guide to campus life. (WomenRising) EduJobs: Despite […]
