Category Archives: Education News
SHORT READS: TUESDAY, MAY 21
The Common Core Needs a Common Curriculum (Education Week) Process for Charters to Inherit Vacant DCPS Buildings Gets a Wee Bit Easier (Washington City Paper) Education Secretary Duncan gives 3 more states permission to ignore No Child Left Behind law (Washington Post) D.C. charter board approves two new schools (Washington Post) Has anybody told Obama […]
SHORT READS: MONDAY, MAY 20
DCPS prepares to ‘excess’ fewer than 350 teachers (Washington Post) Do new exams produce better teachers? States act while educators debate (Hechinger Report) New York City will double money for training teachers (New York Daily News) What ‘education influentials’ think will — and won’t — happen (Washington Post) Fiery Chicago teachers union president reelected (Washington […]
SHORT READS: FRIDAY, MAY 17
Common Core Supporters Firing Back (Education Week) Sequestration Forces Cuts to National Social Studies Tests (Education Week) 32 summer professional development opportunities (E-School News) Teachers Union Files Lawsuits to Stop School Closings (NBC Chicago) D.C. schools try to shrink number of special education students (Washington Examiner) DC judge declines to halt school-closure plan that prompted […]
SHORT READS: WEDNESDAY, MAY 15
3 days of marches against school closings planned (Chicago Tribune) The most important problem facing American children today (Washington Post) Response: Using — Not Misusing — Ability Groups In The Classroom (Education Week) D.C. Council education committee flexes its muscles on school boundaries (Washington City Paper) AFT President Randi Weingarten Explains How She Would Teach […]
SHORT READS: MONDAY, MAY 13
Plan aims to determine students’ socioeconomic status (USA Today) Judge sharply questions activists seeking to block D.C. school closures (Washington Post) A New Family Engagement Partnership with the National Center for Family Literacy (U.S. Department of Education) Seeking Teachers’ Support, Mayoral Candidates Pledge Education Reform (New York Times) D.C. would be stronger with a weaker […]
SHORT READS: WEDNESDAY, MAY 8
D.C. Council votes to increase funding for summer school (Washington Post) Gray nominates two new candidates for D.C. Public Charter School Board (Washington Post) U.S. Department of Education Hosts Google Hangout with African American Educators (U.S. Department of Education Blog) Rifts Deepen Over Direction of Ed. Policy in U.S (Education Week) Are Teacher Evaluations Public? […]
SHORT READS: TUESDAY, MAY 7
Response: Ways To Develop Creative Thinking In The Common Core (Education Week) Students Conduct Fieldwork for Scientists’ Research (Education Week) D.C. charter school waitlists vary widely (Washington Post) 5 Ways For Teachers To Get Quality PD This Summer (Edudemic) Jonetta Rose Barras: Curing the disease, not the symptoms (Washington Examiner) DC Council to take up […]
SHORT READS: MONDAY, MAY 6
States’ Online Testing Problems Raise Common-Core Concerns (Education Week) Did D.C. schools cheat? Ask the students. (Washington Post) Many teachers say they need training in Common Core standards, poll says (Washington Post) Questions about the questions on new Common Core tests (Washington Post) Open Letter to Secretary Duncan About Early Childhood Education (Diane Ravitch’s Blog) States’ Online Testing Problems […]
SHORT READS: FRIDAY, MAY 3
Jonetta Rose Barras: Building a permanent underclass, Part 2 (Washington Examiner) Critics: Charters cheated out of funds (Washington Examiner) City closes door on KIPP DC charter high school (Washington Post) Gray, Catania have yet to discuss D.C. education issues (Washington Post) DCPS Releases Facts and Figures Budget Guide (DCPS) Charter school waitlists hit 22,000 (Washington […]
SHORT READS: THURSDAY, MAY 2
Online provider offers courses in education, teacher training (LA Times) Catania Calls DCPS Goals On Student Scores ‘Incredibly Unrealistic’ (WAMU) D.C. spending plan cuts programs and staff at dozens of schools (Washington Post) Hospitalized 4th grader, hooked up to machines, asked to take standardized test (Washington Post) Catania gets $100,000 for school study from Emanuel […]
