Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, September 30, 2005:
Students confront Ward on exit exam Schools chief not swayed by teens’ arguments to oppose grad requirement By Alex Katz/Oakland Tribune
OAKLAND — City schools State Administrator Randolph Ward answered students’ questions about the state high school exit exam and other issues during a forum Thursday afternoon […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, September 29, 2005:
School report cards hard to find and use State Needs Drive To Demysitify Reports And Make Sure They’re Easily Accessible Editorial/San Jose Mercury News
It’s easier to decipher the IRS form on the alternative minimum tax than it is to wade your way though the annual report […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, September 28, 2005:
The Achievement Gap in Elite Schools By Samuel G. Freedman/The New York Times
An uneasy amalgam of pride and discontent, Caroline Mitchell sat amid the balloons and beach chairs on the front lawn of Princeton High School, watching the Class of 2004 graduate. Her pride was […]
En duda la calidad de las escuelas Estudio de UCLA revela que el sistema de medición,, conocido como SARC, contiene diversas fallas Por Rubén Moreno/La Opinion
Muchos padres de estudiantes de todo el estado podrían estar confiados de que sus hijos asisten a una escuela que cumple con todos los requisitos académicos sin saber que la […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, September 26, 2005:
Latino education report shows disparities in San Diego County By William Finn Bennett/North County Times
SAN DIEGO —- A few rays of light are starting to appear, but the news was mostly bleak in a report presented Saturday on the state of educational achievement for Latino […]
Students rally against high school exit exam By Helen Gao/San Diego Union-Tribune (Friday)
Chanting "Educate, don’t terminate," San Diego high school students rallied outside Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s downtown office yesterday to support ways other than the High School Exit Exam to determine graduation. About 50 people urged the governor to sign Assembly Bill 1531, legislation that […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, September 23, 2005:
Students rally against high school exit exam By Helen Gao/San Diego Union-Tribune
Chanting "Educate, don’t terminate," San Diego high school students rallied outside Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s downtown office yesterday to support ways other than the High School Exit Exam to determine graduation. About 50 people urged […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, September 22, 2005:
Governor should veto attempt to dilute exit exam Editorial/San Bernandino Daily Bulletin
Here’s an easy pop quiz. For simplicity’s sake, we’ll make the questions true or false. 1. A 12th-grader who can’t pass a basic skills test in 8th-grade math, after six tries, deserves a high school […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, September 21, 2005:
More California schools facing sanctions under federal law By Juliet Williams/Associated Press
SACRAMENTO — More California schools are getting failing grades and facing federal sanctions, according to the California Department of Education. The department reported Tuesday that 1,772 schools statewide failed to make the annual yearly progress […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, September 20, 2005:
37 schools forced to make changes Improving or not, they failed U.S. goals By Nanette Asimov/San Francisco Chronicle
Thirty-seven Bay Area schools have missed federal test-score quotas seven years in a row, making them the first in the region to undergo forced restructuring under the federal No […]